We are reading lots of new books right now, but none of them will be finished anytime soon. Ambleside Online spreads the readings out over a longer period of time. I think this forces you to take the book in slowly, as opposed to devouring it to get to the bottom of the story and not really taking the time to make connections and a build a relationship with the story.
My Year 2 students are reading:
Our Island Story
The Little Duke
The Little Pilgrim's Progress
Understood Betsy
The Tree in the Trail
Parables from Nature
Tales from Shakespeare
Trial and Triumph
the poetry of Walter De la Mare
Of course they are also reading Exploring Creation with Zoology I, doing math, grammar/reading, spelling ect.
My Year 0 student is different however. We have read all of the books with a star by them in the list on the side of my blog. We have really enjoyed the Billy and Blaze book. We have three of them so far: Billy and Blaze: A Boy and His Pony, Blaze and the Forest Fire and Blaze and Thunderbolt. I am even enjoying their adventures!
I began last year reading to my ds at bedtime. He never wanted me to read to him until I offered to read to him at bedtime. Now, he will not let me miss a night!!! I have noticed a drastic difference in his attention span. He is able to follow the story well! My how much he has grown from our nightly readings.
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