I have been visiting some new blogs recently and I found this meme on Mommy Brain
1. How old were you when you learned to read and who taught you?
The story goes that I was reading at three but I don't really remember it. My mother taught me. I do remember her reading to me in my bunkbed at night.
2. Did you own any books as a child?
I am sure I did. But when I was really little I mainly went to the library. My mom (or the library) had a rule that I could only check out as many books as I was years old. This was when I was reading chapter books. I think we went to the library once a week.
When I was older I had quite a collection of fantasy and horror novels.
3. What’s the first book that you bought with your own money?
I really don't remember
4. Were you a re-reader as a child? If so, which book did you re-read most often?
The Great Brain books by John Fitzgerald. When I was a little older the Xanth books by Piers Anthony.
5. What’s the first adult book that captured your interest and how old were you when you read it?
When I was ten I read Pet Cemetary by Stephen King. That same year I went on to read Christine, Carrie, Firestarter, The Bachman Books, Skeleton Crewe, Cujo, and more. I didn't read The Stand till I was older.
6. Are there children’s books that you passed by as a child that you have learned to love as an adult? Which ones?
Lots! I never read the classics. First I read a lot of stuff like Judy Blume and Beverly Clearly and then I went right into fantasy, sci-fi and horror.
With Z I am reading the unabriged originals of the best children's classics and now I see why they are classic. Peter Pan is one of my favorite books ever.
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Z loves learning so much, she is a great candidate for unschooling. And you girls do so much wonderful educational stuff as it is, with your visits and classes, just for fun, that I think she has an amazingly educational life, whether you provide formal lessons or not.
We have been working with protractors the past week too! Today we drew a picture of two turtles sitting beneath a sun, and drew angles all over their backs, and in the sun, and coloured them in. It was unnecessary; this morning in bed Rose was holding up her arm at different angles and naming the degrees. But I want to bring more artwork into her lessons, and I was determined to go through with this lesson whether necessary or not!
OOPS! Sorry, I meant to put this comment beneath the latest post, but for some reason it ended up here.
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