tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559214.post8872157644783677003..comments2024-03-28T15:51:38.912-04:00Comments on Ms. Yingling Reads: Some of my best friends are books, HalsteadMs. Yinglinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559214.post-43806057332339858092007-12-17T02:00:00.000-05:002007-12-17T02:00:00.000-05:00Hi, Ms. YinglingJumped over here from Jen Robinson...Hi, Ms. Yingling<BR/><BR/>Jumped over here from Jen Robinson's blog. I just posted a piece on a similar topic at my own blog, off one that Alix Flinn did.<BR/><BR/>I agree with the point you make, that gifted kids <I>should</I> read the same things their peers are reading. Mental acumen is not the same as emotional experience.<BR/><BR/>I also agree that so many of those pieces of Great Lit-Ra-Chure are soooo <I>boring!</I> I don't think I'm a bad librarian for giving a kid Alex Rider instead of <I>The Brothers Karamazov</I>, because odds are he'll actually read Alex Rider. If we only give kids Brussels sprouts, (and tell them they should like it) they're not going to want to eat. Let 'em eat cake.Bibliovorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642058689885973447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559214.post-84507541887312017692007-12-11T10:36:00.000-05:002007-12-11T10:36:00.000-05:00My elder son is labled A&T, though he's chosen thi...My elder son is labled A&T, though he's chosen this year not to participate in the "pull-out" programs at school (he doesn't like missing classes). <BR/><BR/>He DEVOURS books, and while I occasionally FORCE him to read something over the summer (oh, I'm so mean; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is just horrible to have to read, I know, I know), I also generally let him read what he wants to read. Thus, he's read the Redwall series repeatedly (probably at least 5 times through... at least).<BR/><BR/>I agree: "guiding" (forcing) kids to read books they'll find boring isn't a good option. Yeah, he read A Tree... and once he was into it, I heard no mumbling or complaints at all -- he LIKED it. But I wouldn't make him read something I felt "too lofty" for him. I've mentioned he should read "Dracula" -- the original, but perhaps he should listen to the unabridged audio book -- it was wonderful and would be more likely to draw him into the story. So many "good books" are, in fact, quite dry for kids to read.<BR/><BR/>My favorite book list site(s):<BR/><BR/>http://www.classical-<BR/>homeschooling.org/celoop/100.html <BR/><BR/>and <BR/><BR/>http://www.classical-<BR/>homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html<BR/><BR/>(no spaces/returns -- it wasn't letting me put the url in as one line)<BR/><BR/>I try to read these myself... and then, should I find something interesting, I'll leave it around the house in hopes one of the boys (probably the elder) will pick it up. Sometimes it works...<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for all your insights to YA books!<BR/><BR/>~wwlomanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068969792997029612noreply@blogger.com