Learning to read - recommend some books please

[Anonymous]

My daughter is learning to read, and has gotten to the point where she is either saying the words from memory, or guessing at the words from the pictures she sees. So I guess it's time to get some new books.

Any recommendations for the very early stages? She knows what sound each letter makes, and she's just getting the idea of putting those sounds together to make words. She has Hop on Pop pretty much memorized.

[Anonymous]

BOB books

[Anonymous]

Let her 1st grade teacher do it at appropriate time. If she is 3 or 4 and you want her to learn, you're doing more harm than good

[Anonymous]

I disagree. Anyone can teach their child to read provided they understand the process first. Don't worry about having her read books right away. She needs to know some sight words first as well as how to blend and segment simple consonant-vowel-consonant words. Then, you can break out the Bob Books. Investigate how children first learn how to read and then you can do some word study. Use letter magnets to show her how to put the c-a-t together and then blend it for her. Lather, rinse, repeat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let her 1st grade teacher do it at appropriate time. If she is 3 or 4 and you want her to learn, you're doing more harm than good

This could have been a good point, if explained. Why do so many people start to express an idea on DCUM, and then stop before they're finished? Were they taught to read too early? Is this what we have to fear for reading four-year-olds??

[Anonymous]

Pretty much any children's book would be helpful. Reading her a good variety of books will help, too. I always recommend the Maisy books by Lucy Cousins because I love them, but they are really simple, good books for that age. Also any of the "I Can Read" books with the Cat in the Hat symbol on them. There are also the "Step Into Reading" books, you can usually find those at Target or any book store, they have different levels, but they are very simple for first readers to work on their skills.

[Anonymous]

I second "Bob" books. Also, check out Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons to make sure you aren't skipping any important steps/info. If your child is interested, then go for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I second "Bob" books. Also, check out Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons to make sure you aren't skipping any important steps/info. If your child is interested, then go for it.

LOVE this book and HIGHLY recommend it. I taught my son to read at 3.5 years. He loves it. 9:15 - no children were harmed in the teaching of this book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much any children's book would be helpful. Reading her a good variety of books will help, too. I always recommend the Maisy books by Lucy Cousins because I love them, but they are really simple, good books for that age. Also any of the "I Can Read" books with the Cat in the Hat symbol on them. There are also the "Step Into Reading" books, you can usually find those at Target or any book store, they have different levels, but they are very simple for first readers to work on their skills.

Yep! Most kids will learn to read just from being read to a lot, don't need any specific books to do it. But anything with lots of repetetive words and sounds will help them match what they're hearing to the words on the page. We like the Biscuit books.

[Anonymous]

Games can help too, like giving kids a word and asking them to come up with as many rhyming words as possible. Or when you are driving, tell them to look for words that start with a certain letter.

[Anonymous]

Elephant & Piggie -- fantastic series.

[Anonymous]

Dr. Seuss and Are You My Mommy?

[Anonymous]

What helped my daughter learn to read, and more importantly, helped her to learn to love reading was to read to her. I read her books that were above her skill level. We started the Harry Potter series in 1st grade. She is now in 4th grade and loves reading. We still read every night.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much any children's book would be helpful. Reading her a good variety of books will help, too. I always recommend the Maisy books by Lucy Cousins because I love them, but they are really simple, good books for that age. Also any of the "I Can Read" books with the Cat in the Hat symbol on them. There are also the "Step Into Reading" books, you can usually find those at Target or any book store, they have different levels, but they are very simple for first readers to work on their skills.

Yep! Most kids will learn to read just from being read to a lot, don't need any specific books to do it. But anything with lots of repetetive words and sounds will help them match what they're hearing to the words on the page. We like the Biscuit books.

Not true. Not too many kids learn to read from just being read to. They need instruction in order to learn how to read on their own. Reading to them is important modeling but just reading to them rarely gets them to reading on their own.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I second "Bob" books. Also, check out Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons to make sure you aren't skipping any important steps/info. If your child is interested, then go for it.

LOVE this book and HIGHLY recommend it. I taught my son to read at 3.5 years. He loves it. 9:15 - no children were harmed in the teaching of this book.

We used this book the spring/summer before Kindergarten. I'm not a natural teacher and it worked great.