2 posts tagged “first reader”

Fancy Nancy at the Museum by Jane O'Connor

 

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  rating: 4 of 5 stars
M seems to really enjoy this book, but as a Firs Reader book, it has some pretty difficult words in it.  That's not to say it's not good, it is.  The story is fun, and M likes hearing the big fancy words and the bits of French (merci!) that get sprinkled throughout.  It's a fun read and easy enough to explain the fancy words, I just think she'll learn more of the words in this book through listening and looking at the words and memorizing rather than sounding them out on her own.  Not a bad thing, just a different approach to the First Reader.
 

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Picky Nicky: A Picture Reader with 24 Flash Cards by Cathy East Dubowski

 

My review

  rating: 5 of 5 stars
My kiddo got this for Xmas past (it's now Feb) and she just recently pulled it out to start reading it.  I like a lot about this First Reader book.  First, it has a bunch of words she already knows (mom, dad, is, the, Picky Nicky) which is a real boost to her feeling like she can do this whole reading thing.  Second, there are obviously words she doesn't know, but she can sound out easily enough.  They don't have tricky silent sounds or difficult combination sounds, and it doesn't take her long to latch onto the right letter sound (like hard or soft e, or remembering that th is "th") and figure out what the word says.  Third, it also has pictures that she can see and "read", and what's more the picture words rhyme, so that further helps and gives it a sometimes sing-song quality that makes reading fun.  Of the three first reader books she got, I like this one the best.
 

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