Should he be reading more non-fiction?
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He read Magic Treehouse in 1st grade and that got him more aware of real historical things as opposed to just reading about cartoon dogs or talking fruit. What series or book is like Magic Treehouse for older elementary?
These days he reads more “real life” books about people, like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which has him learning normal things that typical kids with siblings know about, but should I try to change the fact that he reads almost zero nonfiction? Maybe a news magazine or something like The Week for kids? Or a kid science magazine? |
Anonymous
| What grade is he now? |
Anonymous
| These are great non-fiction books for that age - https://www.whowasbookseries.com/who-was/ |
Anonymous
| Yes. I have a girl but we subscribe to Highlighrs and Ranger Rick and those are big hits. We also have a ton of non fiction fact books she looks through for things she's obsessed with at any moment- deep sea fish, snails, weather patterns etc. |
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| Whoops meant to post the home page, there is Who Was?, What Was? Where Is? Etc. |
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As long as he’s reading don’t worry about it.
Go to the library with him and pick dufferent kids of books to see what he likes though. He might enjoy historical fiction. |
Anonymous
2nd But he is pretty sheltered and innocent, hence the question. |
Anonymous
Thank you these look good! There are so many. Do you or your kids have any favorites? |
Anonymous
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Non-fiction isn't necessary.
Historical Fiction and Realistic Fiction are good. |
Anonymous
The Week Junior is great. |
Anonymous
PP - DS loved any that were about things he was already interested in or curious about. I seriously think he’s read at least 100 of them. See what your local library has and check out 5 or so of different categories and go from there. DS is in 6th now and will still grab these books from time to time for a quick read. |
Anonymous
| I Survived is a fun series for that age and would probably appeal to a kid who likes Magic Treehouse. |
Anonymous
| Offer, don’t push. The most important thing is that he love reading. If he chooses to read for fun, he will practice reading more often and become better at it. Pushing nonfiction on a child who is disinterested is playing the short game. You’ll get more kid-level knowledge in him now, potentially at the expense of general reading ability. If you offer it and he’s interested, you’re golden. |
Anonymous
What does that have to do with the price of beans |
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My kids love the DK brand of encyclopedias and we will go to bookstores and they pick up ones in subjects that they like. My younger sons two favorites are mythical creatures and optical illusions and the books are falling apart, I'm sure he has flipped through them 100 times.
I'm a big fan of kid encyclopedias. They are fun! |