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| Summer Reading 2011 |
In the summer before my daughter started kindergarten I received a packet from the school containing various material including school policies, a calendar, and registration documents. One of the items in the stack was a summer reading list. I thought to myself, wow, really? She doesn't even know how to read yet, and she has a summer reading list?
The instructions noted that the child read, or be read to, at least eight books. I thought, fair enough. We are working through the list, and we've past the minimum of eight books, and we are enjoying the books.
I surveyed other moms who have kids in other schools to see if their school offered a kindergarten summer reading list, and most of them said no. It seems, though, that everyone I surveyed was curious about what was on the list. I figure the readers of this blog might be interested too. So, here goes...
- Owl at Home, Grasshopper on the Road, Uncle Elephant, Mouse Tales, or Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
- Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik (series)
- A Bargain for Frances, Bedtime for Frances, or Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban (series)
- Bony-Legs by Joanna Cole
- Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel (series)
- There Is A Carrot In My Ear by Alvin Schwartz
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (series)
- Jack and the Beanstalk, The Magic Porridge Pot, or Puss in Boots by Paul Galdone
- Where the Wild Things Are* by Maurice Sendak
- Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey (series)
- The Dream House by Pirkko Vainio
- A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
- Miss Spider's Wedding by David Kirk
- The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
- The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
- A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
- Olivia by Ian Falconer (series)
- What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins
- The Lamb Who Came For Dinner by Steve Smallman
- Officer Buckle and Gloria* by Peggy Rathmann
- Sammy and the Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow
- Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
- Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, or The Big Hungry Bear by A. Wood
- Painting a Rainbow, Eating the Alphabet, or Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
- Carlo Likes Reading by Jessica Spanyol
- My Friend Bear by Jez Alborough
- The Polar Express* by Chris Van Allsburg
- Rapunzel* illustrated and retold by Paul O. Zelinsky
- The Napping House by Audrey Wood
- A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
- Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
- Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
- Make Way for Ducklings* by Robert McCloskey
- Owl Moon* by John Schoenhorr
- Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry by Andrew Fusek Peters
- A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
- Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
- A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne
- When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne
1 comment:
I found that being a family big readers, my son had already been exposed to many of the books on the various reading lists we got over the years (he's now 15!). So as long as they are reading regularly (themselves or you reading to them), the goal of being a 'good' reader is being met. I think as with many areas of learning and experience (art, music, computers, etc), if they are a natural part of the child's everday life then you are providing them with the optimal life- of-learning model, what is/should be the goal of all schools. I guess it helps validate both the job of the schools and of the parents, and is perhaps especially vital for those kids who aren't exposed to these things at home.
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