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Read alouds again to the younger set of children?
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My 5 children are 7 and under, and we love reading together. I can’t even remember all the books I’ve read to them while they eat lunch, and after lunch:) The other day, I realized that my first two have heard many wonderful living books, while the younger three have heard them also, but just small parts, because they weren’t interested. Then I was overwhelmed thinking of trying to go back and read those books again, while still finding time to have other read alouds for the older two. I still read shorter books throughout the day with the younger three, but not the ones like Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Burgess Bird Book, etc. How do I remember which books to read and when, if that made sense? My oldest is 7 and reads well independently, but he and his sister (6) still really enjoy our time with the books out loud. Thanks!
In my school binder I have a list of books that I check off as we read them. You might can check it with a written date of completion, and then know for sure when you read it last.
Also each of my kids have their own independent list of books ( also listed in my binder) and this gives me record of what age they read which books.
I think maybe I wasn’t clear with my first post and am having a hard time figuring out how to put it. Basically I’m asking for advice from moms with several children, how to do classic read alouds, do you cycle/read them again every year? Every two years? How do I “schedule” them (in my head and on paper:) to be read again to the younger set who wasn’t ready for them when I read them to the older two? Or do you just not reread some books to each new group of students? I have a booklist that records when I read each book, so that’s not the problem, it’s remembering to pick back up the older books again that I read to the first two. I hope that made sense this time, thanks.
We have some read-alouds we cycle every three years or so; the olders dimly remember and are happy to hear them again. Some, like Charlotte’s Web, I don’t repeat, but will read individually to the youngest child, who needs stories broken into smaller chunks anyway. Often, during that time, older children will also come and listen in to a story they remember fondly.
Blessings,
Aimee
I don’t worry about it. Whatever our family is currently reading is probably what we all need at the moment. Those books that are definitely miss-nots (Narnia, Little Britches, Carry On Mr. Bowditch, etc.) call out their names from the bookshelves to be read aloud again. I love scanning book guides and lists from All Through the Ages, 1000 Good Books, SCM, Beautiful Feet, Ambleside, etc to keep good books in my memory. I use the SCM organizer to record what we have already read.
We have two family read alouds going, one that I read at lunch and the other Daddy reads in the evening. These are classics or inspirational books.
I read aloud to the younger group of children their own read alouds for their “school” while the older children do their independent work.
Thanks, that helped! Janell, what age were your kids when they liked Little Britches? I got it from the library and skimmed it, and it seemed a bit over their heads, but maybe I didn’t give it a good chance.
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