Hi! I have been reading this forum since my 2.5 yr old daughter was an infant. I have not posted very much and have never posted anything personal about myself. I think it is time to post because I now have a reader and need help deciding how to move forward!! I have read to her since birth and have been working with her since probably around 6 months old. Before she turned one I would show her flash cards but after a while she didn't want to look at them. After one we watched your baby can read but not consistently because I was afraid of too much screen time. She seemed to get bored with that too but never seemed to recognize any words. I also did Little Reader with her and got through the first semester of it. She liked it but didn't like how many days it would repeat but still didnt show any recognition of the words. She knows all her letter sounds and can tell me any word if I sound it out for her. We have done starfall and reading eggs and she can do both effortlessly. We also still do reading bear. She likes it I think because its only a few words at a time and she learns new vocabulary. She was an early talker and has a very vast vocabulary. She at one point could match animal words with animal magnets we have but would never read me the words without the picture with it. I think she was mainly looking at the beginning sounds because she can tell me the beginning sound of any word.
So recently I was reading on here two different moms with kids about the same age as mine just started reading. One used monki see and one used meet the sight words. Since we had the meet the sight words videos and books already I thought it was time to give those a try. We watched them every day. The first video took her about two to three weeks to learn all the words. The second video took her about a week and it only took her a few days to learn the words on the third video. After each video we would read the correlating books. She has read all of the books now and has learned some new words from them too. She reads at least one book a day and it seems like she is picking up at least one to two words a day. She also finds words she knows everywhere. I found some books at the library by Margaret Hiilert that use mostly the same words as meet the sight words so she loves that she can read books from the library now. All the other easy reader books at the library were mostly phonics based and she wouldn't know most of the words.
Where do I go from here? What can I do next? I tried showing her YBCR again but she wasn't interested after a day or two. What is the next step? I would appreciate any suggestions! Thanks