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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child had fluency at different levels at different times.  She first enjoyed reading short Bob type books at 3, but we would have her read one to us and then I would read her a picture book of her choice.  She would listen for hours if I let her.  At four, she enjoyed reading Frog and Toad, and I read her nonfiction with pictures.  At five, she enjoyed reading anything about princesses outloud, and I read her books like Siddhartha and Secret Garden.  Now, she will spend hours reading to herself just about anything.  But, I still read to her daily - generally a day of a daily Bible (we are agnostic/athiest, but it is a book everyone should know) and a chapter of a book we will both love.  For us, it was about piquing both skills and interest at the same time, through different methods, and making sure she understood that there was an amazing adventure to be found in books if she ventured into them.[/quote]

OP here. We are agnostic/athiest too, but I like the idea of reading the Bible because I agree that everyone should have some familiarity with it. What books of the Bible do you read or have you read?[/quote]

I am not certain of the exact version that we have (I will check when I get home), as it was given to us years ago by my in-laws in an attempt to convert us to their beliefs.  It is an adult version in which every day includes a section of the Old Testament, a section of the New Testament (both in order) and psalms.  In total it is three or four pages per day, and the simultaneous inclusion of both Testaments allows us to get through it all but continue to follow a story when one gets slow.  As I mentioned, I had already read her Siddhartha and we had discussed it at length while reading it.  Then she met a friend who was telling her about her Bible studies and she asked if she could study the Bible.  I thought it was a great idea, especially as I too have struggled at times with knowledge gaps, but I have explained to her that we - her parents - believe that it is a great book, but we do not actually believe everything in it to be literally true, that it represents one theory or "religion."  Some of it probably goes over her head, and some I don't mind going over her head.  I don't skip any, but I linger on some of the stories for discussion.  We also skip it on any day in which either of us isn't truly into reading time.[/quote]

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