Comments on: Homeschool Reading List: I’d Love Your Advice

By: agraziana

agraziana — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:35:21 +0000

At that age, my daughter loved Carolyn Haywood’s series on Betsy and Billy (“B” is for Betsy is the first book) and Maud Hart Lovelace’s series on a different Betsy- the first four in the Betsy-Tacy series. These books are so sweet, and on about the same level as the Little House books. I wish I’d have been able to read them when I was small.

By: ValGJoy

ValGJoy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:43:24 +0000

What a bunch of helpful replies! Consider keeping one foot in the lower-level lists to build confidence, enjoy all the great stuff at the levels before what’s mentioned here and build vocabulary. There’s nothing so helpful as a 6-year-old who will read the 4-year-old’s favorite book to him! It helps diction and inflexion for beautiful reading, as well as building patience and other qualities that will help that relationship.

By: P. Robinson

P. Robinson — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:24:58 +0000

Little Women, 8 Cousins, all the Louisa May Alcott books are wonderful and wholesome.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:18:47 +0000

I hope it will be all right to post this the way I am going to post it. This link has been a great help to me in making up reading lists for my children who range from a 10th grader on down. It is hard to find good books the older the kids get believe me! I have had to turn to buying these books in used book stores because alot are out of print and we live in a small town with a tiny library and they just cannot possibly get everything in nor order things as I need them. My kids are required to always be reading a book and to read 30 minutes at least a day. I love it when they get really interested and read longer. http://classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html

By: linda

linda — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:57:03 +0000

Pathway readers plus sonlight recommended readers. My 9 yr has a 13 yr reading age but he just didn’t like reading the recommended books by ambleside.,Robinson Crusoe is better for grade 7.We love their free reading lists though.Raymond Moore has some really good ideas for teaching phonics and Montessorri methods are similar.Apparently Ruth Beechick’s books are great. My daughter loved pathways because they had sight words and phonics.We use Rodstaff maths.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:49:58 +0000

I’m reading Five Little Peppers and How They Grew to my 6yo daughter. I love the sibling relationships, how the children cherish their widow mother, and references to the Lord. We picked it up from the library 5 or so years ago and I was inwardly delighted when my dog chewed the corner and I had to buy it!

By: Kim from Canada

Kim from Canada — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:51:19 +0000

My daughter was an early reader, too, and she continues to love sitting down and devouring different ones (must come from her father).

She loved the Rod and Staff series that has already been mentioned – these are good because they can be chosen by age appropriate levels. Someone also mentioned the Anne of Green Gables series – these are loved in my house and read over and over! Very girly and the early ones have a good christian value base.

The latest interest in my now 9 yo are missionary stories. The series we have been collecting is called ‘Christian Heroes: Then and Now’ by Janet & Geoff Benge. They have been great because the story of the missionary’s life is told in a ‘novel’ type way. These started out as read-aloud family books and now my daughter reads them on her own.

That would be the extent of my advice for this time of night! If I think of anything else, I’ll let you know!

By: Rina

Rina — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:29:26 +0000

I’m VERY particular about what I’ll allow my children to read and there are many popular children’s books that I wont allow my children to read, either because of a slanted view on God or because of negative attitudes/actions of the characters that are never adequately dealt with. I love books obtained through Lamplighter publishing I blogged about one of my favorites a while back http://intostillwaters.com/2009/04/26/april-27-2009/) and I also like many of Louisa May Alcott’s books. I love many books by George MacDonald as well, he interlaces his books with lots of lessons on morality. One book that I’ll require all of my children to read (but might be a little too much for a six year old) is Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss. Hope this helps, and I’ll send more as I think of them!

By: Alana

Alana — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:22:31 +0000

I love the Grandma’s Attic series by Arleta Richardson is great for young girls who can read “big books” but aren’t ready for anything too deep. Each story is very light-hearted but also has a moral, so it’s a great way to start conversations about how your daughter might feels in a similar situation to the one the main character found herself in (a friend who turns out to not really be a good friend, wanting to be beautiful/get rid of freckles and trying out a beauty product that ended in disaster, etc.). All of Louisa May Alcott’s work is wonderful, too. And I heartily agree with those who recommend L.M. Montgomery’s books–still my favorite books at age 25. Enjoy reading with your daughter!

By: Mrs. Bethany Hudson

Mrs. Bethany Hudson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:47:09 +0000

In addition to what others have suggested, I’d recommend Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne books, and anything by E.B. White. In a year or two, she might be ready for Lois Lowry’s books, which I remember adoring around that age (7 or 8). Ah, this makes me excited to homeschool in another couple of years!