(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
How I Give Charlotte Mason Inspired Reading Lessons Using Teaching Reading with Bob Books
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
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
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
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
Special Sound: o as in one
English has a few very strange words, as I'm sure you're aware. In the case of one, the reigning theory seems to be that there was a pronunciation
