Rime To Read Review

Have any of you used the Bob books to help your children to read??I didn't although I heard of them. I found some used books, and made up a lot of my own. I wish that Rime to Read was available when I was teaching Roo to read. Rime to Read offers 20 books online to aid in teaching your children to read. These books teach single syllable short vowel words.

Here is a little information from the website:

Rime to Read: A program for Beginning Readers is now available ONLINE!!
Highly effective approach to beginning reading
Emphasizing word families (rimes) Unique color-coded system
Structured for success
Having trouble reading a word? CLICK it and it will be read back to you.
The cumulative 20 book program can be printed or read on your home computer monitor
How is a Rime different from a Rhyme? Rimes are word families (e.g., rat, cat). They are consistent both visually and auditorily, as opposed to rhymes (son, fun), which are just consistent auditorily.
We believe that consistency is important for beginning or struggling readers.

Roo sat with me and we read through these books. We both enjoyed the stories and illustrations. We felt they were very creative. My 3 year old wanted to read the books, too. Although I did not sit and try to teach her reading, she picked up PAT and CAT and DAD very quickly. The authors of Rime to Read do not recommend teaching a child to read until the age of four. So, I did not sit down with my little girl and try to master a book, but I will be working with her using Rime to Read in the near future!!

There are 20 books in all. They can all be viewed on a computer monitor or printed out to make small booklets. I like the option, and have printed several of them out.My children really enjoyed clicking on a word to hear it spoken. This is one benefit of viewing the books online. If a child is struggling to sound out the word, they can simply click on the blue text and hear the word spoken quite clearly!

So, I will wrap up by giving Rime to Read two thumbs up...or 6 thumbs up if you include all of our thumbs!! Visit Rime to Read and view a FREE SAMPLE BOOK!


(originally posted 12/7/08)