I am going to be starting Alexis out with reading she knows some words and is very eager… Can anyone recommend some good first time readers for her? Thank you!
If you go to the library, even the beginning readers require you to have a sight vocabulary. Go to the web site www.learningbooks.net and they will have the Dolch list. You can print them out on tagboard and use them as flash cards. Another thing I've done is to make little "books" for word families. For example, the "AT" family had cat, hat, rat, etc. We would look through clip-art and print out all kinds of little pictures, glue one on each page, and then have Phillip write the word on it. Glue them all together, and you have an AT book. You can also use those same pictures to make worksheets, if you want. I think my favorite books are the "Real Kid Readers". Simple, illustrated with photos, and they rhyme so the kids can remember them easily. The Bob Books are popular, but I've never used them. I would ask the libarian for suggestions. She was somewhat helpful.
Check out http://www.readinga-z.com/ They have every level of reader available, some are available free to download. If you want access to all their books there is a subscription available. Wow, I just checked and its $50 a year - when I used them several years ago it was more like $20. You might go ahead and download the demos for free though - they were cute stories and my dd loved them.
I would check out www.scholastic.com. They have some great early readers. You can also check out our local teacher store at www.learningshop.com
Bob Books Bob Books are sets of early readers. My children used them when they were younger. http://www.bobbooks.com/ Here is a site for free early reading practice online http://www.starfall.com/ You could ask the librarian at your local public library to direct you to the early readers. Some we have used are Go,Dog, Go - The Best Nest - Are You My Mother ? - Little Bear series, Frog and Toad are Friends series.These are examples of ones that you should be able to find at the public library.
To Grow By Storybook Readers - This is a set of readers that we purchased to go with the Play N Talk phonics program. New they were about $45 for the set. Here's an ad for them used. The stories are very wholesome. They were sold with Play N Talk for many years. They are just $9.00 ppd for a used set. Scroll down the ads until you come to it. The ads are in alphabetical order. They probably won't last long. This is not my ad. It's the same books I have used. http://www.homeschoolclassifieds.com/show_sale_range.asp?st=T&en=U
I borrowed "Teach your child to Read" from the library, but didn't like it. No, I never used it, just looked it over and didn't like what I saw. There are several on here who have used it. I'm thinking most say it works well at first, but the kids get bored with it over time.
If you are interested in the Bob Books early readers you may want to look for them used. http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...os=ZIP/Postal&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi= "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" did not work for us. My son simply did not retain what was in the lessons. If you are looking for a very simple to use phonics program I recommend Alpha Phonics. You can find it at www.cbd.com
Sami's favorite were the scholastic ones starting with "Hello!" and they come with Tapes so they can follow along in the book if they want. I get Sami's from ebay cause I thought scholastic.com was too expensive. We are using teach your child to read. Sami loved it at first but got frustrated in the middle because it moves very fast. We took a break for a couple months and I did no reading with her except reading the scholastic books every night for 30 min or so. So last week I picked up teach your child to read and Sami got excited bnecause the part that had seemed hard had become easy for her. She LOVES the stories because they are silly. I like to do it with her more than other things I tried (I usually don't like scripted things). the lessons don't take too long and we use it for handwriting as well. I reccommend the book but here are some tips: 1. Don't ever do more than one lesson a day. It makes a program that moves a little fast, WAY too fast. 2. Have the child read other little easy readers along with it, maybe at a different time of day. Or maybe even every other day.. one day teach your child to read and one day easy readers. 3. If she seems bored or frustrated just stop for a couple weeks and just read books before continuing on - one lesson behind where you left off. 4. The handwriting portions (if you aren't using another handwriting program) are explained in the front of the book and tell which lesson to start what with... it's not in the lessons themselves. the lessons only say what letter to work on but not the other details.
Bob books are good first time readers. Sonlight just came out with some Bob book type readers for their K LA program. I haven't seen them, but I hear good things. Also, Usborne has some phonics board books, Easy Words to Read-these have a phonics guide for parents, and I really like the Farmyard Tales Readers because each page has 2 reading levels - one for beginners and one for more advance readers. My kids have liked those because we'd read them together. They would read the easier line and I would read the rest. You can see this on my website. Let me know if you need help finding them. Many of the Dr. Seuss are good early readers too. HTH.
I am using "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 easy lessons" with my 4 yo. He is really enjoying it. We are about half way through. I have heard some people say that their children have gotten board with it at some point. So far, mine is liking it a lot. Especially the little stories that are in each section. He learned to read relatively quickly with this method. I also use the Bob books in conjunction with the program. They follow along fairly well with what you are learning in 100 easy lessons. He reads one book each day after he completes his lesson. Hope that helps! Rhonda
I have ordered "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 easy lessons" & a bunch of early readers from scholastic and the bobs books we will see!! Thank you all for your help and input
we used teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons. There were a few times when I thought gee he's not gonna get this but then by the next lesson or two he had it. What really helped us was filling in with the letter factory and talking words factory. these videos are wonderful. You can pick them up at toys or us or you can rent them through blockbuster.com if you have an account with them.
