Now I'm Reading! Pre-Reader: More Word Play (NIR! Leveled Readers) Novelty Book – Teacher's Edition, February 16, 2016

More Word Play Pre-Reader:The More Word Play Pre-Reader is for teaching specific sight words like YES or NO or the days or the week, etc.This is the second book in the series, so make sure to start with Word Play first THEN do More Word Play.Each book repeats a specific sentence changing some words each time. For example, the fourth book is "On ______, she was _________" format so it teaches the days of the week. The book also has a longer sentence over multiple pages utilizing AND which was taught in the previous series.Two of the books tackle number order (first, second, etc.) and days of the week. So those two books have more sight words than in the others.This set includes 8 story books and 32 flashcards of the sight words. There is a parent guide and an "activity" book in the back. It did not come with any stickers (like readers level 1+ do).Since the books tackle sight words... some of the books are appropriate for first time readers and others are not. Her level 1 books very carefully control the phonetic sounds so as to not introduce too much at once... however the More Word Play books do not do this. So these are READ ALONG books (not first readers.) That means the parent or teacher will do most of the reading and maybe only have the child read the sight words they were supposed to memorize.

Eight years teaching in public schools causes me to encourage you to get these books to ENJOY WITH your children. Good tips in the back of some for crafts etc. The tiny booklets in back should be held by parents, as they could be torn by eager toddler hands. Phonics and Sight words are key to learning how to read! Make reading stories fun by using voices to match the characters. The Dolch 220 sight words can be learned by many (but not all) children prior to first grade.

These books are perfect for kids just learning how to read. Before they are able to sound out words and all that kids can read books by using picture cues, memory and patterns. These books do exactly that. Each page repeats essentially the same phrase with one or two words that are different so kids can build confidence reading “on their own.” The guided reading books they use in kindergarten work exactly the same way. My three year old was able to read these books out loud to me and she just loves to practice reading. The sight word flash cards are the icing on the cake. We get one or two new words every time we take out a new book and add it to her flash card pile. Now just turned four, my daughter can read over 25 sight words from two of these sets and reads the books independently. Again, great way to build confidence in our early readers!!!

These books are great and they really helped my son with sight words and using visual clues to read the words. It was a great way to get my son started on reading and build confidence. I bought my first set of these books and Barnes and Nobles. They only had one set so I searched for more and found them on Amazon. I was even able to get them as a better price.

This is the 3rd book from this series we have purchased. My son started these books when he was 3 years old (almost 4) and I couldn't believe how quiclky he got the hang of it. The flash cards help immensely. He has fun reading them and I highly recommend.

My preschooler loved these books. He picked it out at a book store and read them so fast that I had to order these 2 days later. He LOVES these books!

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I love this series for my kids

These are as described ... I personally dont love these readers - they are repetitive IMO not very good quality first readers.