/lit/ - Literature

>>18787483
It's over for your niece. I started first grade at age 5.

>>18787498
It probably is, but I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt because pandemic was really shit for her.

she won't get anywhere without people to actively read with her

>>18787501
phenomenology of spirit

>>18787508
That's what I'm trying to do, frend.

>>18787501
I urge every parent to homeschool their child instead of sending them to kinder. Anyways, you don't just give her books, set foundations. It could be vocabulary, nouns, verbs.

>>18787515
ah, okay, i thought you were just going to give her a book and leave it. she's 6 years old anyway so she needs basic stuff, hungry caterpillar etc. i have no recommendations.

but i do suggest giving her a word tin. just get a tin and fill it with bits of paper that have words on. sit her down and take out a word and ask her to spell it. give her the tin so she can read through them on her own time. you can change the words over time. this helped me a lot when i was a kid i think.

>>18787483
>6 year old
>can't read
sorry anon. I don't think she'll ever be able to actually read. She won't enjoy literature, not because she might think it's boring, but because she won't be able to read it.
Such a sad fucking world we live in.

>>18787898
Audio-Books. Problem solved.

>>18787483
Anybody else have an odd urge to go bowling?

>>18787920
Yes, I do wish I was bownling. Drinking something akin to a beer. I'd also eat a hotdow or something alike.

are her parents niggers?

Illustrated Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales made me interested in books.

>>18787483
>Any good children's books recommendations?

Don't have any specifics, but find something she's interested in, and get her books about that.

There are a number of children's book series, such as the gazillion-odd Rainbow Magic Fairies books, that she might enjoy.

Other series: Magic Puppies, Magic Treehouse, Pokemon, Geronimo Stilton, American Girl, Ivy & Bean, A to Z Mysteries, Big Nate, etc.

Ask at your local library, or look around in the children's section: board books are for the youngest kids, followed by picture books (e.g., Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle), followed by beginner (Max and Ruby), followed by easy-to-read (Captain Underpants), followed by Juvenile Fiction (e.g., Harry Potter).

Also there are a gajillion nonfiction books about every topic under the sun, all written to captivate juvenile readers.

>>18787483
As a child my mother used to read me The Moomins, The Little Prince and A Series of Unfortunate Events, the latter of which is really good for building a decent lexicon as based Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler and Brett Helquist include a number of slightly more complex words and phrases while describing their meaning which for me as a 6-8 year old was super entertaining and probably the reason I have even a remote grasp of the English Language today.

>>18787483


START HER WITH THE CLASSICS OF LITERATURE —HELLENES, ROMANS, HISPANICS—; SOCALLED «CHILDREN’S LITERATURE» IS TRASH, AND A MERCANTILE INVENTION; GIFT HER ÆSOP’S TALES AS A STARTER.

>>18787483
Do anything except following cum genius advice. >>18788139 He's a known child predator, plus he think's higly of his jewy nose and his anorexic chin.

>>18787498
>bragging about starting 1st grade a year early
This is the most extreme example of a loser bragging about how he used to have potential that I've ever seen

>>18787498
I started at 6 years and 10 months. I turned out fine and even became the best at spelling and writing.

>>18787483

>>18788228
White people really brag about the exact year and month they started first grade for their entire lives. You just know mommy was there praising every little thing she could, so it stuck.

>>18788777
fuck off nigger, you have no good traits

>>18788791
But look at those trips, there must be some truth on his words.

>>18788808
digits mean nothing. your morality is false

>>18788853
>digits mean nothing.
How innocent you are. I don't mean to reference the abrahamic tradition, you silly little mental-boy. You have a long path ahead of you.
I wish you luck, Anon, I wish you luck.

>>18787501
It's not over. I couldn't read at the start if first grade and this monstrous pig of a woman was failing me because she didn't want to take the time to help me. She ruled her classroom with fear and would give out punishments as "rewards". My mom talked to the admins and got me switched into an ESL (English Second Language) class. It was taught by a wonderful woman that actually understood how to help me and cared enough to do it. By the end of first grade I was reading at an advanced level and, when I changed schools that summer, I was on track for the gifted program.

All it takes is somebody to care. Little kids can't help themselves.

>>18787483
>Kinder books
If the Kinder suggests that you're German, there's fuckall I can suggest. Try /int/'s deutschfaden or however they call it; ask what they read as kids.
If you (and more importantly, your niece) are English speakers, start with things like Dr Seuss, The Hungry Caterpillar, The Rainbow Fish, the Giving Tree, Clifford, Biscuit, Goodnight Moon, etc.; eventually (and try to steer her interests gently towards this) get her the Magic Treehouse books.