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I'd like to share a few of the short story books that I wrote for my kids many years ago. Back when they were small and I would have the liberty to pick out what to teach them from home. I drew my inspiration writing these short stories based from our daily mundane activities which transpired around our kitchen or school table. I took value from them by coming up with a list of vocabularies that would describe what ever we were doing at the moment. The list of vocabularies served as anchor to our stories.

I found this approach very useful in instilling love for reading in them at an early age as they found the stories relatable. Little by little they learned to read phonetically as they decoded the sound of each letter and blended them into words. 

While we filled our family library with a collection of colorful illustrated story books through time, I also felt it was necessary to come up with a set of our very own early readers' compilation of short stories without the pictures. I wanted for them to patiently learn how to blend the sounds of the letters as they were also encouraged to think imaginatively. 

My stories were open-ended so we can always enjoy a rich discussion after each reading time. I would let them decide how they would want our story to have a good ending. This became a useful supplement to my kids' reading and comprehension. So, teaching reading to our kids can be so much fun and engaging.

My lil "Nancy Drew"
My daughter was 3 yrs old when she started reading phonetically and when she reached age 4, she was already reading these books to me herself. We knew we have an early reader. Now she's hooked on reading the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories and would love to someday publish her own magazine for girls!



My son started reading these books a few weeks ago. I thought it was a thrill watching him as he read our own lil family stories. Knowing that he is a highly tactile and a kinesthetic learner, I would give him more time to read through a story as he acts out the characters as he pleases. Now, would that be a problem by me? Not at all, because by doing so, that's when I'd be able to gauge his reading comprehension. He is five years old. And I could care less if he struggled blending some words. It's music to my ears. 

One of his favorites is "Gab and Jill." The first time he read it, he puts his book down and asked..."Mom , is Gab and Jill, Ate and I?"

Note:  ( Ate - pronounced Uh-teh, Tagalog word, a title used to address a female sibling as a sign of respect)

Looking back, these story books have been very valuable to  me as I used them to teach  my  children  how to read.    Our memories    built  around  these  reading materials are so precious that I wanted to share them with you today.

Here are the links to my books. You may download and print them, it's FREE!!!

Gab and Jill






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