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He comes from a very sports focused family on his mother's side, his grandfather had a baseball scholarship at university and his great-grandfather played for the Minors in the '30s.
GS has been in the game since T-ball and is good. His first sentence was "I throw ball."
His mother suggested Narnia - a little too mature, maybe later. Also he's not at all "magical" in his imagination. He's very much mathematical, his paternal grandfather was an engineering major at Annapolis.
Our garden shed was Merlin's Cave to his artistic sister, to him it was a treasure trove of cool tools and machinery.
In other words he's a boy. He loves Mikey and Jay for the engineering and building.
He's just learning to read, something that comes easily and naturally to our family, but if it's a little beyond his level that's okay.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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A six year old boy is on an easy reader level. There is the "I can read" series,"Pete the Cat" and Dr. Seuss.
I would suggest books that focus on phonics. Most schools haven't been teaching phonics even though it's been proven to help. "Hook on Phonics" is perfect for first grade. I think it's online now, but there are other phonics books like Paw Patrol Phonics Box Set, Learn to Read: Phonics Storybook: 25 Simple Stories & Activities for Beginner Readers and Bob Books.
He comes from a very sports focused family on his mother's side, his grandfather had a baseball scholarship at university and his great-grandfather played for the Minors in the '30s.
GS has been in the game since T-ball and is good. His first sentence was "I throw ball."
His mother suggested Narnia - a little too mature, maybe later. Also he's not at all "magical" in his imagination. He's very much mathematical, his paternal grandfather was an engineering major at Annapolis.
Our garden shed was Merlin's Cave to his artistic sister, to him it was a treasure trove of cool tools and machinery. In other words he's a boy. He loves Mikey and Jay for the engineering and building. He's just learning to read, something that comes easily and naturally to our family, but if it's a little beyond his level that's okay. Thanks for the suggestions.
This post made me smile. I remember my son's first sentence, it was a set of sentences. "Go garage sale. Buy toys. Go MORE garage sales. Buy MORE toys."
then when he was about 3 or 4, he got in a fight with the kid down the street. The kid down the street insisted that toys come from Toys R Us. My son argued NO and insisted that toys come from garage sales. It was hilarious.
They also fought about who cleans toilets. the kid down the street said moms clean the toilet. of course my son argued that he was wrong, because no, dads clean the toilet. which in his world (our house) they did.
I would go with books he can read himself but also books that can be read to him. I remember being told when my kids were little, "Keep reading books to them, until they don't want you to anymore." So i followed this advice, because quite frankly with 3 little boys i (a) welcomed the time to sit down quietly for a change, and (b) loved reading books myself anyway.
So i read to them every night before bed, and i also read to them during the day. How long did this go on? Well beyond when they could read books themself. They loved reading, but also wanted to be read to. I can honestly say that I was still reading to them through grade school, through high school, and yes even after they left home and were on their own, they still ask for me to read to them when they come visit. They are now age 37, 37, and 39.
i will think of book ideas for another post
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