tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post4240525110839264710..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: Crimson Wife on vocabulary in older booksCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-64761001306860945672011-02-28T12:21:12.206-08:002011-02-28T12:21:12.206-08:00Yes...I must be a horrible mother, because I insis...Yes...I must be a horrible mother, because I insist on my DD reading older books, especially classics. These can be books published anytime from the 1920s to the 1980s.<br /><br />I remember her teacher (before I began homeschooling), insisting The Secret Garden was not appropriate. Rather, my daughter should be reading "Puppy Patrol" or "Animal Ark" or some other twaddle... Oh, BTW, she loved Secret Garden, it's still one of her favorites.Lauranoreply@blogger.com