My son is just starting to want to read. He's learned his alphabet and recognizes letters. Does anyone have any suggestions for some really good books that are fun and will help him learn to read?
2007-03-02 04:53:30 · 5 answers · asked by Groovy 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
There are two kinds of books to be reading at this age. To support his beginning decoding skills, find predictable books with simple, high frequency words. These books will help him build one-to-one correspondence between where his finger points and what he says. "Piggy and Dad" is a hilarious series of predictable books. "Is Your Mama a Llama?" is also fun. "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" is a about the little letters and the capital letters. It has a catchy beat and you and your child can take turns. If you want to take an analytical approach, start with books that have only one line of text per page, and then slowly move to ones that have several lines of text. (The return sweep, going from one line to the other, is hard) Making a book with your child is a neat activity. We made a version of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" that my son read over and over. "Owl Babies" is another favorite--it deals with separation and a happy return. Seymour Simon, a well-known science writer, has just started a series for early readers, the See-more science series, and this has high quality nonfiction for beginning readers.
At the same time, you also want to keep reading aloud some difficult books that have more complexity to them. Why? This will help to build your son's receptive vocabulary and help him understand more complex story structure. I've seen many children get a good start in first grade with decoding, only to fall behind in third grade as text gets more difficult. Head this off by sharing some harder books. Let your child take the lead in this. I'm really not a fan of Curious George, but I've read the hospital story at least 167 times because my son loved it. As he got into kindergarten, he wanted me to read the Magic Treehouse books...he couldn't yet read them on his own, but he loved them. The Chinaberry book catalog (chinaberry.com) has thoughtful selections for readers of all ages.
Enjoy this time! It's wonderful to see a child take off with reading.
2007-03-02 23:24:46 · answer #1 · answered by snowberry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want books with very few words per page. It is also great to pick books with text that is predictable (rhyming, repetition, etc.). If you go through Scholastic books they offer some great phonics sets~ Dora, Nemo, Miss Spider, Spngebob, Clifford~. These books come in a set of 12 and introduce a new blends, sound experts etc. in each book. They are a great starter kit!
2007-03-02 16:33:22 · answer #2 · answered by Oh me oh my...♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr Seuss, that is why they were written, an educational board hired him to write the books for learning to read, the words repeat so many times, there are only so many words to a book, but then they said they were to racy what a shame, my boys learned to read with these books and now read them to there little brother and sister, they are the best
2007-03-02 14:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by melissa s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter does very well with the books about Biscuit the dog. They are easy readers, paperback and cheap. Some titles are Biscuit takes a bath and Biscuit goes to school. They use the same words over and over and are pretty simple...my daughter is 5 but not in kindergarten yet and she can read them w/ a little help.
2007-03-02 13:03:12 · answer #4 · answered by DuneFL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dick and Jane books, also Run Spot Run.
2007-03-02 12:57:09 · answer #5 · answered by srena 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋