“Even for their earliest reading lessons, it is unnecessary to put twaddle into the hands of children.” - Charlotte Mason.
Dick and Jane
We have a set of three that were our very first readers. They are perhaps a bit twaddly, however, they served our purpose well, giving Katja a good base of commonly used words. My reluctant reader appreciated the fact that each story was short and amusing. All the children love the illustrations and the stories, and still ask Katja to read to them from Dick and Jane!
A Child’s Garden of Verses – Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Tasha Tudor
We’ve read through the entire book, but have only used a couple of these for reading lessons so far. We continue to return to it.
Mary Engelbreit’s Mother Goose
This is a favourite with everyone! Katja has read many of these, and this book also doubles as picture study at the moment. What delightful illustrations for their internal picture gallery!
Little Bear and Little Bear’s Friend – Else Homelund Minarik
Katja loved these stories, and was very pleased with herself when she had finished an entire book. She still likes to read them to the younger children.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish – Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss is always fun. This one was good to reinforce phonics rules.
1 is One – Tasha Tudor
I chose this one to teach the numbers, but she learned all sorts of beautiful, interesting words from this book, like heath, nibbling rye, and gourds. We are now taking our copywork selections are taken from this book and the little children are learning to count and write numbers.
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