And on night she risks her life to prove it. She would do anything to protect them, anything. She loves the twelve metal figures on horseback who ride forth each hour from the clock on the ancient church tower. "Take care of the little riders," says Johanna's father to the eleven-year-old when he leaves her with his parents for an extended vacation in their Dutch village. Set during the Second World War when the German army occupied Holland, 'The Little Riders is an exciting, moving adventure story, just right for reading aloud. 'Take care of the little riders,' says Johanna' s father to the eleven-year-old when he leaves her with his parents for an extended vacation in their Dutch village. And to help you make the most of the empathy-building potential in these books, your IG also outlines discussion questions for each day.Book Description Paperback. If you are using these books as part of a homeschool curriculum, remember that your Instructor's Guide (IG) alerts you to vocabulary words, historical background, and any special notes of caution. (Be sure to see the list of books for ages 3-5 if you're raising younger children.) As they read or listen to you read aloud to them, they will see through the eyes of characters who feel a range of emotions: guilt, elation, sorrow, grief, affection, and excitement. Each one uniquely provides your children with fresh perspectives. To build empathy in kids ages 6-8, you can't do better than these 12 carefully chosen titles.
We choose only the best to add to our curriculum packages and summer reader sets. That's why the Sonlight team spends thousands of hours a year previewing and culling hundreds of titles.
Reading twaddle will not have the same effect. How? Well, the quality of the book matters. Yes! Something as simple, as easy, and as enjoyable as reading a lovely novel can actually impart emotional intelligence and godly character.
if kindness is high on your list of character traits to develop in your children, you'll be pleased to know that reading books can develop empathy. When you read aloud beautiful books, you give your children a love of beautiful writing.īest of all. But they do so much more in the aesthetic arena, too. Yes, they do all of that in the academic realm. Great books do more than build comprehension skills, develop rich vocabularies, and lay the foundation of cultural literacy.
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