English chapter book for kid

AKLAMY

pls click here

eemay

Thank you all for your sharing. I learnt a lots here.
My son likes reading,but has not yet started reading chapter book. Could you recommend a series which is good for a 6 years old boy to start with?

Thank you very much!!

eemay

AlanShirley,

thank you for your sharing.

xiaomama

My son started reading Magic Tree House series when he was in P.1.  He came from an "ordinary" kindergarten and did not know much English.  In the first term of P.1, I let him read the  Ladybird "Read it by yourself" series.  In the second term, I let him read Magic Tree House series, Junie B Jones series, Captain Underpants series, A-Z mysteries series, Stilton series, etc.  Usually I read him the first three chapters and asked him to read the rest of the book himself.  If you have ever read a Magic Tree House book, you will notice that the author repeated using  words such as "glare", "stare", "glance", "peer", "peek", "grab", "
snatch", "grasp", "shimmering", "gleaming", "medallion", "absolutely", "definitely", etc.    So once you have read two or three Magic Tree House books to your kid, he can manage it on his own.  This is my own experience.  I don't know whether you find it useful or not.   Now my boy is in P.2.  He starts reading Goosebump series and some classics (simplified versions)  like Frankenstein, The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Dracula, A Christmas Carol, etc.   Actually, I find the Goosebump series too long for him as a Goosebump  book normally has 30 chapters with 100+ pages.  In my opinion, a book of 60-70 pages (20+ lines per page) will be the most suitable.  He can finish it within one hour.

joyjoyma

Dear all,

It's amazing that your children have such a high capacities in reading English books.
Do they have a very good phonics foundation before you introduce chapter books to them?

Pls share!
Thanks!

xiaomama

A good phonics foundation will help.

Meipo

Would you suggest more free phonics website for us?

tomo

I have the following readers for sale(2nd hand but still new looking)
The Blue bananas series suitable for early readers(national curriculum Key Stage 1) bought in Singapore
1 The Glow worm who lost her glow
2 Spinderella
3 Dexter's Journey
Original price(SGD$12.60)about $60 per book
selling at half price HKD30. pl pm me

xiaomama

You can download free books for phonics from the following website:

http://progressivephonics.com/download_p2.htm#

vanessamom

想請問各位媽咪有無咩方法可以幫小朋友學串字,雖然話學左phonics係有幫助,但其實係咪都要多寫多串呢？