Here they are, all set to discuss Sunny Holiday! The girls write questions for the moms to discuss and the moms write questions for the girls to discuss. Questions all go in the basket and the girls take turns choosing one. Then they take turns sharing their thoughts and ideas, with the moms chiming in whenever we can get a word in edgewise. It is SO FUN to watch these girls get excited about discussing books! They are all so enthusiastic and opinionated, and their answers are so insightful. Have I mentioned that I love having a daughter who loves to read? And who comes up with fabulous ideas like having a book club? Next month we are celebrating Halloween by reading Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe, followed by All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor for November. Any suggestions for where we should go from there? Great books for smart third-graders that their moms will like too?
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Lucy's Book Club
About six months ago Lucy decided she wanted to start a moms and girls book club. So we called a bunch of friends who like to read and got started with The Doll People by Ann Martin. The next month we read No Flying in the House by Betty Brock. Midway through our meeting, a neighbor came by with his horse carriage and spontaneously gave the girls a ride. He suggested they read Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, so they came back determined to read that next. It was tough going but all the girls pushed through it and had a great discussion of the book so we rewarded them with a book club Black Beauty movie night. For a change of genre, we chose Matilda by Roald Dahl next, then this month we read Sunny Holiday by Colleen Paratore.
Here they are, all set to discuss Sunny Holiday! The girls write questions for the moms to discuss and the moms write questions for the girls to discuss. Questions all go in the basket and the girls take turns choosing one. Then they take turns sharing their thoughts and ideas, with the moms chiming in whenever we can get a word in edgewise. It is SO FUN to watch these girls get excited about discussing books! They are all so enthusiastic and opinionated, and their answers are so insightful. Have I mentioned that I love having a daughter who loves to read? And who comes up with fabulous ideas like having a book club? Next month we are celebrating Halloween by reading Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe, followed by All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor for November. Any suggestions for where we should go from there? Great books for smart third-graders that their moms will like too?
Here they are, all set to discuss Sunny Holiday! The girls write questions for the moms to discuss and the moms write questions for the girls to discuss. Questions all go in the basket and the girls take turns choosing one. Then they take turns sharing their thoughts and ideas, with the moms chiming in whenever we can get a word in edgewise. It is SO FUN to watch these girls get excited about discussing books! They are all so enthusiastic and opinionated, and their answers are so insightful. Have I mentioned that I love having a daughter who loves to read? And who comes up with fabulous ideas like having a book club? Next month we are celebrating Halloween by reading Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe, followed by All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor for November. Any suggestions for where we should go from there? Great books for smart third-graders that their moms will like too?
