Reading

These "Bob Books" were sold through Scholastic Books a few months ago at preschool. I am amazed at them. In the first book, we read:

Mat.
Mat sat.
Sam.
Sam sat.
Mat sat. Sam sat.
Mat sat on Sam.
Sam sat on Mat.
Mat sat. Sam sat.
The End.

Onto Book 2:
Sam and Cat.
Mat and Cat.
Sam, Mat, and Cat.
Cat sat on Sam.
Mat sat on Sam.
Sad Sam. Sad Mat.
Sam sat. Mat sat.
O.K., Sam. O.K., Mat. O.K., Cat.
The End.

And so it goes. (Ted and Peg make their appearance in Book 10. Heh.)

What amazed me the most about Ted's complete devouring of these 12 little books is the incredible sponge that is a kid's brain. He never forgot. Once he 'recognized' a word (such as 'sat') he never forgot it. When someone sat in Book 12, he was able to recognize it, in a different context. Note that I am not saying he is really reading. He has yet to grasp the concept of c-a-t...sound it out. He is learning a new word by sight only. But...HOW COOL! He is so excited about it...like a door just opened in his brain. I told him that we could read these books any time he wanted (he has a tendancy to want me to read to him All. The. Time.) These are really cool. And how fun is it for both the boys' names to be presented in just the first series! Woo hoo!