My sisters kid is a very fast learner and advanced at more stem activities, but has always struggled with language/social things. They are meeting their teachers expectations, but just barely, and I feel could catch up if reading was more of a group activity. I’m reading to them recently in order to increase interest and it’s been doing well but I was always an advanced reader with a preference for horror and don’t remember any books I read as a kid that would be good for them. I’ve read a few books that my mother suggested/were in the local curriculum but we have
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A) run out of books for the lower levels
B) run into a lot of books that more or less encourage speaking to strangers (Because of Winn Dixie) or keeping secrets from your parents (usually magic oriented books where a child discovers some sort of magical pet and hides them from adults)
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I’m all for books that encourage curiosity and kindness to others and not stereotyping/making assumptions about people, but just this moment I’m not sure they understand that difference, because again, they are behind in social skills (such as recognizing bullies and keeping distance from them) Eventually these books would be fine in their library but I’m trying to find something that won’t reinforce bad behaviors, seeing as I’m mostly a babysitter and not a parent, but the one that does teach most of the reading because their mother struggles with literacy.
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They like adventure stories, and anything related to firefighting/doctor/dentists type careers. They also love stories about animals and stories about heroes.
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EDIT: I am also looking for chapter books because carboard books are no longer retaining their attention but they like that I do weird voices when reading chapter books.
by BaconBurgerF5227