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Reddit mentions of Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers

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Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers
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Release dateMay 2006
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Found 11 comments on Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers:

u/aleii1 · 4 pointsr/AskParents

I'm working with my son on this right now. My sister is a teacher and has helped me get started on this. There are two main schools of thought in terms of teaching reading, phonics and 'whole language'.
The current 'winner' seems to be phonics (Phonics is where you learn the general sounds each letter makes and you sound-out words.), with the addition of teaching 'sight words'. Sight words are a set of words that are most common in reading and that you should know by sight. "Fry's sight words" are a really good resource. The first 25 words make up 1/3 of all we read!

I'm assuming your brother knows all upper case and lower case letters? If not you should start there. My sister then said it is good to start with a little bit of multiple approaches, if that makes sense. You don't want to work on sight words only, for example. So, start with the first two sight words ("the" and "of). Write them clearly on a blank index card and tell him what words they are, and then as he starts to learn them, add in more ("and" is the next word, etc). Use these multiple times a day. When he first wakes up, before breakfast, when you're about to leave somewhere, during a snack, while in the car is another great spot, etc. They are so quick and repetition will help him learn them quickly. Knowing these key words by sight will be a big confidence booster when he's reading.

Request from your library "Leapfrog Letter Factory" which is an awesome introduction to phonics, and has a game at the end where you have to guess which letter makes the sound. My son loved this. Additionally, work on his name, say what sound the first letter makes, and dot-out each letter of his name and have him trace it. Note that the Leapfrog DVD introduces the most common sound each letter can make, but there are more than those out there, and there are a lot of rules.

After the basic phonics introduction, you can start showing him how to make the word "at", and how you can add a letter in front of it to make bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, etc.

After the basic introduction, look at things like Bob books from the library.

They key is to do this consistently, several times a day for short periods each time so they don't burn out.

And you're quite an awesome big brother for doing this! Learning to read is surprisingly complicated but if you break it down into small segments he'll start getting it. Good luck!

u/ozyman · 2 pointsr/raisingkids

A lot of people have recommended the 'Bob' books to me:
http://www.amazon.com/Bob-Books-Set-Beginning-Readers/dp/0439845009/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342496092&sr=8-1&keywords=bob+books

The first book in the set can be read with just 4 sounds. Each book after that introduces 1 or 2 new sounds.

u/ember4212 · 2 pointsr/Parenting

When he can reliably read those, I love the BOB Books series for emerging readers. They're little books and they really build up children's confidence nicely. Plus, they don't randomly throw in non-phonetic words out of nowhere like a lot of early readers. Bonus if you get your own set, the illustrations are mostly black and white so when he's mastered a book, he can color it. That might be a cool incentive for him and a way to "celebrate" reading the book successfully.

edit: added link

u/unstuckbilly · 1 pointr/Parenting

Hands down, I think every single (preschool-aged) child should have the "Blue box of BOB Books" as their very first readers:

http://www.amazon.com/Bob-Books-Set-Beginning-Readers/dp/0439845009/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376121216&sr=8-1&keywords=bob+books

After Bob Books, other books that were on the "early-ish" side included:

"Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill" by Martha Weston:
http://www.amazon.com/Jack-Jill-Big-Dog-Bill/dp/0375812482/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376121351&sr=8-1&keywords=jack+and+jill+and+big+dog+bill

We also liked, "Fat Cat Sat on a Mat" by Nurit Karlin:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Fat-Cat-Read-Book/dp/0064442462/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376121427&sr=8-1&keywords=fat+cat+sat+on+the+mat

The "Biscuit" and "Dick and Jane" books were great to have on hand. I think it's worthwhile to own a small stack of easy readers for the child to become familiar with and read over and over... and then get some to circulate from the library for new challenges.

u/jlchauncey · 1 pointr/AdviceAnimals

Get a set of Bob books. My daughter is 4 almost 5 and my who is a kindergarten teacher has her read one every night. Normally we spend a week or more reading the same book until she has it down. Then every few weeks we read all the ones she's completed.

Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers https://www.amazon.com/dp/0439845009/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_JoLTAb650M9H4

u/readbeam · 1 pointr/suggestmeabook

You might want to look into the BOB books. They're available for all levels of reader and are designed for kids who are learning to read.

Does he have a genre preference?

u/LilyKnightMcClellan · 1 pointr/Parenting

Hmm what's his reading level like? Is he catching on quick, or is he learning a little more slowly? In my son's kindergarten class, his teacher read the Mercy Watson books to them, which are hilarious. Some of the kids were able to read them by themselves, but my son was not at that level until the end of first grade.. Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type is another good one - my son LOVED it. He was able to read that one in kindergarten though partly because he'd memorized it from hearing me read it to him so so so many times - but many kindergarteners are able to read it by themselves. The classics like Dr. Seuss are always a good stand-by too. Green Eggs and Ham is especially great because it's the same 50 words over and over, so it's easier for beginning readers.

If he's not a very strong reader (and if he likes animals/nature), he might enjoy the National Geographic kids series of books - pre-reader level. They're great for giving more confidence to readers who get overwhelmed by small print and lots of words. Hoot Owl was my son's favorite; I even got him a snowy owl plushie because he loved it so much. But we also had the Safari one, the Rainforest one, the one about bugs.. If you want to get him something with an educational angle, the Bob books are really good at teaching sight words and building reading ability.

u/skippybosco · 1 pointr/daddit

My son is 2, we rotate through a number of books..

Some on the current rotation: