My boy is in the first gread adn I would like to say that I LOVE HIS SCHOOL!! His teacher is supper great. My boy is not the best reader in his class and needs a little extra help. His school was all the kids to read at home for 20 min a day, witch I think is a great idea. That being said we are having a problem finding books that he can ready by him self. I have tryed Dick and Jane and those bore him. So we got some of the magic tree house, book but those are still jsut a bit to hard. So I was hoping that some of you out there would know of some neet book or even computer programs that a active little boy can read by him self.
Also, he likes seems to like math and I want to spend some time on things he likes and are good at. The school want the kids to know there addition up to 10, wants them to do them all in 90 sec (crazy huh) without using there finger. We have been doing flash cards but was hoping to find somthing else to do with he, jsut so he keeps having fun!
Any thought any of you wise woman have on the redding and math that you could pass along to me would be so great, and would help alot!
Some I know are: (and most are series so he can read more than one like magic tree house which are hard and usually 2nd grade)
frog and toad
mr putter and tabby (c rylant)
Amelia bedelia (r parish)
Nate the great (sharmat)
a great way to have him help choose is by going to your local library and asking them for ideas!
My daughter is in 1st grade as well. A site that my daughter enjoys is starfall.com. It teaches reading beginning with the basics. I am not quite sure what to do with the math except practice. Hope that helps.
Make it a GREAT week!
S.
Hi S. - your local librarian can be a great resource for you. We also REALLY like the Jumpstart Advanced 1st Grade program for the computer. It is a learning CD that has 12 levels - they have complete all the learning games and earn citizenship keys before moving on to the next level. The CD comes with the first 3 or 4 levels installed and then you pay $7/mo to unlock each of the other levels.
It has age-appropriate reading games, word skills games, addition and subtraction games as well as art and exploration games. The company also makes a program called Advanced Kindergarten and Advanced 2nd grade so you can pick the one that best meets your child's learning level. My son did almost half of the second grade levels in 1st grade - I think it worked because his teacher says he is almost finished working through the 2nd grade curriculum in October and will have to start him on 3rd grade work by the new year.
I hope that works for you!
My kids and I just read a couple of great ones last night! They were "The Lunch Lady from the Black Lagoon" and "The Janitor from the Black Lagoon." They are short, fun/funny and they kids can relate to them. Our son is in second grade and they are easy readers for him but he likes them, and they are perfect for our up and coming reader (daughter) in Kindergarten. My husband went on Amazon.com and found them while looking for "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books. Found those too at great prices. All are sure to keep our kids reading. Good luck, and it's great that you are so interested in finding books for your son. A lot of parents don't bother.
I would say definitely the library. Most have a section where they keep series and leveled books. Many publishers have I Can Read Books--leveled books, and the libraries have these. Let him pick some out. Also there is a website, you have to pay, but it's reading a-z.com, they have leveled paper books that you can print off, they even have worksheets to go with each book, if you needed them.
