Caleb can READ!

Bansoon at Hebron's church in Oxnard gave us a set of Bob books. It's easy books for beginning reader. Last night Caleb can read three of the books in the first set. He didn't read it by memorizing it. He read it by sounding out the sound of each letters in words that he didn't know. I am so proud of him. Since we are sending him to private school, I was afraid that he would struggle academically. But it seems like he is on track.

This is what he read:
Dot has a hat.
Dot has a cat.
The cat has a hat.
Dot has a dog.
Dog has a hat.
Dog has a rag hat.
Sad dog. Sad Dot. Sad cat.
Dog has on a rag hat.

Summer reading program

The San Leandro library just started their summer reading program for children. This program is for children 2 yrs old and up and it runs from now till August 15th. The participating child can read 10 books, write a short summary of each and bring the summaries to the library weekly so volunteers can check it off and give the child points. At the end of the program they will give each participant an invitation to a carnival, where the child can trade in the points for prizes. And I think each child get a small pizza as well. If your child can't write, then they can simply draw a picture about what they read. I just signed up for Caleb and Joshua.

Caps for Sale

I highly recommend this book. It's so fun to read. In Caleb's first year at preschool, his teacher did a play with the kids using this book. It's about a peddler selling caps and a bunch of monkeys took his caps. Caleb played the role of one of the monkeys. Caleb loved it since then and we borrowed this book from the library many times.

Family Devotions

We started doing family devotions with the kids in January of this year using this Bible. We love it. It's more a devotional for preschoolers than a Bible. It has colorful pages, introduction to the story with real example, a bible verse that's applicable to the story, and a short prayer for every story. I would say this book has about 60 devotionals. I think this is a good book to use if someone is looking to start family devo with a toddler or preschooler.

Caleb loved it because he loves to read and we also do fun activities afterward to illustrate the lesson further. Joshie, however, can't sit still long enough for it. But he also loves playing the games that we make up. I got this at Costco. It's also available on Amazon and Christian books.