Reading for pre-school child

[Emmam202]

My 3 year old is really starting to take an interest in reading, we've been recognising and spotting letters for a while now so I'm thinking of getting some sort of learning to read/phonics type books for him to start on if he wants. I had a quick look on amazon and was a bit confused by the various phonics schemes etc. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good starting point?

personally my girls like Songbirds Phonics. they say on the back which sounds the book deals with, they are in 6 different levels of difficulty and we have found them easy to use.

Look at the Oxford owl website, there are loads of free ebooks to try.

I would look at the songbirds, RWI (read, write inc) ones on there first.

Our local library did basic phonics books too.

OP glad to see you added, if he wants.

So many parents are pushy and think their child is a genius when they start school only to have their bubble burst.

Watch alphablocks on CBeebies!

I would just enjoy books together - it's more important to love reading than start reading early. You could always point out words or letters whilst reading- my nearly-4yrold can read moo and oo sounds now because of doing this.

Have a look at www.phonicsinternationalpreschool.com/

Thanks for all your suggestions! My little man is growing up too fast as far as I'm concerned! What happened to my baby boy?

Noble giraffe- He loves alpha blocks on cbeebies already and insisted I buy him the magazine.

BabyMumm29 - If it weren't for him asking me what various things say when we're reading together, pretending to read things on packets, letters, books etc and snatching books off me saying he wants to read it himself then I wouldn't even be considering it!!

I imagine it's like everything though, he took an interest in toilet training early but I've gone at his speed and it's taken a while. I'm certainly not a pushy mother!

The 'PM' range by Nelson Thornes are really good first books (magenta Level 1/2/3). I have just bought a pack for ds (3.4) and he is enjoying them. He is really pleased with himself for being able to read the high frequency words (very basic ones at magenta).

Ds learned his letter sounds by watching the bbc 'Letters and Sounds' DVD (which was a gift) obsessively at about 2- all his choice. I then bought him a blending DVD from Heidi Songs which helped him to crack blending CVC words from sounds.

I wouldn't feel apologetic about facilitating your ds's learning. My ds plays in the woods, makes mud cakes, watches telly, rides his bike and bakes and spends plenty of time playing with other kids. He just happens to want to learn to read too- why would I stop him?

We loved Usborne Very First Reading.
www.usborne.com/veryfirstreading/