This is the one Luke and I were reading the other night:

What does Level 1 mean? It means you're starting to read. There are "simple stories, increased vocabulary, longer sentences." It says so on the back of the book:

"There are animal teams from all over the rainforest. There is a spectacled bear team, a howler monkey team, and a puma team."
Excuse me? "Spectacled bear," "howler monkey" and "puma" are the simple words my kid is going to learn? Okay, maybe we don't watch enough "Go, Diego, Go," but what exactly is a spectacled bear? [It's this.] Please, don't tell me that preschoolers in South America countries know this and I'm just raising a bunch of cultural buffoons. Luke's going to enter kindergarten in August. Should I focus on spectacled bears, howler monkeys and puma or should I focus on sight words?
Oh, for the good ole days of Dick, Jane and Spot.
1 comment:
I know what you mean. I can't believe the things they expect kids to learn at younger ages these days....
I loved Dick and Jane by the way. And Mr. Mugs - Mr. Mugs readers were my favorite when I was a kid...
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