Suggestions for Readers?

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Permalink Reply by Belle Branham on July 21, 2009 at 10:46am

Beth,
I would like the same suggestions. My 6-yr-old is in Level 2 and I'd like readers to go along with it.
Belle

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Permalink Reply by Merry on July 21, 2009 at 1:53pm

I don't know of anything that follows it exactly. When my kids were learning to read, we used a variety of early phonics readers like Bob books, Fun Tales, Christian Liberty Press readers, and then some of the Sonlight 1 and 2 readers. They were things like Dr. Seuss type books up to Frog and Toad (my kids loved Frog and Toad! Also Henry and Mudge). When we came across a pattern that they didn't know yet, I would give them the sound for that phonogram and then let them see if they could segment and blend the word. If not, I segmented to see if they could blend. Or, if I sensed they were near frustration, sometimes I just said the word so they could keep going.

The Christian Liberty Press readers were nice because they gradually introduced new sounds, and at the beginning of each lesson they gave any new sounds for that day. They also had color pictures. But it's been too long since I did them to know if they line up well or not. Merry :-)

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Permalink Reply by Cindy K. on August 3, 2009 at 5:15pm

Here is a reprint of a file I created on the AAS Yahoo Group before any of the Beehive readers were created. It might help you find something to go along with level 2:

Beginning Readers for use with All About Spelling

From EPS Books (http://www.epsbooks.com):
Primary Phonics Story Books
Spire Decodable Readers
The Alphabet Series

http://www.progressivephonics.com – A very inexpensive set of phonics books that can be
downloaded and used right away. Follows AAS very closely.

http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspx?ID=985 - these have been highly
recommended. You can buy them in groups by level if spending money on the complete set at one time is too much. I have been told that they have "clean font, not too much color, good stories, well structured with comprehension built in at upper level readers"

http://www.waldorfbooks.com/edu/thr/early_readers.htm - these also have been
recommended. "those from Bob and Nancy's have beautiful illustrations and are on heavy
paper that will stand up to handling"

Bob Books, Frog and Toad, etc. Anything from the library that sparks the child's interest and is from the easy books section would get them started.

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/m#a5671 - the McGuffey Readers were used for
YEARS from the mid-1800's into the early 1900's to teach reading! They are available here
online for free in the public domain!

http://www.webothread.com/webothread/scripts/default.asp - I love this concept! The books are designed for the parent to read one page of more difficult text and the child reads the other page of easier text.

www.blendphonics.org - download the free book on Blend Phonics and incorporate that into
your day. It's easy to use.

www.donpotter.net/ed.htm - lots of resources on how to bring true phonics-based reading
back to our children

http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/phonicsandspelli.html - a list of phonics books recommended for teaching reading. Check out the Synthetic Series of Spelling and Reading about half-way down the page. The Pollard's readers are available free online through Google Books. This might be a great way to start.

www.starfall.com - this is a very fun site for children learning to read. It's free! And many of
those that I have heard use it had great success.

www.clicknkids.com - available at a great discount through Homeschool Buyer's Co-op

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Permalink Reply by Alyssa on August 13, 2009 at 8:59pm

Thank you so much!! I just looked at the http://www.progressivephonics.com website and it's awesome. I have a 3 yo who's learning the alphabet and then a 6 yo in Level 2. This is a fantastic resource.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on August 19, 2009 at 7:28pm

Sure do appreciate everyone's helpful suggestions. Wow Cindy, that's a great list! We've used the Blend Phonics Reader by Don Potter all along with AAS. My son is dyslexic, so he needs lots of practice reading lists of words, which forces him to sound out rather than guessing from context like he does with books. The AAS green cards and word banks have also helped. This spring at a used curriculum sale I found a couple sets of short vowel/long vowel readers that correlate well with AAS. One set is by Fairfax Christian School and the other is by S & D Publications. They aren't attractive like the Beehive Reader, but do the job. As we progress through level 2, there are more early books like Dr. Seuss from the library that he's able to read, which is encouraging. It's such a blessing to have more ideas for what to use next; thanks everyone!

With Gratitude,
Beth

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Permalink Reply by Sandra Hicks on August 26, 2009 at 8:18pm

thanks for the wealth of info !

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Permalink Reply by Miranda on July 22, 2009 at 9:51am

Hi Beth

I don't know how well they correlate, but I'm doing these with my child now: http://www.progressivephonics.com/~suzettew/index.php

You can print them or or they mostly have a screen friendly option. They introduce various sounds and then the child has some practice with them. The child reads what is in red and the parent reads the rest. You do have to sign up, but the books are free.

Miranda

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Permalink Reply by Beth on August 19, 2009 at 7:27pm

Hi Miranda,

Progressive Phonics looks good. How nice it's free and can be read on screen! Thanks so much for sharing!

Gratefully,
Beth

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Permalink Reply by Karen B. on August 27, 2009 at 10:31am

Don't you love how generous people in the field of education are? Cindy, that Progressive Phonics site is amazing, and to think she offers it for free. I'm going to add a few more links here that are free. They don't necessarily have readers but they have great activities and worksheets.

http://www.carlscorner.us.com/ This site is huge and has a multitude of reading activities for K-2

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/ This is a pre-K-K site with printable readers

http://www.fcrr.org/ This site is really great! Reading activities from K-5 including fluency which is so essential in good reading.

These are all wonderful useful sites. I've used all of them extensively in my tutoring and in teaching Kindergarten. Hope they are helpful to everyone.

Karen

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