What books are good to teach beginning reading?

Question

My daughter is 5 and will be starting Kindergarten in the Fall. I want to help her learn the basics.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Answer 1

Dr. Seuss never goes out of style...
Also, here is a website with a list of good titles suitable for kindergartners.
http://www.smithlib.org/page_childrens_book_lists_kindergarten.html

Answer 2

Biscuit books. He is a puppy who says "woof woof" a lot, but his little girl helps him do a lot of things. These are adorable, and not overly boring for mom either. I also liked the step books; the ones that list on them Step 1 (which off the top of my head I am not positive but I THINK was Pre-reader), Step 2, etc. Some are better than others, based on subject. My daughter really liked some of these, and refused to even look at others, so its best to ask your daughter for her input when picking them out.

Also, try your library, they often list books that are good for various stages, or you can ask the children's librarian. Our school has a list of 50 sight words that kids are supposed to know by the end of Kindergarten, so if you can find a list of the most common Kinder words (try searching online, I don't know where they got them from), you might start helping her recognize those.

Good luck, and enjoy these years with your little one!

Answer 3

Get in touch with her teacher and ask which order
she will be learning the alphabet. She needs to know the letters and sounds before she can learn how to read. Once she reaches that point I
suggest " Hop On Pop" or any phonics book.
Start with the short vowels. " Good Night Moon"
is also a great beginning reader book.

Answer 4

Dr. Suess books.are great for this. When my son was little I read him these books all the time. He generally liked to be read 3 books a night. 3 months into Kindergarten he was reading the books all by himself. I thought he had memorized the books, so I went and purchased a new Dr. Suess book that he had NEVER read or been read to. He opened it and proceeded to read it to me without any help. Good luck!

Answer 5

I read John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "Ciderhouse Rules" in high school and both really moved me in regards to the choices we make, abortion and human rights. I also learned that it's okay to laugh even when something awful is happening. These are two amazing books, he does such a lovely job of creating characters. We all have purpose and we just may not know what it is at the time, but that's okay.

Answer 6

when my daughter was in pre-school they made simple books that taught her to read.Something like This is a hat.With a picture of a hat above it.She had to point to the words as she said them.She is now 8 and she has already read Charlotte's Web,and some Nancy Drew books.

Answer 7

Anything with short, easy-to-pronounce words. There are droves of children's books that are aimed towards specific age ranges these days.

It also helps if you read to her; you can read whatever you'd like to, just as long as you take the time to explain what some words mean, and to show things like syllabic and sentence structure.

Answer 8

Dr. Seuss, Dick and Jane, and any of the Blues Clues books

Answer 9

Dr. Seuss

Answer 10

dr. suess is perfect for teaching kids to read
i remember learning to read with one fish two fish read fish blue fish, but dr. suess has a lot of easy learning to read books (i wouldnt suggest cat in the hat tho, classic, but not such an easy read for teaching)