Reading Stories

When my children were really little, I'd read to them, even before they fully understood the English language.

When they were really small, I have to give thanks to Leapster! We had tons of toys, the fridge magnets, and never stopped cruising toy isles for the newest Leap Frog stuff!!!  I would fold laundry on the bed, occupy them in the crib close by, and phonics started extremely early. Reading opens up new ideas when they are small and being read to and a whole new world they can escape to as they get older and do it on their own. They both currently still use Leapster Explorers, which we love because it gives them a game between learning, and they have all the stuff the characters they are presently into. Our children learned to read early on so we didn't have to buy the books with reader like we had with our eldest.

Recently it has come to our attention that they still at 5 and 7 still need us reading to them, our voices, and cuddle time. We push education, and when they started to read on their own, we started to push their limits and stopped reading to them. I talked it over with my husband, and since the kids seem to understand much more than most might give them credit for, we're going to start reading to them again. But instead of reading books they understand or can already read, we'll do higher end books (and have the ability to explain words and concepts).

Here is to a new chapter of life when we can read books, watch the movies, and compare the differences...

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FREE ONLINE BOOKS/READING

The Online Books Page

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books

Read Print

http://www.readprint.com

Book Spot

http://www.bookspot.com/onlinebooks

StarFall (learning to read free)

http://www.starfall.com

Montessori

http://www.learntoreadfree.com

Soft Schools

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics

Phoniks

http://www.foniks.org

There are so many more, if you look