Sight Words

Elisha and I have started working on the basics of reading. We have started with working on sight words. We really like using starfall.com for the different activities on the site. I knew he was ready to go from the computer activities to sight word books when one night he began to help me read his bedtime story. He loves the book Good Night, Pillow Fight by Sally Cook and he does a great job with recognizing the sight words.

I was able to catch him helping me read  one of his fave books:

This week I decided we were ready to start the BOB Books. I really like the BOB Books and I am super pleased with how well Elisha is doing with learning the sight words. The first day I read the book to him. The second day I read it to him again, but I also asked him to see if he could read any of the words --he got several of them. The rest of the week we went  through the book together a couple times during our reading time. By today, he was able to read the entire book to me with only a little help. The BOB Book we started with is Mat. I think this was exciting for him since his daddy's name is Matt. He always trips up on the "Matt sat on Sam" sentence, but other than that he did super well.

It's so cool to watch Elisha read even if they are sight words. I'm excited to see him grow into an enthusiastic reader!