Chapter Book Read-Alouds for the 2011 School Year

There is a post over at the Enchanted Schoolhouse that documents what Fairy Tale Mama has read with her daughter for kindergarten. It is has been an awesome resource for me to gather ideas from. So, I thought we'd copy and do the same thing. Our compilation, though, will only document chapter books we've read aloud. I'll probably mention neat picture books we've read in a separate post. I pull a good majority of our books from lists at DaddyRead, Sonlight, Ambleside Online, as well as The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease.

For the record:

• Abby is currently 5 years 2 months.
• Emmett is 3 years 9 months.
• Ellie is just 2.
• And we have little Hyrum who is 2 months.

Completed Read-Alouds

The Littles - finished the end of April 2011.

The kids really enjoyed this book, probably because they were already familiar with the Littles from the TV Show via Netflix.

My Father's Dragon - finished middle of May 2011

We completed the first book, but the kids didn't really seem very interested in it. I thought Emmett would really like it, but he didn't seem as interested...probably because he is still a 3.5-year-old boy. We shelved it after the first book and will try and re-read it later.

Magic Tree House books 1-4 - read all four during the last two weeks of July

I really wanted to try something that would get the kids excited about listening to a longer story. These fit the bill! We read all four in two weeks with the kids begging for more. We were also on vacation visiting family while we read these, but the kids still listened eagerly!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - finished 8/19/11

Abby LOVED it! Emmett didn't have the attention span to follow it, and that's okay as he's not even four yet. We rented the movie and watched it as well. It was the first instance where she had experienced the book before the movie. Of course, she loved the book much better. We are now moving on to the next Charlie book.