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Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by ncmncm »

barathr wrote: post #20
rahimnathwani wrote: post #9

This is a difficult problem to solve for some kids, because there are at least two dimensions to consider: - language difficulty (which is what lexile aims to measure) - how appropriate the topic is My 5.5yo son is decoding words at about 4th grade level (based on an informal 'San Diego Quick Assessment'). But he's limited in his reading by: - his life experience and existing knowledge, which both affect comprehensio…

A few you might check out: The Humphrey the hamster series The Zoey and Sassafras series The Secret Explorers series Alice in Wonderland Some Beverly Cleary books Many of the DK nonfiction books

Diane Stanley

And, Terry Pratchett: Wee Free Men

Of course all the rest of Terry Pratchett is there to grow into.

Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by bwb »

bcrosby95 wrote: post #45
realcul wrote: post #36

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Yes, that is definitely a good way to represent. Instead of age group based recommendation...we simply call it Phase 3, Phase 4 etc...

The elementary school our kid goes to seems to use this rating system: https://www.readinga-z.com/books/leveled-books/ Each grade level has 4 "levels". But each kid is on their own track. And while those books have assigned grades, the teacher assigns a pool of books for each kid based upon their actual reading level. And each week, the kids are supposed to pick 4 books from their pool to take home and read. My daugh…

Is that using Lexile to do that?

Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by bwb »

pirate787 wrote: post #26
morelisp wrote: post #23

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It's child abuse for parents to hide the existence of gay relationships from their children. You're advocating child abuse under genteel language.

That's an absurd argument. Reductio ad absurdum. Every parent has the right to determine when and how their kids learn about various developmental and sexual topics.

ya going to disagree here... society/education needs to play a big role here.

Parents should homeschool their kids if they want that kind of control. Otherwise they should trust the education system to teach this and do the research to know when they should be taught.

Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by morelisp »

bwb wrote: post #53
pirate787 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's an absurd argument. Reductio ad absurdum. Every parent has the right to determine when and how their kids learn about various developmental and sexual topics.

ya going to disagree here... society/education needs to play a big role here. Parents should homeschool their kids if they want that kind of control. Otherwise they should trust the education system to teach this and do the research to know when they should be taught.

Parents should not be able to justify abusing their kids by homeschooling them either.

The idea that same-sex marriage is a "sexual topic" but marriage between a man and a woman is not is patently ridiculous and we need to start recognizing that it's a cover for a hateful ideology. If ignored we're going to see the repeal of not just Obergefell but probably even Lawrence within the next two decades.

Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by OJFord »

bcrosby95 wrote: post #45
realcul wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that is definitely a good way to represent. Instead of age group based recommendation...we simply call it Phase 3, Phase 4 etc...

The elementary school our kid goes to seems to use this rating system: https://www.readinga-z.com/books/leveled-books/ Each grade level has 4 "levels". But each kid is on their own track. And while those books have assigned grades, the teacher assigns a pool of books for each kid based upon their actual reading level. And each week, the kids are supposed to pick 4 books from their pool to take home and read. My daugh…

That's similar to what I recall from school myself, 20+ years ago. Iirc ours was based on colours, which was a nice dual because as you got more advanced the colour names themselves progressed from easy primary colours to secondary, tertiary - nicher vocabulary for the colour names before you'd even opened the book.

Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by bwb »

morelisp wrote: post #54
bwb wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ya going to disagree here... society/education needs to play a big role here. Parents should homeschool their kids if they want that kind of control. Otherwise they should trust the education system to teach this and do the research to know when they should be taught.

Parents should not be able to justify abusing their kids by homeschooling them either. The idea that same-sex marriage is a "sexual topic" but marriage between a man and a woman is not is patently ridiculous and we need to start recognizing that it's a cover for a hateful ideology. If ignored we're going to see the repeal of not just Obergefell but probably even Lawrence within the next two decades.

Ya I agree, but that isn't ever going to pass as a law in the USA given the religious right and broken culture. I think everyone should go to public school and outlaw private schools as well. Everyone should start from the same system.

Totally agree on the idea of same-sex marriage.

Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by bcrosby95 »

bwb wrote: post #52
bcrosby95 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The elementary school our kid goes to seems to use this rating system: https://www.readinga-z.com/books/leveled-books/ Each grade level has 4 "levels". But each kid is on their own track. And while those books have assigned grades, the teacher assigns a pool of books for each kid based upon their actual reading level. And each week, the kids are supposed to pick 4 books from their pool to take home and read. My daugh…

Is that using Lexile to do that?

Looking up Lexile, it seems to be different from it, although you can probably cross correlate books to some extent.

Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by kstealth25 »

depsypher wrote: post #50

FYI: Just noticed a small mistake. "The Call of the Wild" attributed to George Orwell when it should be Jack London. Also, my kid is really enjoying the Dragon Masters series right now, seems good for the younger readers just getting interested in chapter books.

+1 for the Dragon Master series. Also we're currently reading the Ninja Kid series.

Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by NoraCodes »

mistrial9 wrote: post #22
NoraCodes wrote: post #19

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Out of curiosity, why did you put quotes around the word "marriage"? Am I correctly interpreting your comment as implying that same-sex marriage is not legitimate, and that children should not be aware of its existence (or at least, that its inclusion makes a book inappropriate for children)?

I think people get very upset quickly, and I dont want to be upsetting.. so lets not argue in any case, even if we do not agree.. I come from a religious background, and I support plural, open society myself. So same-sex couples are a thing, and people do that.. so they are free to do that.. as I am free to pursue a stricter social definition. There are people on both sides of this discussion, that feel so strongly a…

This is a lot of words to say that you are a homophobe.

Re: Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

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Post by Handytinge »

realcul wrote: post #2

Hi HN, Bookvine.io helps find age appropriate books for kids, with links to get it from Amazon or your local county library (limited to US for now). This was created by my 13yr old son who is an avid reader. I used to spend hours trying to get the right books for him to read and then get it from local county library or Amazon. He wanted to create this site from the books that he has read - to help others in a similar…

He's doing a fantastic job! I haven't started going through the list yet, but the categories providing a competence description are a godsend for parents of kids who are ahead or behind of their age bracket. Well done to him!
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