Comments on: A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/04/a-z-mysteries-series-for-young-readers.html preschool activities, preschool crafts, and preschool books. Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Allison McDonald https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/04/a-z-mysteries-series-for-young-readers.html#comment-514446 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:39:08 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=17755#comment-514446 In reply to Kris.

love the idea to photo copy the map!

]]> By: Kris https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/04/a-z-mysteries-series-for-young-readers.html#comment-513500 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:33:22 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=17755#comment-513500 Great series!!
I recently got my five year old daughter hooked on these. As a teacher, I agree, have the first few on hand when you read the first one. They don’t have to be read in order, but you will find it much more beneficial and clues will be given in later ones that may spoil prior books (ex. Deadly Dungeon tells that Wallis Wallace is a girl, so if you then read Absent Author later, you will be able to figure it out earlier). We photocopy the map in the front so we don’t have to flip back and forth to locate places. Although she can’t read well enough on her own yet, we are hitting all kinds of discussions about literary elements while we are reading…alliteration, characterization, foreshadowing, figurative language (something’s fishy is now one of her new favorite sayings!), etc. There is a lot of repetitive language (characters, places, etc.) in each book, so she is starting to be able to read along with me more…she also has pretty much memorized the Green Lawn map and can make connections easily.
She likes the Magic Tree House series, but these books we have been finishing in one to two days because she is so eager. We are flying through the series this summer! We’ll go back to MTH books after we finish this series.

]]> By: Janelle https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/04/a-z-mysteries-series-for-young-readers.html#comment-240344 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:43:08 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=17755#comment-240344 In reply to Janelle.

Sorry-not Katie Woo, should say Kylie Jean series by Marci Peschke

]]> By: Heather https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/04/a-z-mysteries-series-for-young-readers.html#comment-214705 Sat, 04 May 2013 00:01:46 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=17755#comment-214705 The “Real Kids, Real Places” books by Carole Marsh are pretty good. We’ve read a few and so far I haven’t come across anything major in behavior that I don’t like. We do like that they all take place in places you can find on a map…we’ve read the one that took place in Yellowstone and one more. They do mention ghosts once in a while, in relation to stories about them in the places they visit. The kids travel with their grandparents. Their grandmother is a writer and writes books about the places they visit. My kids like to look up the places and learn about them more while we’re reading the books, maybe watch a documentary on Netflix, so it is a good jumping off spot for learning.

]]> By: Janelle https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/04/a-z-mysteries-series-for-young-readers.html#comment-211466 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:12:01 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=17755#comment-211466 My daughter loves the Katie Woo series by Fran Manushkin. These books teach great social/moral lessons!

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