Which Level BOB Books Should I Order?

My daughter will be 3 in a month and is currently using Set 1 of the BOB books. Like your son, she recognizes all uppercase and lowercase letters along with their sounds. She has had the set for about a week and is "reading" all the books. I will stick with this set until I am confident that she can recognize all the sight words and sound out all the phonetic combinations that are introduced in the first set. I do not believe learning to read at this age is as important as acquiring a large and varied vocabulary. However, if your child wants to read, always follow your child's lead. Good luck.

I would take him to the library and let him look at them. It will give you a chance to see where he is.

I did not even realize our daughter could read. I purchased the first set, on the way home from the book store she read all of them aloud to me. I had to turn the car around and exchange them for the second set!

My daughter just turned 4, and she is reading the Set 1 books. They are great!

We loved BOB books. They are very good. I would check the Library and see what you can do. I would say get the first set, but it is sooooo easy that maybe he will be done with one or two word sentences in a short time. So look at the library and see what he can do. That is awesome for him to be so young and already trying to read.

I would start with Set 1. That's what we did with my son and they are really basic in the beginning. The first book goes something like this:
Sam
Sam sat
Mat
Mat sat
Sam sat on Mat
Mat sat on Sam
The End

If you think he can figure that out, skip the pre-reader. If you don't think he can do that yet, honestly, I'd wait awhile before starting any of it. Just turned 3 is still very young!