Val- Have your kids tried Frannie K Stein? My DS loves them! A little tomboy, a little girl mixed in. Well not much girl actually, but enough!
I read higher level chapter books to my DS- it usually takes us about three weeks to make it through. I'm almost done with Phantom Tollbooth now. We've also been reading the 39 Clues series. He loves the stories but the font and compressed pages are just too hard for his little eyes. He tries but often complains of headaches.
We love vocabulary here and try to incorporate big "wow" words into our everyday life. Anytime we come across a new, big word that isn't common, we usually talk about what it means and then try to use it for a few days. It's fun and we all get into it. Earlier this week we were playing with phenomenon, cacophony and diversify. Phantom Tollbooth has given us some crazy words!
