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[quote=Anonymous]This is a tricky phase. I second the suggestions for Elephant & Piggy and Level 1 guided readers.

But my biggest suggestion for you is to not expect your kid at this level to read ANY books on their own. Yes, I'm sure he can probably read BOB books on his own, They are very short and as a PP said, they have all regular words, and very simple sentences. Even the lowest level readers will have more complexity than that, and for a brand new reader, it will be exhausting to navigate irregular words, longer sentences, and certainly even short paragraphs.

The key to getting past the frustration is to read with them. Try reading Elephant & Piggy and each playing a role, so they just read the Piggy parts (or Elephant, whatever). Those books are set up with word bubbles that are color coded, which makes this extra easy. Or do a Level 1 reader and trade off pages, or even sentences. And if they fatigue or say "can you just read the rest?" just go ahead and read the rest to them.

People really underestimate how taxing reading is for a brand new reader. Their brains are doing so many things at this stage and even just a few sentences of reading practice can wear them out. As long as they are getting a little practice in, and then doing a phonics-based curriculum at school (this is really important), they will get better and better and then they'll be able to read these on their own.

For my kid who started reading BOB books a few months before K started, it was not until the end of K where she really felt comfortable reading a full Level 1 reader totally on her own. By the end of 1st grade, she was happily reading chapter books on her own (stuff like Princess in Black or Magic Treehouse), and it grew from there. But that time between BOB books and reading early readers solo took longer than I expected. You just have to stick with it and don't ask too much of them. Continue to read with them and to them, it will build their vocabularies and fluency as long as it's paired with phonics training.[/quote]

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