Reading 3 year old wanting more of a challenge

bylromarha

ShockingPink wrote: »

I know you can't be a specialist in everything, but don't you have a reading corner in your classroom? A school library? A literacy coordinator? They might be able to give you more informed help if so...

I stopped teaching in 2004 when the reader, my firstborn, came along. So only experience I have to go on is my own childhood stories.

The reading corner was always inherited. The only books longer than picture books were tatty as they were toys more than read. My class weren't ready for books you read over a few days.

The school library was not really a place I browsed for long books in the chance my 3 year old would want one to read in a few years time.

The literacy co-ordinator would have been very helpful, but I haven't spoken to her in about 3 years.

Carmina_Piranha_3

talking to other parents about books is always a good idea, even if you have a book corner in school etc. especially if you are after a particular type of book - in this case a book for a 3 year old who can read well but is still 3 so doesn't want harry potter etc.

the OP mentioned the magic faraway tree books, but i don't think they are talked about very often these days, and there probably won't be a copy in a school reading corner (and there certainly won't be Gobbolino the Witches Cat lol!). you only find out how great the series is when other parents talk about it

my favourite books seem to be in this list, i'm predictable http://www.juniormagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=60

Spendless

My 8 yo showed me a book he'd found on the internet, that he thought sounded interesting, he hadn't realised it was short exerts from loads of other books, mentioned were winnie the pooh, wind in the willows, milly,molly mandy and loads of others. I wondered if getting something like that first might be of any use to you.

liney

No one else i know remembers Gobbolino! I must get that for my son.

Rachie_B

Mado wrote: »

Nick Butterworth's books: all great (my 5 yo favourites):Percy the Parc Keeper, Q Pootle...

DH used to read Winnie the Pooh and The Beatrix Potter stories to DD at the same age; they read the stories in a loop!

Any book by Julia Donaldson: Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo, The snail and the whale, Monkey puzzle...

and the Mr Men books; quite challenging, but simple stories.

agree with all the above

my eldest son now 12, was reading at age 2.5 ( signage,food labels etc ,then at 3 when starting nursery ,books)
and @ age 5 had the reading age of 11

he LOVED the percy park keeper and mr men books
and the Julia donaldson books are a fave with his little brother

Rachie_B

liney wrote: »

No one else i know remembers Gobbolino! I must get that for my son.

awww i loved the Storyteller magazines & tapes that had these stories in

some on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/storyteller-1-complete-set-with-26-tapes-and-magazines_W0QQitemZ270249482142QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270249482142&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

bylromarha

Rachie_B wrote: »

awww i loved the Storyteller magazines & tapes that had these stories in

I remembered these in the shower this morning...great minds, eh?

Will have to dig around when I'm next at mums...do you remember the chinese story about the people who changed into pigs when they ate crackers? The sound effect on the tape used to scare me!

Rachie_B

:rotfl: no i cant remember that one

but there were some pretty weirds one on there!

i loved them though used to go and pick it up from my aunts newsagents

was the highlight of my month ( or was it fortnight / week ) :rotfl:

bylromarha

Rachie_B wrote: »

:rotfl: no i cant remember that one

but there were some pretty weirds one on there!

When I find it, I'll scan it in for a reminisce!

ShockingPink

bylromarha wrote: »

I stopped teaching in 2004 when the reader, my firstborn, came along. So only experience I have to go on is my own childhood stories.

The reading corner was always inherited. The only books longer than picture books were tatty as they were toys more than read. My class weren't ready for books you read over a few days.

The school library was not really a place I browsed for long books in the chance my 3 year old would want one to read in a few years time.

The literacy co-ordinator would have been very helpful, but I haven't spoken to her in about 3 years.

Sorry I did think after I'd posted that you're probably not working at the mo.