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making book lists for children, according to age
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There are so many great books on SCM to choose from. BUT, I need a list divided into Readers (ones they read alone), and another for strictly Read Alouds. I would like to have this list for each of my children, according to their age. Does anyone have something similar to this and like to share?
I did this for my kids this year, although not all of them were CM titles. I used Sonlight’s booklists, All Through The Ages by Christine Miller, and countless websites. You can also use the Lexile website. How old are your kids?
Are you talking about the history selections? If so then here is how I do it:
Family books and all grade 1-3 books are to be read aloud *unless you have a very strong reader in 3rd, then they could read on their own*. Grade 4 and up read all their books on their own except listening to family read alouds. *Again, if you have a 4th grader who is not a strong reader, go ahead and read to them! I’ve learned comprehension can be years ahead of reading ability.
Thanks Tristan! I always wondered how it was broken down on this site. That makes sense, in light of Sonya’s book I’m reading (The Language Arts Handbook…highly recommend btw!) 🙂
I do the same as Tristan. Younger level books are read-alouds, approx. grades 4 and up they read independently (unless it is a difficult book or the child needs some additional one-on-one time). I usually don’t decide until I actually see the book and determine whether my 10YO can read and comprehend it on his own.
For other books I really just go by child. My oldest is 10 and has been reading chapter books since she was 6 or 7. She can polish off a 300 page book in less than a week with good comprehension. My next oldest is a boy who just turned 7 recently and he has yet to make the leap to independent reading. He is making progress, but he’s just not there yet. It’s one of the blessings of homeschooling – we can follow their gifts and abilities instead of forcing them into a one-size-fits-all timeline. The next two below him are a 6yo girl who is right where he is on reading ability and a just turned 4 yo boy who is reading level 1 readers on his own (mainly short vowel words). Everyone is different!
Thanks ladies. My two reading kids are 12 and 8, and then I am considering a list for my youngers as well.
Basically I know a lot of good resources for books out there, but I would like to have a checklist of the year’s picks (history as well as others) that I can quickly refer to for each child. I get flustered going from one resource to another and instead I need a solid list for each age. Then I can keep these lists as the little kids approach the same levels, which would save me time and effort on remembering what I used before.
Not sure if I’m making sense, sorry!
Just found this…
http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000-primary.html
This is sort of what I’m talking about, except I wish some of the literature could be categorized by history time period.
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