If Your Child Refuses To Read Will They Pass VR ?
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Re: If Your Child Refuses To Read Will They Pass VR ?
I'd third the first two.menagerie wrote:I'd second Aquila, First News and National Geographic.
My kids also enjoyed Private Eye for the cartoons and then started reading the rest of it as well. As it's dense and allusive language, filled with in-jokes and puns and metaphor, it built them quite a lot of word power.
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Patricia makes just this point elsewhere - her theory us that it is better to attempt to get most of the other questions right on the basis that there may well be vocabulary that the child has never come across and no amount of logic or taught VR skills will help with that one.Yes, I agree there always seems to be strange vocab that they probably wouldn't come across however much reading they do
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Re: If Your Child Refuses To Read Will They Pass VR ?
I still read to my children aged 11 and 9. I try to get books that will grab the attention of both of them (boy and girl). I put on accents and try to make the book as much fun as possible. This way they hear vocabulary that is unlikely to be in the books they read to themselves. It helps me question their comprehension too. My DD is addicted to books - whereas my DS - loves me reading to him (and he's the eldest). We take it in turns to read too. I really enjoy the time I spend reading to my children and I think this can help nuture a love of books. I am a working parent - but I try to find time to share this one activity with my children.(I tend to do it in school holidays when I don't mind them staying up later) I'll be sad the day when my children think this is not what normal families do and consequenlty say they don't want to be read to!
Re: If Your Child Refuses To Read Will They Pass VR ?
To Aquila, I prefer 'discovery box' that I find better value for money.tokyonambu wrote:I'd third the first two.menagerie wrote:I'd second Aquila, First News and National Geographic.
I don't know yet National geographic Kids but my DS stumble over their website today while looking for information about tigers and would like to suscribe. What are your feedbacks about this magazine? Is it worth to suscribe or taking non-fiction books from the library is sufficient?
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Is National Geographic in British Englsih or American English?menagerie wrote:I'd second Aquila, First News and National Geographic.
I try to avoid everything in American English at the moment, just so that DS don't mispell some words...
Re: If Your Child Refuses To Read Will They Pass VR ?
Just to add whilst we are on the subject of magazines - my two love 'How it Works' Mag - it was recommended to us and they love the science based nature of it.
Re: If Your Child Refuses To Read Will They Pass VR ?
Don;t forget "Match"!
Not all children are gripped by the more worthy journals.
Not all children are gripped by the more worthy journals.
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Yup - and the Beano! (still love it)
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suncrest wrote:Yup - and the Beano! (still love it)
Me too!
Re: If Your Child Refuses To Read Will They Pass VR ?
Just going back to the original OP - my ds has only read a handful of books out of school in his entire life - most of those being the Wimpy Kid series, which aren't the best for vocab extension etc. However he passed his verbal reasoning and has also just got a level 5 in his reading SATs at school. His vocabulary is vast - we obviously talk a lot!!