I say to my son Joshua, "Want to learn Rime To Read?"
I sit with him on my lap and open up the first book - Pat. We say it together… “Pat.” We look at the cute girl in the blue dress with the long curly hair. She’s Pat. She’s really cute.
We click the arrow for the next page. We read… "Pat and cat." He smiles big and looks back at me. He likes the cat.
We click for the next page. I read… "Pat, cat, rat."
“No, no,” Joshua says, “I’ll do it.” And he does. And he reads it to me. And he reads, “Pat and cat and rat.” And he smiles big, and he’s proud of himself. And I’m proud of him. I tell him he’s a fantastic reader, and he agrees.
And he finishes reading the page, and then the book,
“Pat and a cat sat. The rat and the bat sat.”
They are all smiling at him from the pages of this little book. And he is smiling back, and happy.
So goes our first experience with Rime to Read. It was sweet...
I am pleased with the simplicity and gentleness of the pages and Joshua likes… to read them. We’ve come back many times to read Dan, and Dad, and Ned in Bed, and Nell, and Joshua’s favorite, The Pet. Each time we reap the rewards of this wonderful reading program. My son, Joshua, is eight and he is learning to read. He’s a little behind, but we don’t focus on that. We focus on moving him forward. Rime to Read is doing just that. Moving him forward.
What is Rime to Read?
Rime to Read
I sit with him on my lap and open up the first book - Pat. We say it together… “Pat.” We look at the cute girl in the blue dress with the long curly hair. She’s Pat. She’s really cute.
We click the arrow for the next page. We read… "Pat and cat." He smiles big and looks back at me. He likes the cat.
We click for the next page. I read… "Pat, cat, rat."
“No, no,” Joshua says, “I’ll do it.” And he does. And he reads it to me. And he reads, “Pat and cat and rat.” And he smiles big, and he’s proud of himself. And I’m proud of him. I tell him he’s a fantastic reader, and he agrees.
And he finishes reading the page, and then the book,
“Pat and a cat sat. The rat and the bat sat.”
They are all smiling at him from the pages of this little book. And he is smiling back, and happy.
So goes our first experience with Rime to Read. It was sweet...
I am pleased with the simplicity and gentleness of the pages and Joshua likes… to read them. We’ve come back many times to read Dan, and Dad, and Ned in Bed, and Nell, and Joshua’s favorite, The Pet. Each time we reap the rewards of this wonderful reading program. My son, Joshua, is eight and he is learning to read. He’s a little behind, but we don’t focus on that. We focus on moving him forward. Rime to Read is doing just that. Moving him forward.
What is Rime to Read?
Rime to Read
Pat, Rat, Sat, Cat, Bat.
Pam, Sam, Am, Jam, Ham.
Pet, Met, Get, Wet, Let, Bet.
What do these words have in common?
They rhyme; and they’re rimes.
Yes, that’s how it’s spelled. “Rimes” are words that rhyme and are also spelled the same way. Rat, cat, fat, splat, hat, - they are all in the same word family and sound alike, and look alike. Rhyming words such as “son, fun” or “care, hair, bear” are not spelled alike, thus they are not “rimes.”
For me and Joshua, we look forward to sitting together and learning to Rime to Read by reading the sweet, simple stories that bring smiles to both our faces.
Yes, that’s how it’s spelled. “Rimes” are words that rhyme and are also spelled the same way. Rat, cat, fat, splat, hat, - they are all in the same word family and sound alike, and look alike. Rhyming words such as “son, fun” or “care, hair, bear” are not spelled alike, thus they are not “rimes.”
For me and Joshua, we look forward to sitting together and learning to Rime to Read by reading the sweet, simple stories that bring smiles to both our faces.
Rime to Read is a beginner’s reading program that uses “rimes” to teach reading, starting with basic, simple words and building upon them in their stories. See their web site for a more thorough explanation.
Some highlights from their web site:
• 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.
• 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.
