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[quote=Anonymous]One method that worked for us (in addition to some of the many other suggestions here)

We have an easel next to our kitchen table.  Every morning I would write a few sight words down.  At first, 2-3.  But we got up to 10.  I would either have him point to ones as I said them, or read them to me. We worked through all the first couple of sets of the Dolch sight words.

After doing sight words for a few months, I started writing very basic sentences.  Similar to Bob books.  But, instead of Sam sat on the cat.... I might write "Larlo sat on the cat." Etc.  My son would come down every morning, eager to read the silly sentences I came up with. I would intersperse our family members into the sentences and reinforce various sight words we had practiced... plus a few CVC words.

Gradually, we built up to actually sitting down with readers like Bob Books and Tug the Pup.  My son also really enjoys nonfiction readers.

I still write out sentences some mornings.  But now I take them directly out of a Level 1 reader.  We spend a week or so working through a Nonfiction book this way.[/quote]

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