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Okay, yet another question as I’m getting closer to getting everything planned out for this coming school year.
I’m scheduling alot of reading for my (almost to be) 13 yo ds- #1 because he LOVES to read and #2 I figure its important as he’s going into 7th grade.
I’m wondering what you all think about him having several books going at once – bible, historical fiction, biographies, literature, leisure reading etc.
I’m scheduling them scattered throughout for different days of the week and different times of the day – not to mention the readalouds that I and my dh will be doing with him as a family.
That said, I’m wondering if he will get “book confusion”. Do you think he will be able to keep them seperate in his mind and be able to process each of them to the fullest extent while having many others going at the same time?
I’ve wondered how many books you limit to your children for this age range and what you do. Maybe I’m scheduling too many…….
I too look forward to hearing the answer to this question – isn’t it funny how a lot of us start to panic as the school year gets closer? I have 16 year old twins and I too wonder if I am pilinh on too much reading, so I guess it is a universal question. Hope somebody puts our minds at rest. Lindy
Sometimes it takes a little time to adapt to keeping several books running at once, but in my own family and the families I’ve known, it is actually easier on the kids than on Mom. 🙂 If the books are living books, they stick in the mind better. A few things to do as you go–have you read Sonya’s series on assessment? Good narration after a reading, and a short review of the previous material before a new reading, really help cement the book in the mind, we’ve found. Check the SCM blog for more details on this. Let me think, I think my 14yo has 14 going at the moment, and my 12yo 12. OK, no, that wasn’t on purpose. LOL That doesn’t count their math and Latin texts.
It probably won’t be a problem. But it really depends on the child. We have a son (13) who could read a ton of books at one time and keep them all exactly straight. I don’t know how he does it. He often reads several books at a time for pleasure in addition to his school books. I can only keep about 2 at a time straight. 😀
My 15 year old reads 8 – 10 books at a time all the time. It is really cool how often they correlate and she refers to another book when narrating the assigned one. Like Charlotte Mason says, let the children see first hand how “it” all interrelates. They are more than capable of it I think. Just my humble opinion 🙂 Hope it’s going well for you.
Brenda
The children read from a different book every day in our house. Each day has a focus (mon–spiritual; tues–nature reading; wed–historical, etc…). My read alouds also follow the focus of each day. Then I read from our history read aloud everyday. It seems to work and each child seems to be able to remember right where we left off on our books. It’s fun to all be able to share our narrations every day from similar focused books and then to end with a read aloud of the same focus. It works for us! Hope this helps!
Thanks so much, everyone, for sharing your experience with me! Yes, it helps to hear how others do it. It seems to be going well with my ds reading several books a day. I think its just me who gets “book confusion”. Maybe its my age creeping up on me. 🙂 I just love books and can’t seem to have enough going at once but how to keep them all straight…hmmmmmmm
I love your idea, anabetica, of having a different focus each day.
Grateful for all of you!
Heather
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