“Books on tape stock a child’s mind with the sounds of thousands of words.” Bauer, Susan Wise (2009). The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Third Edition) (p. 32). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.
We have added audiobooks to our daily routine as they are a great way to introduce books and build vocabulary. While we are listening to these books we are usually crocheting, doing art, or just playing a board game. I do not “quiz” her on what we are listening to however, I do remind her to listen and will occasionally ask her questions later on to see if she was able to follow along. She is 5 and I know it’s hard to listen to long stretches of reading, so it really is no big deal. Besides, we will read the books again later.
Code:
- LV Free Audiobooks from LibriVox
- A: Purchased from Audible
- PL: Borrowed from Public Library
- OD: OverDrive
- O (own): Purchased from another source (usually an affiliate link)
Currently Listening to
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (OD)
- Stolen Magic by Gail Carson Levine (A)
To Read
Recently Completed
Previously Completed Audiobooks:
- The Once and Future King by PDF T. H. White (A)
- Where the Red Fern Grows by: Wilson Rawls (A)
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll” (LV)
- Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (LV)
- Peter Pan (UNABRIDGED) by J.M. Barrie and Narrated by Jim Dale (A)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (1826-1890). Translated by Carol Della Chiesa (LV)
- Shakespeare’s Storybook: Folk Tales That Inspired the Bard (Book & CD)by Patrick Ryan (O)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (PL)
- Superfudge by Blume (A)
- Tales of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter (O)
- Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume (A)
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (A)
- Magic Tree House Collection: Books 1-8 by Mary Pope Osborne (A)
- Magic Tree House Collection: Books 9-16 by Mary Pope Osborne (A)
- Magic Tree House Collection: Books 17-24 by Mary Pope Osborne (A)
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (A)
- The Once and Future King by T. H. White (A)
- Matilda by Roald Dahl (A)
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (PL)
- Leo the Late Bloomer by Ad Vanderveen (O)
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Aki Ueda (O)
- Back and White Rabbit by Alan Baker (O)
- Gray Rabbit’s 1, 2, 3 by Alan Baker (O)
- Chicka, Chicka 1, 2, 3, by Bill Martin Jr.
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (A)
- The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff (A)
- Akimbo and the Crocodile by Alexander McCall Smith (O)
- Akimbo and the Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith (O)
- Akimbo and the Lions by Alexander McCall Smith (O)
- Akimbo and the Snakes by Alexander McCall Smith (O)
- Inside a Barn in the County by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (O)
- Inside a House that is Haunted by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (O)
- Inside a Zoo in the City by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (O)
- Children’s Short Work by Andrew Lang (O)
- When the Earth Wakes by Ani Rucki (O)
- Bunny, My Honey by Anita Jeram (O)
- It Wasn’t My Fault by Anita Leighton (O)
- Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Grossnickle Hines (O)
- To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda (O)
- City Mouse, Country Mouse by Anne Nachtrieb Zesiger (O)
- Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel (O)
- Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel (O)
- Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (O)
- Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel (O)
- Three Blind Mice by Art Blakey (O)
- Heckedy Peg by Audrey and Don Wood (O)
- King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey and Don Wood (O)
- Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood (O)
- Little Penguin’s Tale by Audrey and Don Wood (O)
- The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood (O)
- Silly Sally by Audrey and Don Wood (O)
- Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey and Don Wood (O)
- The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn (O)
- All the Colors of the Earth by Avishal Cohen (O)
- The Missing Tarts by B.G. Hennessy (O)
- Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (O)
- Bat Jamboree by Beat Happening (O)
- Lady with the Alligator by Beausoleil (O)
- Ben’t Trumpet by Ben Webster (O)
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber (O)
- Clifford and the Grouchy Neighbors by Big Neighborhood (O)
- Over the Meadow by Bob Neary (O)
- What Have You Done, Davy by Brigette Weninger (O)
- Jamberry by Bruce Degen (O)
- There’s a Nightmare in my Closet by Bud Powell (O)
- The Long Secret Louise Fitzhugh (Harriet the Spy book 2)
- Sport by Louise Fitzhug (Harriet the Spy book 3)