All About Grooming & Encouraging Good Reading Habits

[mckenzy]

my son is p4… this year he switched from geronimo to hardy boys and the ‘choose your own adventure’ series… i decided on hardy boys because i wanted to find out the formula to why it appealed to me last time at his age…


there is a certain type of story-telling for it and i think it is evident in certain types of books only.

now i’m on the look-out for titles that exhibit similar patterns… mystery and adventure seems to be a good starting point.

[ChiefKiasu]

mckenzy:

my son is p4... this year he switched from geronimo to hardy boys and the 'choose your own adventure' series... i decided on hardy boys because i wanted to find out the formula to why it appealed to me last time at his age....

I feel http://www.thrillingdetective.com/3invest.html is by far superior to Hardy Boys, which are rather watered down and predicable to me, but it's different strokes for different folks.

[sunflower]

Not too sure why but I was drawn to Alfred Hitchcock's The 3 Investigators more than Hardy Boys. In fact, during my pri sch days, my friends loved Hardy Boys and Bobby Twins, but I didn't find the stories interesting. I preferred Nancy Drew, amongst other Enid Blyton mystery series. Also, I loved C.S. Lewis Lion, Witch and Wardrobe and the subsequent titles. They're just some of my personal preference.

[mckenzy]

i think i may know why...


i believe hardy boys talks more on situations and action... things that boys are related-to... whereas The 3 Investigators may deal with more complex issues like character development... Narnia definitely goes into that area... i suppose thats why i devoured books like spy novels, detective series and scifi when i was younger...

i think most boys at that age prefer non-stop action...

last week i tried something different:

http://www.katedicamillo.com/books/tale.html

[sunflower]

Err... I was from an all girls sch so my friends who liked Bobby Twins and Hardy Boys were all girls! ... and they were not tom-boy at all... :?

[Jennifer]

Roald Dahl

[tamarind]

I made it very clear to my 5 year old girl that every day she must read a book of my choice, then she can read a book of her choice. Mommy's choices are the wonderful children's classics by E.B. White and Roald Dahl, etc. Her choices are the Rainbow fairy books. It is perfectly OK for kids to read whatever they like, but as parents we must also make sure that they read all the classics as well as books for general knowledge.


My 4 year old boy is reading Dr Seuss books on his own. I am also a full time working mommy I make both my boy and girl read about 10 to 15 mins everyday which is sufficient for their age. The important thing is to cultivate the love of reading from a very young age.

It is true that computer games and TV have negative effects on kids. I am going to try my best to restrict my kids' access to these things.

[jaewee]

Dear all


Juz to share some gd books my 2.5yo ds likes

1. Sunshine Classic series- we use this as core reading program
- these are avail at Edventure.com
- by gd luck, u may also find them at 2nd hand bookstores in Bras Basah. It’s cheaper

2. Little Princess Series- Tony Ross (can get at Library)


3. USBorne First Reading- fairy tales series
- they are like our gd old ladybird books

4. I Wonder Why - grolier Intl
- very nice illustrations

5. Longman Sails series
- size of the book is nice
- illustrations are nice
- used by our local schools

[clare]

I'm looking out for interesting readers as a gift to my niece. We don't use any so I'm at a loss :? - would very much appreciate advice, TIA!

[jaewee]

Hi Clare


A good set of reader- all illustrations are in real photos.. very attractive to young children ( i assume your niece is 2-6yr of age). This is something i got recently. This publisher is also being used by local schools.

http://primary.cengage.com.au/default.aspx?et=1&ei=57&subSiteID=2&ibcClientID=6297924&ibcClientToken=6268173486416144&categoryID=487

For the non-fiction one
http://edventure.com.sg/Sunshine/Non-fiction/index.html

Both items, i can source them cheap.