Book for child who has just learned to read?

[GretaGarble]

My son can read simple three- and four-letter words and I have found his progression has been much easier when one letter only is changing. I'm sure this is not news to anyone involved in education but I really don't know much about teaching small children! So for example cat, can, cap, and so on. So far I've just taught him by writing words out for him but I'm wondering is there a book along these lines we could use? He's got lots of books, lots of "my first word" books, and so on, but we don't have anything that is specifically about teaching reading.

Any help appreciated. He's 3.5.

He,s' doing so well. try letterland ABC which is brilliant and let's em practice phonics in a fun way. Don,t rush the reading. Your child needs phonics but a mixture of familiar over and over again to consolidate skills. My two year old and read the Gruffalo'off by heart which she does from memory and she knows it perfectly. The better you read whole books the better his skills will be later on. Always the old favorites and don't rush word recognition. You child will benefit from fun mummy at this sag The Alfie Books by Shirley Hughes are amazing as is Peepo, The Jolly Postm/an an Zoey and Beans. At this stage the focus is you and the words. Come later. The more time spent storytelling the better later.

Usbornebalso do Phonics readers like. Fox and his Box.. They are good but the stories are boring. Reading is organic so don't rush.

Dr Zeuss might be a good place to look

No, I have no interest in rushing him, which is why I want easy three-letter books rather than trying to coax him into trying to read even the simplest board books we have.

Thanks for all the suggestions, heartmummy. We do have a lot of Dr Seuss but they are too difficult for this very early stage.

DS started reading with the Floppy Phonics books with his nursery. They start with just simple words e.g. first book teaches s,a,t and I think it was p, and then has lots of words made from those letters eg sat, pat etc. Then they build up into stories as you go up the levels.

I would suggest the "Usbourne phonics" books or the "Read at home Oxford Reading Tree" books - the latter start off really easy and progress. The Book People do sets of these at great prices every so often.

My nearly 4 year old is enjoying the Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds series at the moment. Level 1+ is full of 3 letter phonic words. We have the Usborne Phonics, which are a little bit beyond him at the moment as it's mostly 4+5 letter words. We have the Read at Home ORT set as well and the first few books he is happy reading.

Suggest this one first:
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0192792962/

Seconding the ORT songbirds here too. Don't get the "read at home" books, they are not easily decodable. The Songbirds start very easy and progress nicely. Try the book people.

Big pig on a dig and it's friends

www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Usborne-Easy-Words-Read/dp/0746030215

a great series - we had a bog of them from the book people, otherwise the library?