My parents bought him this set of books when he spent the weekend with them a couple of weeks ago. There are twelve little books that build on each other -- teaching him how to sound out letters and actually read!
He frequently brings them to me so we can read them together. He is quite good at Books 1 and 2. He just whips through each page. We've been working on Book 3 for the last week. There were a few words that kept tripping him up -- but he just read it perfectly tonight!
Sometimes, he likes to plow ahead without actually trying to read the words. His little imagination is hard at work trying to make sense of the pictures and how he can work that into the story without taking the time to sound out the words.
For this particular page, he read it quite confidently as follows,
"Sam cried. Mat cried."
A good try -- but try again!
After successfully completing Book 3, he was ready to tackle Book 4 tonight. Book 4 is pretty tough, but he would not be deterred!
Here is the first page.
As read by Sam (again, quite confidently),
"Mac had a present."
As read by Sam (again, quite confidently),
"Mac had a present."
We'll keep working on it!
What fun! Caleb has the same book set. He is quite good at inferring the words based on the pictures too. It's funny what combinations he comes up with. We're still on Book 3.
ReplyDeleteGreat books! I am going to have to get me a set for the summer, while Gideon is off from pre-school and awaiting Kindergarten! Thanks for the tip and sharing Sam's success thus far!
ReplyDeleteI love it. Sam's off to a great start! We have had lots of fun with Bob books here, too, they're great for boosting self-confidence. And (confidentially of course) that's about how Avery reads them too...and she has a few years on Sam!
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