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February 19, 2013 at 12:35 am
Anonymous
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Maybe you could look through the list on 1000 good books list to find something that would be on his reading level? Especially in the “picture book” section?
http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000-primary.html
February 19, 2013 at 2:17 am
QueenMama
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Little Bear
Frog & Toad

February 19, 2013 at 4:22 am
JennyMN
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My girls have all enjoyed Pathway readers. They read them for fun and often reread the stories. In the first reader, the first few stories have a part of the story that the parent would read and then the child reads their part. I’ve found that this helps to get the story going and make it more interesting.
I think there is a shortage of good early reader books. But, I also think there is something good about having them reread books they’ve already read. And as long as they are not twaddle it shouldn’t be too painful for them. 🙂
February 19, 2013 at 1:02 pm
HollyS
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We like the McGuffey Readers…you can find them for free at Gutenberg.org. I finally invested in a full set (they can be used through high school).
Pathway Readers are available at Milestone Books or Rainbow Resource. We have a few of them, but I haven’t used them yet. I picked some up used and am planning on using them when DD gets a little more fluent.
We also like early reader books like Frog and Toad, Mouse Soup, Owl at Home, Christian Liberty Nature Readers (I’d start with grade 1), and The Beginner’s Bible. I try to alternate some of the “fun” readers with the McGuffey lessons to keep it interesting. We also use some Dr. Seuess books, which may be a bit twaddle-ish, but my DC love all the rhyming.
February 19, 2013 at 1:38 pm
Rachel White
Participant
McGuffey
Pathway Readers
Elson Readers (beginning with Primer)
Arnold Lobel books
Little Bear books
February 19, 2013 at 1:42 pm
artcmomto3
Participant
My son is almost 6, and we started with Harriette Taylor Treadwell’s Primer then went to Pathway Readers. HTT’s books can be downloaded onto a Kindle or Kindle app from Amazon. Sometimes you can find it free to read online. From there we moved onto Pathway Readers. DS LOVES them! Arnold Lobel books are great too!
February 19, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Rachel White
Participant
Oh yes, absolutely the Treadwell readers. They are wonderful in content like the Elson’s. I bought mine at Yesterday’s Classics, but you can get them free online.
February 19, 2013 at 3:30 pm
Sue
Participant
Here is the website for Pathway Readers: http://www.pathwayreaders.com/.
You can also purchase them at Rainbow Resource or Amazon or whichever ones are available on homeschoolclassifieds.com.
February 19, 2013 at 3:53 pm
sheraz
Participant
Here are the links for free Harriet Treadwell readers:
This one is for the teacher: http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=treadwell&book=reading&story=_contents
Primer: http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=treadwell&book=primer&story=_contents
First Reader: http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=treadwell&book=first&story=_contents
Second Reader: http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=treadwell&book=second&story=_contents
Third Reader: http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=treadwell&book=third&story=_contents
I think that you could either print or use the computer. If I were to print, I would cut and paste to a word document and reduce the font size. 😉

February 19, 2013 at 9:55 pm
HollyS
Participant
I used to print it off…For McGuffey, the PDF has pictures which are nice for them to look at. I printed about a week’s worth of lessons at a time and kept them in a binder.
February 20, 2013 at 3:08 am
eawerner
Participant
This website has a list of I can read History and I can read Science books, many of which are lovely.
February 20, 2013 at 5:49 am
Wings2fly
Participant
Although many of the Step Into Reading books are twaddle, there are also some good history readers that I wouldn’t pass up. So go by the title more so than the series. You can look in the back for list of titles. We’ve also like Arnold Lobel titles. Check out the list of readers in the Sonlight catalog. We also like Little Bear.