I love reading myself so to teach my child to read is a fun and interesting process.  Its amazing how the mind works.
Reading is probably the most important skill to have in order to be successful. Great that you are passing the knowledge on.
I totally agree. It was funny that one book for a child told me at the beginning that reading is a way for them to acquire a language, communicate, and share information. I agree but I thought it was odd at the beginning of a child's book.
Yeah there are different levels of difficulty in books recommended for children.
Yes, we are on level one right now. At this point, I know my son needs practice, development, and of course, the whole point is to refine his reading skills.  Time is all he needs.
You are right. The more practice he gets the more he advances. Most schools try to have kids reading by Kindergarten these days.
I know, I feel like they push kids too much but then again, my son is 5 and is begging to read.  I just want him to want to do it since they say that reading is a complex process and can't be restricted to one or two interpretations on how to learn and or it. 
I am of the opinion that we shouldn't rush kids who are not ready to read yet. It will turn them off from exploring books on their own. Your son is not in that camp.
List of Berenstain Bears books
This list of "Berenstain Bears" books includes many in the picture book series (such as "Beginner Books" and "First Time Books") and the illustrated children's novels, such as those in the "Big Chapter Books" series. Since the first "Berenstain Bears" installment was published in 1962, the series has sold close to 260 million copies.
In addition to writing children's literature, the authors Stan and Jan Berenstain also wrote two parenting books, "What
and learn how to use their expanding knowledge of language and their growing powers of inference to figure out what they are really reading.
In the beginning of the decoding stage a child will often be devoting so much mental capacity to the process of decoding that they will have no comprehension of the meaning of the words being read. This is most likely if the text being read is at or above their skill level. It is nevertheless an important stage. Such decoding practice allows the child to improve their decoding skills with the