BOB Books RangeīOB books range from pre-reading skills (such as recognizing shapes and patterns) to learning the sounds of the alphabet, to sounding out first words, to reading sentences with sight words, to reading long complex sentences with tricky phonics rules. She was always excited to read to me her BOB book for the day. I could not have been happier with my child’s progress and confidence in reading while using these books. I used 6 BOB book sets while teaching my child to read (the sets are pictured above). These books use consistent letter sounds so that your child will not get confused, such as with long and short vowel sounds, and so on. It is great to go over the sounds with your child to practice them before they begin to read the book. The pictures are interesting enough to hold your child’s attention, while not too colorful or overwhelming that they distract your child from actually reading the book!Īt the start of each book is a sounds dictionary that lists the sounds that are used in that book. The books have funny, cute stories, with adorable illustrations. The books are nice and short (especially at the beginning!) so that your child can proudly say “I finished the whole book.” They will become more and more confident as they finish each book, and as they master each new sound, sight word, or phonics rule. Set 1 through set 5 gradually introduces new sounds, sight words, and phonics rules to your child so they can continue to progress with their reading skills.Īs your child reads a book to you each day, you will be able to see the steady progress they are making. There is a range of BOB book box sets available, each with around 12 small books inside.Įach set focuses on a different topic, such as: When they encounter a word they haven’t read before, they can sound it out, put the sounds together, and then say the word! Your child will learn how to decode words and sound them out phonetically. They are phonics-based which gives your child a fantastic foundation for learning to read. These books are definitely a valuable resource on our homeschool shelves.īob Books are often discounted on Amazon here – they seem to have most of them on offer as well! BOB Books ReviewīOB books are short beginner readers you can use to help your child learn to read. I also wanted a resource that would teach phonics in a logical, simple order.įrom sounding out her first words to reading long complex sentences with difficult phonics rules, these books have given my daughter an excellent foundation for reading. I wanted beginner reader books that were short, sweet, fun, and engaging. Ages 4 and up.When I began to teach my daughter how to read, I looked for a solid phonics reader set that would carry my daughter through all the different stages of learning to read. Sight words introduced in this set are: after, as, can, did, down, fly, get, go, goes, had, has, home, in, is, jump, look, not, off, on, over, ran, saw, eee, she, some, they, to, was, went, who. There are three new sight words introduced in each book and context clues and illustrations give sight word hints. All stories told in three and four letter words, plus sight words and consistent short vowels mean easy decoding in the rest of the story. Inside the box you’ll find: 10 easy-to-read, hilarious small books with 12 pages each and 30 two-sided, sight words flash cards. With plenty of repetition and context clues, your young reader will quickly master early sight words. Consistent short vowels and simple stories mean children sound out (decode) the story, and must memorize only three sight words per book. Children learn to easily recognize these words in Bob Books Sight Words. Knowing these words “by sight” is essential for reading fluency. Sight words are common words that appear again and again in your children’s reading material.
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