Beginner books for parents to read to kids that can't read yet

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Anonymous wrote:How about iPad’s Apps? I used to love Kids A to Z when my older kids were learning to read. The app first reads the book and then gives time to the child to read. At the end they get asked questions about the book they just read.

I am planning to use it again for my son soon once he has a better grasp of phonics.

Ick no. No iPad app is better than reading with a parent. Not even close. A distant second - if they have to have iPad time, a reading app is bette than unrestrained YouTube but barely.

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Read aloud.
Go to the library. You can take home stacks of books.
Part of learning to read is learning language, taking in the vocabulary, and it should be pleasant or they will hate it. Help your kid build an imagination and vocabulary. Singing songs also helps kids learn language.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. He can't read bob books yet because he can't read. He knows some letter sounds, but it does not click to him that he can use phonics to read word. Are you all saying that I should read complex books with many words to him instead of those simple books like bob, baby/toddler books? We both are annoyed at those stupid books. My goal is that he can read. He already has IEP intervention on it

My kid had that problem, and was struggling in K to read. He now reads well.

I recommend videos like Preschool Prep’s. He could not make the connection between written words and spoken but watched those videos. Then one day he saw the word “red” and something clicked and he was excited and said, red!

Do not rely on reading to him 15min/day. Find a phonics curriculum that works through trial and error.

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Anonymous wrote:I disagree that all the reading OP does should be complex. Some of it can be. But there's value in reading simpler things like Dr. Seuss or Mo Williams' books because she can have her DS turn the pages and help point at words, etc.

This is 07:49. When I said complex, I did mean Dr. Seuss and Mo Willems and I think the other PPs meant the same. Any book that is interesting, well written, and contains more than just CVC words with only letters and combinations the child already knows is complex.

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Around that age my kids loved all the Pigeon books by Mo Willems.

I Yam a Donkey and You Loves Ewe also gave us some laughs. (My kids love words that carry double meanings depending on spelling/context).

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. He can't read bob books yet because he can't read. He knows some letter sounds, but it does not click to him that he can use phonics to read word. Are you all saying that I should read complex books with many words to him instead of those simple books like bob, baby/toddler books? We both are annoyed at those stupid books. My goal is that he can read. He already has IEP intervention on it

Oh totally read more fun books to him and see if he can pick out any sight words or follow along. At this age you want to instill a love of reading and make it fun. Boring CVC books aren’t going to inspire a desire to learn how to read.

You can supplement reading at night with sight word games (we have a bingo game and my son’s teacher sends home optional phonics challenges). But at bedtime, the stories are fun. I’d rather my kid go into 1st loving reading and inspired to learn than having memorized a bunch of phonic rules and thinking books are boring.

If you already have an IEP this young it sounds like you’re on top of the educational part of it already, so I’d nurture the overall attitude toward it being fun.

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For my youngest child, who is now 5, I read dense chapter books to her at night. I pick the ones that I love, too. We just finished all of Kate Dicamillo's books. It's just such a cherished time with your last child and so fleeting. She's got a strong vocabulary, big ideas, and solid comprehension, and she'll inevitably learn to read better next year in kindergarten.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. He can't read bob books yet because he can't read. He knows some letter sounds, but it does not click to him that he can use phonics to read word. Are you all saying that I should read complex books with many words to him instead of those simple books like bob, baby/toddler books? We both are annoyed at those stupid books. My goal is that he can read. He already has IEP intervention on it

Oh totally read more fun books to him and see if he can pick out any sight words or follow along. At this age you want to instill a love of reading and make it fun. Boring CVC books aren’t going to inspire a desire to learn how to read.

You can supplement reading at night with sight word games (we have a bingo game and my son’s teacher sends home optional phonics challenges). But at bedtime, the stories are fun. I’d rather my kid go into 1st loving reading and inspired to learn than having memorized a bunch of phonic rules and thinking books are boring.

If you already have an IEP this young it sounds like you’re on top of the educational part of it already, so I’d nurture the overall attitude toward it being fun.

I agree that nurturing a positive towards reading is important but if her child doesn’t even know all the letter sounds by now, there is an issue. Waiting until 1st grade for the school to work with him wastes valuable time. A private OG tutor is needed. I was in this parents shoes this time last year.

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Anonymous wrote:How about iPad’s Apps? I used to love Kids A to Z when my older kids were learning to read. The app first reads the book and then gives time to the child to read. At the end they get asked questions about the book they just read.

I am planning to use it again for my son soon once he has a better grasp of phonics.

As long as the parent has time, time with a person is always better for learning than time with an app. That's been demonstrated over and over and over again. If the parent doesn't have time, then maybe.

My kids always and only used this app with me. We did it together always. There is not way they would have been able to do it by themselves in K or even 1st grade.

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My son loved the short chapter books about Humphrey the hamster at that age. Those would have short chapters to read to him.

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You could go through teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons

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I just read the Hobbit to my Kindergartener. He loved it and lived tracking the story on the map in the book.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about iPad’s Apps? I used to love Kids A to Z when my older kids were learning to read. The app first reads the book and then gives time to the child to read. At the end they get asked questions about the book they just read.

I am planning to use it again for my son soon once he has a better grasp of phonics.

As long as the parent has time, time with a person is always better for learning than time with an app. That's been demonstrated over and over and over again. If the parent doesn't have time, then maybe.

My kids always and only used this app with me. We did it together always. There is not way they would have been able to do it by themselves in K or even 1st grade.

I let my kid use the apps like Reading Eggs without me. I spend my time reading books that we both enjoy. We also do 5 minutes a night of sight words flashcards and a quick Bob Book before I start reading. Preschool did a reasonable job of teaching basic phonics. I suspect she'll take to reading quickly once they push reading more in kindergarten and first grade because of her vocabulary and content knowledge.

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Yes, read him interesting, complex books. Helps with vocab & liking books/reading.

Also, he may have a learning disability, but it’s developmentally normal for not all kids to read by 5 or 6 (I think even up to age 8 is in the range of normal). My teenager, with no learning disability, didn’t have reading click for him until right around age 7, between first & second grade. Went from that to an advanced reader very quickly.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. He can't read bob books yet because he can't read. He knows some letter sounds, but it does not click to him that he can use phonics to read word. Are you all saying that I should read complex books with many words to him instead of those simple books like bob, baby/toddler books? We both are annoyed at those stupid books. My goal is that he can read. He already has IEP intervention on it

Then what is needed is to work on the phonics. Leap Frog Letter Factory everyday will help him learn the letter sounds. Practice them at random times(in the car,, looking at pictures and naming the beginning sound for the word). Ones that’s down then you can move onto blending and BOB books.

In the meantime you keep reading to him. Picture books, chapter books, articles, audio books. This is done to keep interest in reading, expand vocabulary and content knowledge, and allow the non reader to hear the word/letter sounds.