What My Child is Reading

 

Since Selena has been sick this week, I have tried to come up with things to keep her mind off not feeling very well, otherwise all she does is whine and complain. We have done a lot of various activities. Since she has been more content to just sit I thought we could encourage our reading skills. I pulled out some of the real simple level 1 readers that I have in my personal hidden library. We also used some of the level 1 readers that I reviewed in this post. Hot Dog by Molly Coxe, was the easiest book I pulled out. The text is very easy and Selena found it very easy to read. From Dog is Hot. Boy is not. to Dog is cool. In the Pool. This book I truly considered to be more of a confidence builder.

Hog and Dog by Diane Wright Landolf, was similar to Hot Dog, but with a little more text and a different blend of phonics including some Z words. Again Selena found it very easy to read. It also had a little more of a story line to it where Hog and Dog discover a friendship at the end.

It is wonderful to see Selena’s confidence in reading explode. Even new books that she hasn’t seen before, nor heard us read are becoming easier for her to read by herself. I always try to look for level 1 books that are going to build her confidence with words she knows, then advance on to books that introduce new words, and letter blends. We work our way up to harder level 1 books and into level 2 books where she needs a little more assistance, but it never ceases to surprise her when she finds these harder books easier and easier to read. This is how I promote independence reading.

I am linking this up at Mouse Grows Mouse Learns.