Do you have a little one heading off to Kindergarten in the fall, or perhaps first grade?
I remember when my kids were around that age. I was so excited for them. I knew that soon enough they would be starting to read and write. Both of my children knew some basic sights words such as colors, cat, dog, and easy 3-4 letter words. However I knew that once they started school they were going to be exposed to the wonderful world of reading.
By recognizing simple sight words your child can have a head start for learning to read.
Recently I was sent a couple of copies of Bob Books Sight Words to review. For some silly reason I was expecting flashcards. Instead I received rather unique looking flashcards AND mini-books that help children to recognize sight words within a story.
The mini-books are a cute idea. Each book has only a few pages (about 12 pages). Each page features a simple line drawing and a single sentence. Within the sentence are some of the sight words the book is going to help children to recognize.
For example, in the book “Plums” the sight words are “good“, “now” and “are“. One of the sentences in the books reads “The plums are hard. The plums are not good“. Do you see how the sight words are included within the sentence?
Sight words are words recognized by sight rather then sounded out, in order to achieve reading fluency. They are the most frequently used words in the English language and are often hard to read phonetically (“was”, “are”, and “out” for example).
Bob Books Sight Words feature the top Sight Words in two sets, one for Kindergarten and one for First Grade.
Bob Books Sight Words allow parents and children to read, learn and practice together in a fun and easy way.
Each package contains 10 original mini-books, 30 flashcards and a parent guide. The books are super cute and entertaining for little children with easy to understand concepts and stories.
I love the flashcards. One one side there is an image from one of the mini books with a simple sentence that features a sight word, such as “Mat and Same like to play.” Like is the sight word. On the back of the card is the word “Like” so parents can see what word their child should recognize.
Each set of books and flashcards come in nice storage boxes so that you can keep all the pieces (books, flashcards) together.
Bob Books Sight Words would be an excellent way to help children get a jump start on the new school year.
To learn more about Bob Books Sight Words please visit www.BobBooks.com or www.Scholastic.com/BobBooks.
Scholastic would love to award TWO lucky readers with a special Bob Books lunchbox as well as the BOB Books Sight Word sets for both Kindergarten and First Grade ($40+ retail value). Thank you Scholastic!
To enter please comment on what ways you help your child learn to read and/or recognize sight words – OR- tell me what other Bob Book you think looks interesting (found at either site).
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This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on August 18, 2010 at 11:59 PM (EST). The winners will be selected at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries. The winners will be contacted by e-mail and will have three days to reply with a name and mailing address (no PO Box) or a new winner will be chosen.
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Kimberly
*I received free sample copies of the sets in order to do this review. They will be donated to the elementary school reading teacher when school starts. There was no other compensation. The opinions expressed are my own. Scholastic will be providing the prizes.

















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like on facebook. When reading we take truns reading sentences, and also corellate the word to the object, this seems to be very helpful for a young child
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Well, my son begins kindergarten next Monday, so this would be perfect for him! His VPK teacher created site word lists each week for the kids and I kept the copies so we could continue to practice this summer. He also has some basic level learn to read books that we read before bed.
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my daughter just got a teaching job in kindergarten! This will be good for her classroom!
we get different books from the library – so she cannot memorize!
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My granddaughter and I take turns reading. She reads one page and then I read the next. The alternate reading of the pages seems to make it more fun for her. The Bob Books are a great idea! We would certainly put them to use.
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I help my little guy by pointing out each word while we read and talking about them if possible.
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My son would like the Pre-Reading Skills book.
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We work on sounding out words one letter at a time. I’ve come to realize that English is a very confusing language!
when i read to her at night, i run my finger along with the words and read slowly. I also am sure to stop when she asks about a word and tell her what it is
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I’ve made flashcard type things in the past. I make them to cover themes. Like there was a paper, pencil, crayon or one two three fouretc
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We always read to my daughter and try to get her to follow along. I also like to print sight words and have her make sentences with them.
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My daughter is 15 months old, so we’re not working on site words yet, but I’d love these books to get a head start in a few years!
We’ve always used flash card to help with sight words.
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My son is a toddler, and trying to teach him basic words right now. This is important to me since my nephew was a late talker and had to go to speech therapy. I read with my nephew every chance I get, we take turns reading and do other things to make sure he is constantly reading… I send his mom a simple text and ask her to show it to him, and then I call him to see if he did read it.
I help my little one by reading books each and everyday and pointing out each word and repeating what it is and pointing it out in the illusrations.
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I have flash cards and my son is working to learn them. Thanks for the giveaway.
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These sounds wonderful. My son loves to listen to me read so now I am trying to teach him.
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I help my son learn to read by writing short, funny stories about our family, using lots of words he already knows so he doesn’t get frustrated. While reading some books, unfortunately, he gives up when he comes across a word he can’t figure out.
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We just started this week to learn about site words and have some on post it notes. Like on our trashcan is a post it that says trashcan
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one thing I am doing to help my 3-year old son learn to read is to learn his ABC’s and letter sounds.
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I encourage my child by reading to her every chance I can. We will read the back of the cereal box or things at the grocery store, signs going down the highway. It gets her interested in reading herself.
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For my son, repetition was key. I had him read the same sentence over and over again. It worked quite well.
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I make my own flash cards to correspond with the stories I am reading to my grandkids. We make a game of it.
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My daughter is still too young to read to herself or understand fully, but this is the perfect age of introducing books and reading to her. She loves to point at the pictures, feel any objects that are available to be felt (fure, pop ups) and loves any songs that comes with it. I like to make reading fun, which makes learning fun.
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We used hooked on phonic. She still gets a bit confused but shes doing great. I would love to win these for my friends daughter who is currently struggling with reading
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I encourage my son to read signs as we are driving, and even little things like words on his cereal box. If he asks me what something says, I ask him to try it first!
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We are big readers in our home. We read to our daughter every night and she loves to play with the magnetic alphabet letters on our fridge. We try to incorporate reading in a fun way.
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I think it is important to repeat the words so the child understands which word belongs with which object.
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i want to win this to give to a child i worked with in the summer .idea i used with very active son was put him in his carseat and a pile of lib.book for him to read a fue times i would just drive to give him more reading time.
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My husband and I are constantly saying things slowly and clearly around my son, so he can absorb and learn everything.
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When I read to my younger kids a story they know, I will point to words and let them read them. I also am a big believer in making flash cards with common words for the kids to learn.
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The My First Bob Books Alphabet Set would be great for my niece
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I read out loud to my son and help him remember and recognize short words like cat or the and when we get to those words, I let him say it. little by little he is learning more words and letter sounds at age four.
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I read aloud to my kids every single day. When we read together I point out one or two sight words and have them try to find more of the same word(s) in the book we are reading.
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