The Hobbit and a Tooth!

P has finished reading "the Hobbit" today --- within one day!(That's 24 hours, more or less) We've decided that he might try it this summer break but he didn't start reading it right away. It took almost two weeks before he did. 

Teacher Dad and Mom had thought about starting his summer reading list right after the final examination week at school. The first books were "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell and "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien. He first read the Dolphins. Then a few more books in between before he started the Hobbit. 

Personally, I think that the latter should be read a little later. It seems a bit early for him although I know that it will be a delightful read. Nonetheless, with what he has already read so far, he did enjoy reading it. As much as TM would want to do it chapter by chapter, I thoroughly understand that once you start reading the book, you just can't wait to turn to the next page. 

I wouldn't want to have him start on the LotR anytime soon. As much as it was very interesting for me, it is just a bit too dark for him.

Another interesting thing to start the month today is removing his upper incisor, the one right next to his upper right canine (upper lateral incisor). DH noticed it was already loose yesterday and decided to have it removed A.S.A.P.  After checking it closely, I also found that there is already a little whitish tooth coming out pretty soon. It took a lot of convincing and coaxing before P relented to tie a thread around the tooth to remove it. Fortunately, the ice cream-on-a-bike was around our area and it helped to dangle a reward for the ordeal. :D

We have to keep an eye on the other lateral incisor for the next few days as it may be the next one to be removed. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that there will be another sweet-cold treat around by that time. 

Summer Reading Part 1

We have just started our school break this past week and on top of the list is an overdue visit to the city library. P happened to see an interesting chapter book series about animals, Animal Ark. He borrowed two and finished reading it the same night.

On the other hand, I finally started reading “The Hobbit” sometime after the exam week. I had hold off rereading it again until after exam week because I know that it is going to be more fun to read it without a big thing hanging over my head.

I seldom read books twice.

It’s still pretty interesting even though I’ve already read it more than ten years ago.

It turns out to be one of the books that I can actually read more than once.

On the other hand, I finally started reading “The Hobbit” sometime after the exam week. I had hold off rereading it again until after exam week because I know that it is going to be more fun to read it without a big thing hanging over my head.

I seldom read books twice.

It turns out to be one of the books that I can actually read more than once.

It’s still pretty interesting even though I’ve already read it more than ten years ago. 

Details on the books are on the table below. 

Date	Mom	Pilip	Source
March 18-23, 2012	The Hobbit	-Dolphin in the Deep(#31), -Porpoise in the Pool(Animal Ark Holiday Specials, Summer Special), -Ang Mabait na Kalabaw, -The Moon is My Friend -Just Mom & Me (Little Critter) -My Brother Daniel	E Book City Library
March 25-31, 2012	- Perry Mason Mysteries # 25 The Case of the Black-Eyed Blond, - Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer - **Greek and a Toothbrush by Emma Gelder’s Sterne (A bio about Mary McCleod Bethune, an African-American and founder of Bethune-Cookman College)	-Ang Barumbadong Bus - Dino buk from CT Lib	- E book - City Library (RD Condensed Book, and **Colliers Junior, Vol. Roads to Greatness)
April 1, 2012	- PMM # 26 The Case of the Golddigger’s Purse -	-The Hobbit	E book

Reading Log (as of September 2011)

August is P's birth month. Chuseok fell on Sept 12 this year. Upon DH's idea, P got himself a new ebook reader, Kindle, as a gift. It seems that the previous PDA's which he has been using as ereaders are not enough to hold the ebooks that he wants to read every now and then. Here is the book list.


Enid Blyton Series (15 Mystery,8 Adventure,1 Secret Seven, and 21 Famous Five, 5 Secret, 2 Adventure Four, 2 CIrcus, 6 Malory TOwers)
Thornton Burgess Series (13 books) 
Redwall Series (20 books)


Over the weekend, TM has to catch up with P in reading Roald Dahl's books. TM only managed to finish four from the list.


Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Danny the Champion of the World


We managed to find the proper reader to be able to read the illustrated books using a laptop. And P was able to read the following:
The Enormous Crocodile
The Magic Finger





  

Pilip on Harry Potter

5-28-2010

When I finished book one of the Harry Potter, I thought that I was going to read it again.
I didn't know that there was a "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
Then, when I was looking into my father's bookshelf, I saw the books of Harry Potter.
Then I got the book 5 and looked inside it.
Then, I showed it to my father.
Then when I finished the book 3, I was excited to be at chapter 16.
But then, when I was reading, it should have been three champions but there was four and the Hogwarts champion was Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter.
But there should be one champion in each school.
Before I read HP, and my father explained about it.
When I was at Chapter 1, book 1, I didn't know that the Dursleys didn't like Harry.

-Pilip, 5 1/2, Gryffindor

(This is a short response on reading Harry Potter books as dictated to Teacher Mom.)

Great Illustrated Classics

Last month, (Sept. 15th, 2009) we happen to go to the third floor of the one and only "mall/department store" in the city. Even though it wasn't really planned to buy books, we ended up buying some. A Marc Brown book on patience and a Great Illustrated Classics book, "Wizard of Oz".

I was hesitant to get the classics book at first thinking that P's level is not that yet and will be reading a couple more years later. I would have to keep it for a while before giving it to him to read. Was I surprised to see him later at home looking for the book and trying to read the Oz. At first, he looked at the pictures on the pages (each page has one full text and the opposite is an illustration). Keeping an eye on him as I was preparing dinner, I noticed that he has started to flip the pages at a certain tempo and was actually reading the text and not just the pictures. In more or less two hours, he had finished it. He figuratively devoured it.

I was very surprised but happy. At the same time, worried that he just swallowed it too soon. I mean, he can read it fine but that should be my cue to get him started or train him to read in a slightly higher reading skills not merely devour the book. And since he still has the appetite to reread the books that he has, I think it won't be a bad idea to slowly introduce this skills in these classics.

The next day, I went back to the store and got the three remaining books. He might or might not read it right away is fine with me. In time, he will read be glad to have these books in our bookshelf to read when he gets around to it.

Library Time

Being a not-so-busy-Mom gives me lots of free time to bring my kid to the library. Since little boy's Daycare class is til 4 in the the afternoon, we still have a chance to head to the library specially when the weather is good.

Sometimes, when we turn up at the center and find out that it's closed (we have no idea beforehand), we head on to the grocery (there's a playground there) or library. Like last Monday. It was actually raining but instead of going back home, I thought, why not the library?

We got in a around a quarter before 2 and left only when the librarians have to go home (meaning, 5 pm) I was pretty surprised to have stayed there that long with the LB 'coz his usual length of stay inside is more or less an hour or two. If I was alone, I could stay there from 1 to 5 but with LB, I'm doubtful. But we did stay longer than what I've expected. He sure likes to read. I just have to be more active in guiding him when he reads. At least get a chance to talk about one of the books that he reads or be able to retell the book.

Reading Journey: Archie's Comics

DS had stumbled into the comics scene. He found it very interesting but I have yet to reread these books again. He's so into it nowadays and would constantly be "caught" reading this.

OOps! Books read last Friday at the library. Big book about So Duck who cannot Quack (titled "Quack"), A Pal for Pat (Fischer-price phonics book), and the Ant and the Grasshopper (this one has the sad ending where Ant refuses Grasshopper begging for food). I personally like my own version where the ant shares but still teaches the lesson of saving to the grasshopper.

He also looked for the Mack the Cat book today which I almost forgot where I had kept. Ah! There are still much more to reread at home.

:( So this one also goes for me.