Stellalarella Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I've used Phonics Pathways to teach dd8, ds6 and ds5 to read. We also use the companion Reading Pathways books with pyramids. DS6, in particular, is clamoring for books to read. BOB books are OK, but they tend to introduce words that he has not yet learned the phonics to read. I do tell him how to/why to pronounce the unknown words, but it would be nice to have readers that aren't introducing so many sight words. I've looked at the readers from All About Spelling--of course they correspond nicely but at the moment the $ investment is prohibitive. Do you have any rec's? Thank you Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Any of the readers by Nora Gaydos (Now I'm Reading) are great. My dd really likes them, and believe me, she's very picky about her readers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplain Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Another vote for Nora Gaydos' books. I also like the Primary Phonics decodable readers, published by EPS. I bought several levels used from other WTM'ers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_go_gadget Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 We have used and liked the Phonics Practice readers from MCP. They do introduce a few sight words like "the" and introduce the "z" sound for "s" (as in "as" and "has"), but those are unavoidable if you're going to have a story worth reading, I think. I haven't looked at the Gaydos books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 We like the I See Sam readers and the early readers from Memoria Press K - EPS Primary reader sets and American Language Series (includes CC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkermamaof4 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 The I Can Read It books from Sonlight were great for us and super cheap used. We had the single bound version and the font wasn't as nice as the newer version, but we got it almost free and 4 kiddos have loved the stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 My dd is reading the phonics readers from Christian Liberty Press right now along with PP. Thre are 4 of them and they are ok. Better than many I have seen anyways. They do include CC though. After she finishes those she will move onto the HOD Emergent reader set and other books like those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) :) Another vote for the Nora Gaydos, "Now I'm Reading" Series. There are several different levels. They were much loved here in our home! :):) Another series that we really loved were the "We Both Can Read" books. They are designed for the parent to read one side of the page and the child reads the page next to it. They also come in several levels. You can look inside them here: http://www.amazon.com/Just-Five-More-Minutes-Both/dp/1601150148/ref=pd_sim_b_13 Edited November 18, 2011 by BlessedMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellalarella Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 What sounds are covered in the different levels of the Nora Gaydos books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I See Sam, Nora Gaydos, and you can print out copies of the Starfall.com books. I also made stories to to along with Blend Phonics. The first version saves paper, the second version are little books you can print and cut and staple. http://donpotter.net/education_pages/blend_phonics.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bula Mama Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Pathway Readers are good, too. They're Amish and 'on the farm' but when my boys were little they loved the stories. Very cheap and I attribute the way that they gently add vocabulary as what finally got my dyslexic boy reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2two Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 We like the treadwell books, primer - book 3 http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Literature-Primer-Harriette-Taylor-Treadwell/dp/1599151294/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 The American Language Series. http://rainbowresource.com/product/sku/042639/238bf8e230b21b18e6e02537 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I also agree with Nora Gaydos' books. Now if you can find them cheap, which I did I found the whole set of Hooked on Phonics (older one with cassettes, but I did not want the workbooks, or the cards) for the readers. My son loves these readers. They progress the kids at a nice pace. Now since we do have the workbooks I do have him read the stories in them sometimes too, but the readers for HOP are awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 The American Language Series. http://rainbowresource.com/product/sku/042639/238bf8e230b21b18e6e02537 :iagree::iagree::iagree: The closest I have found to a TRUE phonetic reader set of books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I ended up ordering the Primary Phonics storybooks to use with DS6. They weren't cheap so let's hope they work well. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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