Old Friends
We started when my oldest daughter was 4 with Little House in the Big Woods. We went on to read a couple others in that series(eventually to read them all!) and then when we started with Sonlight, we branched out to read other great books.
I have to say that our read aloud time is my favourite part of our homeschool day. I love having the kids around me(or Hubby, as he takes part in this too!) all intently(well, most of them are attentive, I often have to provide things to keep the little ones busy!) listenning to some great tale.
We've read some great ones, Black Beauty, The Wind in the Willows are a couple of my favourites.
A couple of years ago we read Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. In that book Caddie's brother, Warren gets nervous about giving a speech in front of class.
He is supposed to say:
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.".
He messes up and says:
"If at first you don't fricassee, fry, fry a hen.".
I often hear this quote being said or I'm the one saying it.
It has become part of our family life.
That's the neat thing about reading good books aloud together as a family, they(the books) become like old friends, members of our family themselves!
