Books that complement Jolly Phonics/Oxford Reading Tree??

[Lmccrean]

DD is in first words stage of the oxford reading tree books. Can anyone reccommend similar books that we can read together? Have one set from when I was wee, but shes already read them a few times, and Im starting to think shes just remembering the story rather than actually reading them!

[cazzybabs]

bob books - you can buy them on amszon...the more advanced havre american spellings. they are phonetic though and b and w ...dd enjoyed colouring in the piuctures when she had read them.

[mysonsmummy]

julia donaldson does a great range which is part of the ORT called songbirds which is very phonic based - we find it great. the book people are great and deffo cheapest for these books.

[Lmccrean]

thanks cazzybabs, will have a look now

[Lmccrean]

ohh. I love julia donaldson! will check that out too thank you!

[Piffle]

bob books also LOVE them!
the songbirds are great too
we love Paula the Vet
But now dd is off and reading all her own books from home - her Charlie and Lola ones etc, amazed at how she knows so many words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[imaginaryfriend]

There's a series called Ginn that dd quite likes. You could also look at some of the alternative ORT books like their Snapdragons series (which are dd's favourite, much nicer stories and pictures than the Biff, Chip & co. stories).

[cazzybabs]

yes - the songbird ones are good too! ORT have also bought out a new range of decodable text called floppy's phonics (I think) although I have not seen any.

The ruth miskin ones are good too, although I find the levelling hard to work out!

[Lmccrean]

cat64, the librarians know me well but I have gone through their shelf (plus one in next town) for early readers and its limited. am hoping to get few recommendations then order through library, or buy them - not sure which will be cheaper in long run!

[mynaughtylittlesister]

I was also going to recommend the songbird books from the ORT. They have different levels so are very good- from what I can remember have the in between levels like 1+.

What about some of the Dr Zuess books, I am sure there were a couple that DD picked up and loved reading to me will have to go in search tomorrow in her room!

[Lmccrean]

Right, will ask teacher if she will be doing the alternative ORT ones, and if not, will look into those further.

Can anyone give me some advice on bobs books pls? Im not sure what box I should be looking at - what would correspond with the level up from biff chip etc "first words" stage?

[imaginaryfriend]

I'd never heard of Bob books. What stage of reading do their levels correspond to?

[mynaughtylittlesister]

Have just had a thought!!!! The Jelly and Bean books are very good at being phonic based also The Fat Tom books - again a good phonic based book.

[Lmccrean]

lol, dd knows most of the dr seuss off by heart, esp hop on pop. she sings it. weirdo

[mynaughtylittlesister]

What are the Bob books?

[Piffle]

BOB books

[Piffle]

dd has bene put onto jelly and bean after finishing stage 2 ORT, she finds them dead easy, I think she went onto level 4b jelly and bean? Not sure about levels etc though

[cazzybabs]

They have chnaged slighty since I bought them...but the 1st series has things like

Dot had a bag. the bag had a tag.

Ste 2 introduces some digraphs..

The cat was sad. The cat had no car.

set 3..

Molly put her toes in the pond. Mom (note american spelling) put her hands in the pond.

They are phonetic so the plot is somewhat lacking...

[cazzybabs]

They even have a website www.bobbooks.com/

[mynaughtylittlesister]

Ooooohhhh never heard of them! Sometimes its better to have a different series of books that the school have so DC has a wider range, also they tend not to get so bored, plus there is nothing worse than DC saying "I have read that one at home!

[Lmccrean]

lol. better than a frying pan, the milk, the eggs... argh. Had actually toyed with idea of making little booklets myself, but then realised I cant really be bothered. Thanks sooo much ladies. Will speak to teacher re ORT ones then to library to see what ones of the above I can source

[Piffle]

we are onto next stage Bobs and they use mama and papa
plots boring for us, great for 5 yr olds