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About Marie RippelMarie Rippel, curriculum developer of the award-winning All About Reading and All About Spelling programs, is known for taking the struggle out of both teaching and learning. Marie is an Orton-Gillingham practitioner, sought-after speaker, and member of the International Dyslexia Association. When not writing or teaching, Marie can be found riding her Icelandic horses.
I do pick most of the books from the library, and my kids invariably will select some Barbie or Dora books, which I will read once and quickly return! When I realized they were not ready to listen to novels such as The Little House series, I tried books on CD and they were hooked! I don’t know why sitting on the couch listening to me read from a chapter book is not as appealing as listening in the car, maybe less distractions? Makes for much more enjoyable car trips and we are listening to wonderful classics. My favorite kind of book is the picture book, and they really don’t get as much attention as they deserve. So many people jump from board books to readers to beginner chapter books while completely skipping some wonderfully rich stories and gorgeous artwork in picture books.
I have five daughters ages 12, 11, 8, 4 and 2. They are all hooked into reading – So much so that I have to buy new books, of my selection, every couple weeks and take them regularly to the library so that they can choose other books of their choice. However, one of our favorite pass time together, as girls, is to squeeze together on our couch, as I read them classic novels. Reading is definitely a trend here at home.
We are loving reading here. Well except my 10 year old. He loves to be read to and I do it everyday. But, he just does not like it and I think it is because he struggles with it. You can find books anywhere in our home. Actually even in the bathrooms…