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Parents are often surprised to learn that accomplished readers, when questioned about particulars of a story, have 'missed the point.' Catholic reading comprehension materials, in addition to providing exposure to faith and character-building stories, train the child to analyze what he reads. This analysis leads to a greater understanding of the material read. As your student is exposed to history and science, which demand deeper analytical reading, he moves from the idea of reading as entertainment to reading as a means of expanding his knowledge about God's world. He begins to see a need to understand what he reads. Parents can increase a child's ability to think about what has been read by questioning him in depth about the material. However, demands on the parent's time often make such questioning difficult. Reading comprehension books provide a practical alternative. As the student answers questions about the stories, he becomes aware that the purpose of reading is often to inform, rather than merely to entertain.
Finally, as the child becomes more adept at analyzing what has been read, he realizes the additional benefit of improved reading scores on standardized tests.
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“My 6-year-old son LOVES Devotional Stories for Little Folks. The books and stories are deceptively simple in that you *think* you are just reading a funny story about another homeschooling family, but each story is a moral lesson in itself, describing the sometimes hilarious antics of the Peterson family (a homeschool family as real as they come!), vocabulary words, Scripture verses, Catechism of the Catholic Church quotations, discussion questions, and even an answer key and topical index in the back for Mom and Dad. Combined with the other core curriculum of CHC, you have a very solid academic experience.
Our book is dog-eared from the amount of time my son spends reading this book, in bed, huddled in a corner, in his make-shift fort, in the car - all over the place.”
- Jessica, IN |
“I started reading this book with my second grader, but soon after we started taking turns at reading aloud, the entire family came into the living room to join us. This book is filled with stories that teach good behavior and manners. They are gentle in their mode of teaching at a simplistic level. However, they are strong at making the point that we must live and act in a Godly manner. Our older children enjoy these stories too and they can delve deeper into the topics by looking up the Scripture passage or the Catechism reference that follows the stories.”
- Tami, WA |
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