Books to get 5 year old to read?

[Cherrycupcake24]

I've always read to my ds since he was a baby and he loves it, however he does not like reading himself. He's really struggling with it and it putting him off even trying. He prefers to guess the words instead 🙈
I have some biff & kipper phonics books but they aren't interesting to him.

Can anyone suggest any good ones which are both simple and interesting? Or any other way to try get him to give it a try.

Is he year R or year 1? Which phonics scheme is he doing? What reading level is he?

The songbird phonics books are a bit better than biff and kipper. We also had some lego super hero books.

My 6 year old loves the Supertato books, they might be good for him? They are really funny and colourful picture books. Meg and Mog are maybe for slightly younger kids, but are easy to read.

Maybe try other ways. Put words on the fridge and if he can read them he gets something in return or clues for where pudding is "the choc is in the red box"

Do you have a local library? Take him and let him choose. Reluctant readers, especially boys, often like non-fiction books. What does he like? Animals? vehicles? A particular country? Baking?

Hairy MClary from Donaldson's dairy? I love these books, they are fantastic stories, slightly tongue twister-y

Following for ideas also!

My 5yo loves the beano, pictures yes but he ends up reading the words without realising.

Oh non fiction is great shout. When my other DS turned 6 we got him a Picturepedia, as he wasn't a big reader and he absolutely loved it really got him into reading.

Dr Seuss - lots of rhymes in those. The Foot Book might be fun.

My DS (4yo)is quite competitive, so we try to make reading into a game. We started off with flashcards for phonics. I'd hold up a card from the pack and he'd race with his Dad or whoever to guess the letter first. Then he gets to keep the card if he won.
We now do the same for words. He has just started reception. They focus on 3 letters each week, so we try to make up words that include those letters.
With reading books, we have the songbird books and give him a tickle after each page. We call it the tickle challenge. It's all a bit out of hand, but he likes reading!!

Beano got my son reading. He likes Bunny vs Monkey too as its also in a comic book format.

I wouldn't. Just keep reading to him. Do his school books, and make sure there are lots of books about. Let him see you, and more importantly his dad, reading and enjoying it. He'll get there.

My son was always completely uninterested in the phonics books, and to be fair to him, they are tedious. I found it was better to read a ‘harder’ / more interesting book and accept he wouldn’t be able to read some of the words, than inflict that Biff and Chip drivel on us both.

My son prefers non fiction, Pokemon annuals, comics, anything by the author Matty Long.

We also had some success with getting a pack of phonics flash cards and playing schools - the students were soft toys, his baby sister, and his grandma, so he had to ‘teach’ them.

Have you spoken to his school and asked whether he gives it a try at school? Perhaps he has spent all day 'giving it a try' and that's what's putting him off at home. At his age, at home particularly, I'd encourage the enjoyment of books rather than getting him to read himself.

What does he like? Superheroes? Try introducing comics or age-appropriate magazines. Point to the speech bubbles and see if he recognises any of the words. Comics often have less words on the page as well so they're less overwhelming.

Non-fiction books? Lift the flap books about space/human body e.g. or a book about the world.

Does he like junk modelling? How about a book of junk modelling ideas. We love the books 'I am not an egg box' and 'I am not a toilet roll' and 'Not a Box' also 'Not a Stick'.

Guinness Book of Records is a.good one to explore!

What level is he at, does it need to be books? DS also aged 5 isn't keen either. I download sheets from Twinkl where he has to read and match to pictures, and we do 1 a day. I don't have a subscription, I get their newsletter which gets me 1 free resource a week and I make sure I pick something with enough pages in it to cover the week They have range of different activities, sometimes it's cutting and sticking, sometimes drawing lines to match.

The Meg And Mog books are great for learning to read as have lots of short easy words placed in interesting ways on the page. My 4.5 year old has learnt to read it after it being read to him lots. I'm sure a lot is from memory and he does guess some words but it doesn't matter as he's building confidence.

My son loves the Funny Bones books. So I do as it brings back fond memories as a child.

Does The Works still do five books for a fiver / 10 for a tenner? You could make it a "thing" so your child sees it as a big treat, wow that book looks amazing can you choose 4 more , *oooh great choice":etc so they have ownership of their choice, might make it more exciting?