DS has been very interested in learning how to read lately. He has a few phonics games on the iPad and the first level of bob books. He can read and spell from memory 5-6 words so far consistently. I was thinking if doing some work with sight words. Would you just label things around the house? I also thought of making flash cards for him with a picture and the word. Is one more effective per se? Or should I just let him continue learning the way get going?
One reason I thought the flash cards might be a good idea is that he is constantly asking me how to spell random words. I thought if he has cards he could go through them until he found the picture then we could spell it together.
Any other tips on helping him learn?
Re: Sight words: labels, flash cards or both?
I think that kids pick them up as they read through the early reader books and see the same words over & over, etc but I don't really know, I'm early in teh reading process w/ my kids. The Bob books seem to have a lot of hte same words in them, instead of buying more I am using the library for them to get the next levels since my kids tend to memorize books & then I don't know if they're really 'reading' them and also those books are not like good stories you would want to re-read anyway...
You might also want to buy a game called Zingo. It's like Bingo with easy words and pictures. They also sell tougher versions with sight words and word building.
@Spin313 I think my DS would be into flash cards as well. He's the type that likes to "study" things! Lol
Also, I forgot that we have a sight word bingo game. I'll have to pull that out again!