Book: “Bob Books Sight Words Collection” by Bobby Lynn Maslen
My parents gave the girls this set of books “Bob Books Sight Words Collection – Kindergarten and First Grade” by Bobby Lynn Maslen when they were just starting to read. What I really enjoyed about these books is that they were “simple” from the words to the pictures. The words were easy for them to sound out as they were beginning to read and the pictures were captivating enough to get their attention but were not so amazing that they couldn’t focus on the words. As the girls were learning to read it was great pulling out the books and having them read because they were so excited to read a big book all by themselves. This set of books are for Kindergarten and First Grade. The first few books are pretty easy and gradually get harder as they go through them. I think our girls have gone through them several times now. If you have a child who is just learning how to read these books are short, easy, and give them a quick reading accomplishment victory.
Teaching Our Children: Encouraging the Kids to Read During Summer Vacation
Our reading tree! I was trying to come up with a visual prompt in our home that encourages our children to read this summer. The girls LOVE it when they are read to and could do it for hours but since they are starting to read on their own I wanted to find something that would help motivate them to read a little more. I came up with the idea “Spring into Reading” since we technically started it in the Spring and I wanted to boost the girls reading skills.
My Mom graciously made the tree for me and my Sister in Law Becky helped cut out a bunch of the leaves. The purpose of the tree is simple find a visual way for the girls to see their reading progress. Each member of our family gets a different color of leaf. When that member reads a book to the girls or they read a book on their own they get to put up their leaf.
We have started to fill out our tree with leaves and hope to get an after summer break picture up for you to see what we accomplished. If all goes well I hope to see more and more of the girls leaves going up throughout the summer as their reading skills increase.
Book: “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” by Siegfried Engelmann
School is out for the summer but that does not mean the learning time is over for the kids. Actually in many ways the pressure is on for Moms and Dads to continue teaching our children so they don’t forget everything they learned over the school year. Our girls are starting to read and since I want to help them over the summer I asked around about great books to help them learn how to read even better. This book “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” by Siegfried Engelmann was recommended to me by several of my homeschool Mom friends. We just started this book in June and have already seen some of the benefits. It is not the most exciting book for parents to teach from because it has a lot of repetition, however, that’s a big advantage when your child is first learning to read. It has been hard for me to stay consistent with all the traveling we are doing this summer but when we do the book the girls seem to enjoy it and it helps build their reading confidence. The first few lessons were pretty “easy” for the girls since they just finished kindergarten but I anticipate it getting a little harder and challenging as we go.
Have you used this book with your child?
Do you recommend it or have any other teaching materials for recommend to young readers?
