Bob Books Set 3: Word Families - A Fun Paperback Activity Book for Kids

trevor: Love these books and my kindergartener does to. These really help him learn words and keep him engaged. Highly recommend for new readers!

United States on Jul 03, 2023

A. New: Easy reading for beginning readers

United States on Mar 26, 2023

Seriously: My daughter really loves these books and she can’t wait to finish a set and order the next level of books. It’s really helped with her reading confidence!

United States on Feb 14, 2023

Natasha: My son loves these books. They repeated sounds and reoccurring characters and themes help boost his confidence as he is learning to read.

Canada on Nov 20, 2022

Amna: We love the bob books series for our kindergartner, who is learning to read small words. The books are cute and come in suitable sizes for a pre-schooler/ kindergarten children to read and practice their vocabulary.

Germany on Jun 14, 2022

Frank S.: I'm an American with a Japanese life and my 7 year old son was born and raised here in Japan.

I've bought a lot of English study materials, and the Bob Book series has been uniformly excellent in every way. 100% recommend.

Note that my kid at least wasn't self-directed enough to study by himself, except a few days he sat down to read the Bob Books. Instead, we had a mini "English Class" about an hour a day and worked through this material.

Japan on Sep 30, 2021

Viviane Smith: Great books to help a child learn to read

Canada on Mar 03, 2021

professional shopper: I have a 4 year old who is in preschool. I wanted to supplement and encourage reading at home. I started with the Bob series. I purchased the first set of Bob books. I like the Bob books because each page had 7-8 word sentences. It's not overwhelming for first readers. I read and underlined with my fingers every word on a page. Then it was my child's turn to read the page. He practiced reading the page over and over. I pulled out the vocabulary words from each page and made 3X5 flash cards. We took a page at a time to review the words. We also practice spelling the word. Then he had to makeup a sentence using the new word. We took our time to read and practice every page. It took 1-2 weeks to complete the first book. Each book set had 3 levels and 5 books per level. I also purchased the BOB Workbooks which are very comprehensive. In today's times parents, grandparents and caregivers are the first line of teachers not the school system.

United States on Apr 28, 2020

khadijalynn: Great books but they are getting harder....My son really enjoyed levels 1 and 2. He is 5 now. We liked this set however beware, the stories are still fun but we found them less interesting than the first 2 sets. Also my son sometimes got overwhelmed with more text. I am happy that there were two activity books included, as this broke our reading routine a bit. That being said he did successfully complete the books and then went on to readers. I am not sure that he will need set 4 and 5, As it seems that 1, 2 and 3 have done the job. He is now reading at a grade one level, I would expect that he will be reading at a grade 2 level before the age of 6. These books have been so beneficial for our son. I highly recommend them. After sets 1, 2 and 3. The child will recognize many sight words and have a nice phonics foundation. He or she will be ready for first reader books.

Canada on Apr 18, 2015

CieraThomas: My daughter and I loved the first two sets in this boxed set. The previous ones were very easy and got just a little bit harder with each book so as to not discourage my daughter with too many rules. Granted, eventually the harder rules should be introduced, but since the first 2 books eased in at just the right pace, I would think this set would be the same. Not so--they move way too fast and teach a rule but then throw in a word that goes against that rule. My daughter refused to try to read anymore after the 2nd book the first night we got it because they were so frustrating. I also think the activity books are not that great--totally would have rather had those 2 books spread out the rules that they are trying to shove in the other 8 books.

The first book introduced "y" at the end of words as in floppy, "ed" as in stopped/begged, and "er" as in after. This isn't a big deal, but a lot of new rules to try to described to a new reader who is used to just adding ONE consonant sound each book.

Book 2 continues teaching the y at the end of the word and also continued words ending in "ed" as in flapped and bobbed. It also introduced "ew" as in flew. ALSO introduced...

United States on Mar 25, 2011