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Free Reading Lessons for Bob Books First Grade Sight Words, Book 10
And this is the last sight words book … as in ever! Pat yourself on the back, Mama, because you have done a great job, too! Here are the lessons for this book: Lesson One Review appropriate sections in...
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Teaching the ang Sound
There is a sense in which this is just your basic, run of the mill long-a sound. It’s true! But I like to teach this as a blend so that students see that there is an entire word family that uses this...
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Free Reading Lessons for Bob Books Set 5, Book 8
And this is your final Bob Books book! Congratulations! You made it! Take your student out to ice cream or something because this is a big accomplishment! Here are the lessons: Lesson One Introduce new...
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Looking Back: What I Wish I’d Known About Homeschooling in the Early Years
We all have our regrets, right? (If you’re new to homeschooling, just give yourself a day or two. Then, you will have regrets, too.) Preschool is only the beginning of things we give our children to...
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How to Teach Phonics to a Grump
You’ve been there, haven’t you? You sit down with your binder and your Bob Books to do what you think will be a pleasant little lesson, and your student shows up, frown on face. Or, the lesson starts...
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Five Authors to Read After Bob Books
When your child finishes Bob Books Set 5, he can’t just jump into chapter books. In fact, the five sets plus the two sight words sets do not teach all the necessary phonics rules. (That’s why we are...
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Five Favorite Christmas Picture Books You Should Add to Your Family Library
It’s getting close to that time of year again, folks! I’m writing this now because books are things you need to buy a bit in advance — you won’t have them when you need them if you haven’t already...
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Teaching Reading to the Imaginative Child (From the Mailbag)
My nearly 5 year old daughter has begun her Bob Book lessons and thoroughly enjoys them. She catches on quickly and remembers well, as long as we review properly. I however am a little overwhelmed by...
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How I Give Charlotte Mason Inspired Reading Lessons Using Teaching Reading...
Teaching Reading with Bob Books was one of the best accidental finds of mine. A little bit of background: My husband and I had 2 sons, ages 6 and 1, when we began homeschooling. Our eldest just...
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Teaching Reading with a Method vs. a System
(3rd time’s a charm for this mom) There is always the danger that a method, a bona fide method, should degenerate into a mere system… -Charlotte Mason Many things season well with age, and...
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