Teaching to read

our very first house · November 2011

Hi ladies,

dd knows phonetics, letter recognition and sight reading. She has expressed the will to learn how to read home and in school. The daycare where she goes are doing a great job but they told me that they are not ready (syllabus and other issues) to teach her how to read but they were very willing to work/help me. I am wondering what books/websites/blog can help me achieve this. I am open to suggestions.

TIA

howleyshell · November 2011

BOB books.

Hands down the best place to start. Easy reads and build confidence fast.

UsedToBeGoldie · November 2011

get very easy to read books - and read with her... talk about the words- sounding them out... point to words when you read books to her ... talk about words you see in real life - on signs, etc...

reading is learned when a child is enveloped in literature of all kinds - at that age you don't need to "teach" it - you just need to foster it- and it will come as she is ready for it.

don't do anything formal - let her be a little kid while she still is one- she has plenty of time to be "taught" - just let her learn the fun way - but doing it with you, etc.

(i'm a former K teacher)

ArcticFox · November 2011

We have tons of learning to read books. I have a whole stack of those Step 1 books. I read them to DD pretty often, and now she can read them all pretty well.

jerol · November 2011

ArcticFox:
We have tons of learning to read books. I have a whole stack of those Step 1 books. I read them to DD pretty often, and now she can read them all pretty well.

I agree! We have the BOB books also. And we started with those- but they make no sense! So much easier for children to read when they can follow the plot.