A fun way to teach reading

First of all, I give all credit for this idea to my Sister n' law (Marlyse) and her Dad.

You take beginner chapter books (We like Dick and Jane books) and take each word that is in each chapter and write them down on it's own flash card (Sight words, I call them). After the words are memorized we open up the book and let the child read the words that they memorized on the flash card in the book. This helps them to gain confidence in there ability to read. It made Camryn so excited when she finished her first chapter and now first book. There philosophy is that reading is mostly memorization. By the time Koby started Kindergarten he finished 3 books with 11 chapters in them all by himself.