Reading

Elliot read her first "Bob" book today!! I am so proud of her! I have a few friends who recommended the book "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons." (Maybe I wrote about this before.) Anyways, we have only completed lesson 7, and I am amazed! We have gone over the sounds m, e, t, s, and a. I know that those letters can combine to make words and was hoping that I could read her a book at bed time where she would be able to recognize some of the letter sounds and read a word (sat, mat, etc.) I just thought doing this might help reinforce what she's learning in her lessons.

Then, I remembered my sis-n-law gave me the 1st set of "Bob" books. I opened up the first book and the sounds it goes over are M,A,T, and S. PERFECT!!!

It's quite simple. Here is what the book says (each new line is a new page)
Mat.
Mat sat.
Sam.
Sam sat.
Mat sat. Sam sat.
Mat sat on Sam.
Sam sat on Mat.
Mat sat. Sam sat.

It's nothing super special, but that fact that after just 7 lessons she could sound out those words, I was impressed. Very much looking forward to the next 93 lessons!!

*NOTE: I am not some crazy mom forcing my newly-4 year old child to read. She LOVES letters, theirs sounds,writing words, and is very eager to learn to read. I'm just trying to follow her lead and teach her while she is interested rather than having to force it later when it's necessary. She will wake up and ask "When are we going to do my reading lesson?" If we are doing it and she seems tired/distracted, we stop and do it when she is ready. :-)