Bob Books Sight Words: Kindergarten ( ISBN 978-0545019231) introduces sight words at the kindergarten level. Bob Books came about as a result of teacher Bobby Lynn Maslen’s careful attention to the specific needs of children learning to read for the very first time. As a teacher, Bobby’s work with 3 to 5 year-olds involved constant invention in art, math games, physical growth activities and, of course, reading materials. When she didn’t find books that she felt were the right fit for her young students, she created Bob Books. Reading becomes more complex in these sets as they introduce new rules and ideas around reading while building on fluency and reading cognition. These sets include more advanced vocabulary, longer stories, and different sound patterns, like long vowels. By the end of this stage, the goal is for your child to be fluently reading Before the first step The measured changes from one book set to the next really helps to build strong foundational skills with each step. Learning to read in this way creates fluency, which is the ultimate goal, and gives children many opportunities to have successful reading experiences and build their confidence. You can go at a gradual pace with each set to make sure that your child has gotten down each targeted skill set so that they can expand upon it as they move through the stages.

Your favorite Bob Books story characters in engaging animations encourage children in kindergarten and preschool along their path to literacy. Teachers, parents, homeschoolers, and librarians love Bob Books’ powerful use of phonics in our stories for young readers. Kids love the simple drag-and-drop gameplay. The game includes twelve scenes for a total of 32 words to read and spell using phonics. Four game levels provide increasing literacy challenges to preschoolers and kindergartners as they play. All of the content has been vetted by teachers and literacy experts. While the 'AIO' function only advises that "Crop, aspect ratio, red-eyes, etc. will be corrected if necessary", it appears that it also affects the saturation of your photo as well. We would recommend that you turn this function off to avoid your cover becoming over-saturated. Over night, the Maslens were inundated with phone calls. The books had entered the spotlight, and parents eager to help their children learn to read wanted Bob Books. “By that time we were going crazy,” Bobby Maslen says. “We knew the potential was much more than we could handle ourselves.” The Maslens turned to a major publisher of children’s books, Scholastic, Inc., for help. Today, all five sets of Bob Books written by Bobby Maslen are available to children all over the world, thanks to the partnership that was developed with Scholastic. Each set is organized into stages: Reading Reading Readiness, Stage 1: Starting to Read, Stage 2: Emerging Reader and Stage 3: Developing Reader.A common theme across many of the photo books we’ve reviewed is that the saturation on the image used for the front cover seems to be pushed up. However, the Bob Book’s cover was by far the worst example we saw of it. With the original photo graded with warm oranges, the final cover had an unfortunate you’ve-been-tangoed vibe that significantly detracted from the book as a whole. The Bob Books became a Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club selection and the series was adopted by home-schoolers and Montessori teachers. In 1993 USA Today ran a story about the Bob Books. [1] “By that time we knew the potential was much more than we could handle ourselves.” [2] Scholastic Inc. became their publisher in 1994.

My First Bob Books: Pre-Reading Skills ( ISBN 978-0545019224) teaches reading foundation skills: shapes, patterns and sequencing. Bob Books Set 4: Compound Words ( ISBN 0-439-84506-8) includes new word blends, more sight words and longer multi syllable words. Illustrator John Maslen is a watercolor painter and architect. He holds signature status in the National Watercolor Society and several other art organizations. He also received an American Institute of Architects Honor Award.

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Bob Books Set 2: Advanced Beginners ( ISBN 0-439-84502-5) uses three-letter words and vowel sounds in slightly longer stories. Based on beloved stories from Bob Books Beginning Readers, these phonics-based games will show your child how to: Bob Books Set 1: Beginning Readers ( ISBN 0-439-17545-3) introduces short vowels and three-letter words. These book sets teach letter recognition and letter sounds. Learning these skills are crucial for reading and sounding out words, so it is important that this is the first step. These books are simple in design and language, and can be used with any age group.