I am sharing for the others like me who never knew to do this. If you read to your children one of the story time books slowly and still interestingly while moving your finger as you go and when you get to a tough word sound it out for them showing with your finger it really works. It is very much how The Reading Lesson works in a way but with real books that they are already interested in hearing. We have started to do this for a page or so a day and it really has helped them take off. So if you have one that needs a little push this really helps. I also had them try to find words they could read as I was going before I got there and then they would see if they were right when I get there. They had to point it out to me before I read it. I try to make it really fun and sometimes will tease them if they are right and put some fake word in place that means something silly just to make them laugh. This is not good for comprehension but it is a fun game to play and it really helps. It is obvious I know but I never did it before so I thought I would just share in case it helps anyone.
It would be so fun to have you as a teacher w2w!