Summer Reading With the Kids

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Summer reading. It is a fun time to read to the kids. I find we are actually better able to read a chapter book at night and get engrossed in a story in the summer than during the school year. 

During the school year by the time you have done their home reading, helped them with any other homework, done after school activities such as swimming lessons, church groups and brownies it is time for a prompt bedtime. During the summer there are not nearly as many activities and there are no school commitments and bedtime is not as strictly enforced.

These are the books that we have enjoyed reading together this summer. Charlotte's Web and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe were audio books that I downloaded and we listened to on our long road trip. The girls loved listening to the stories and would ask for them after again and again. It made for a nice peaceful drive through Illinois and Iowa. It was such a nice relaxing time in the car.

Pippi Longstocking was a fun read and I will have to get the other books in the series. The girls liked the silly goings on of Pippi. They like the knowledge that Pippi knows and how fearless she was. Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: the magical fruit was more a book that I wanted to read and forced on them, but they are liking it. They like how Nilly gets into funny situations. They really liked the card game he played. With Pippi and Fart Powder I think the kids might get more out of it if they were older and reading it themselves. There are a few play on words that the kids might understand better once they have mastered more of the language and saw the words on the page. As it is they still enjoy the stories, but might not get the full joy from them.

Maybe this will be the year that we continue with chapter books into the school year. We will see. As for now, I'm happy with this years summer chapter book reading selections.