if you don't use Abeka readers what do you use?

[jlschock]

Just :popcorn I have time yet before I need to get readers but since the other thread is making me :scratch about Abeka readers I was wondering what readers everyone uses.

http://www.gentlechristianmothers.com/mb/index.php?topic=79611.0



edited to add link ;)

[jghomeschooler]

We have the Bob books for dsK, he is just learning to begin to read. LOL.
We also buy them here and there- library sales are GREAT, Wal-Mart has some that are not terribly expensive, garage sales, thrift stores, etc. I just buy lots of books, period. LOL. (we are um, kind of addicted to buying and hoarding books, chuckle chuckle). :grin

[Mama Calidad]

We're using Christian Liberty Press' Nature Reader - Book 1. :tu :tu

[booboo]

That's simple: whatever I can find that the girls are interested in. :mrgreen Barnes & Noble has Dora books,
lots of easy readers..the library, yard sale bargains (yes you can find good yard sales in NJ! :wow ), Rainbow Resource...My house is being taken over by books!!!! :eek

[Leslie]

We used Henry and Mudge, Little Bear, Frog and Toad, Mouse Tales, books like that.

Next time around, I might try some of these online readers:
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=treadwell&book=first&story=_contents
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=treadwell&book=primer&story=_contents
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=baldwin&book=fables&story=_contents

And in first grade my son read his history book, Fifty Famous Stories Retold (http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=baldwin&book=fifty&story=_contents).

[cobluegirl]

never mind..I found my answer.

[ArmsOfLove]

Bob books; DK readers; anything from the library or our awesome library that they want :tu

[Bonnie]

Bob?

[jlschock]

Bob?

I had to look it up too
www.bobbooks.com/ (http://www.bobbooks.com/)

[Bonnie]

Ah. I recognized the logo as soon as I saw it. I think I've seen them at the bookstore.

[MamaBeth]

I found sets one and two of these at my local library! Logan loves them! I am looking to purchase them for home, with level three and four being first so he can continue!

http://www.innovativekids.com/activity%5Fpack/

[Moon]

The easier Dr Suess books! Those were our favorites. The first ones my oldest read himself were Rocket Readers, very simple Bible stories. There's also a Rocket Reader Bible that's written in reading levels 1-2 (not grades). By the time my second reading kiddo came along we had a pretty good sized collection of easy reading books for her to jump into, along with some very old (copyright in the '60s) reading primers.

[SueQ]

I do LLATL (http://www.commonsensepress.com/covers.htm). And have been checking things on my son's reading level out of the library.

[2ds1dd]

We love the "classics" such as Dr.Seuss, as well as anything that peaks their interest. Currently Joe is into comic books and game {playstation} magazines; Ben is into not much right now; Both boys are into their Boy Scout manuals. We've found that by giving them things they want to read, they tend to do much better than if it's something "dry".

[KitKat]

Well, we are using Phonics Pathways to teach reading. Then for additional reading, we are using Bob Books. Then of course, once he is capable, we have a huge bookshelf full of children's books that he can choose from to read.