Reading readiness books
Singing - A Practice of Reading Readiness: Sing-along Books | Sno-Isle Libraries
Join a group of adorable babies and sing along as they take a classic song for a ride on the bus! Actions accompany each verse and will have readers singing and moving along to the music. Join a group of adorable babies and sing along as they take a classic song for a ride on the bus! Actions accompany each verse and will have readers singing and moving along to the music. Show less
Readers will have to stand up to read this book, which is a froggy rendition of, "The Hokey Pokey." They will be waving all about and chasing flies with their long tongues! Readers will have to stand up to read this book, which is a froggy rendition of, "The Hokey Pokey." They will be waving all about and chasing flies with their long tongues! Show less
Enjoy this classic tune with fun, playing illustrations. Enjoy this classic tune with fun, playing illustrations. Show less
Eric Litwin's musical genius is not lost in this book, where adults and children alike will enjoy singing along with Groovy Joe and his hungry dinosaur friends. Eric Litwin's musical genius is not lost in this book, where adults and children alike will enjoy singing along with Groovy Joe and his hungry dinosaur friends. Show less
Brian Pinkney's beautiful illustrations set to a familiar song perfectly represents the unconditional love between a father and his children. Brian Pinkney's beautiful illustrations set to a familiar song perfectly represents the unconditional love between a father and his children. Show less
The hilarious antics of an inspiring artist will cause an uproar among young readers, who can guess which body part will get messy next. Sung to the tune of, "It Ain't Gonna Rain no More," this book is perfect for storytime.
The hilarious antics of an inspiring artist will cause an uproar among young readers, who can guess which body part will get messy next. Sung to the tune of, "It Ain't Gonna Rain no More," this book is perfect for storytime. Show less
This classic song is accompanied by fun illustrations that will amuse all readers. This classic song is accompanied by fun illustrations that will amuse all readers. Show less
Listeners are sure to sing along with Pete's great attitude as he finds himself stepping in all sorts of color substances. Why? "Because it's all good." Listeners are sure to sing along with Pete's great attitude as he finds himself stepping in all sorts of color substances. Why? "Because it's all good." Show less
A lively picture book adaptation of the well-known children's hand-clapping rhyme, perfect for the whole family. A lively picture book adaptation of the well-known children's hand-clapping rhyme, perfect for the whole family.
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Nina Crews brings her energetic style of illustration to this collection of thirty-four perennial favorites. Nina Crews brings her energetic style of illustration to this collection of thirty-four perennial favorites. Show less
Accompanied by the CD version of Ringo Starr's famous song, Octopus's Garden is a fun adventure under the sea that children will love singing along to. Accompanied by the CD version of Ringo Starr's famous song, Octopus's Garden is a fun adventure under the sea that children will love singing along to. Show less
Shoo fly! Shoo fly! Shoo! What would you do if a pesky fly just won't go away? This rhythmic book can easily be sung rather than read, and there are a variety of tunes available online. Shoo fly! Shoo fly! Shoo! What would you do if a pesky fly just won't go away? This rhythmic book can easily be sung rather than read, and there are a variety of tunes available online.
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A whole new set of animal sounds are introduced in this book, which is a spin on the classic tune. Old Mikamba has a variety of amazing animals on his African farm, and children will enjoy singing along to the vivid illustrations. A whole new set of animal sounds are introduced in this book, which is a spin on the classic tune. Old Mikamba has a variety of amazing animals on his African farm, and children will enjoy singing along to the vivid illustrations. Show less
With fun-loving illustrations and interactive motions to boot, this picture book takes a classic song and adds extra fun verses for an enjoyable reading time. With fun-loving illustrations and interactive motions to boot, this picture book takes a classic song and adds extra fun verses for an enjoyable reading time. Show less
Sing along with this silly book and watch a group of people go crazy when hoards of animals get on the bus along with them! What will they do? Sing along with this silly book and watch a group of people go crazy when hoards of animals get on the bus along with them! What will they do? Show less
Laura Berkner's popular song is now a picture book! March and dance around like the dinosaurs in this delightful book while singing the enjoyable tune.
Laura Berkner's popular song is now a picture book! March and dance around like the dinosaurs in this delightful book while singing the enjoyable tune. Show less
Children love chanting along to this classic song, now accompanied by a picture book! Children love chanting along to this classic song, now accompanied by a picture book! Show less
The Importance of Reading and 7 Helpful Reading Readiness Tips
The Importance of Reading and 7 Helpful Reading Readiness Tips 12Many of you may not know this but, in addition to running Beyond the Bookends, I am also a trained, licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with teaching certification who has been working with children for 15 of my 20 years in the field. I see firsthand the power and importance of reading.
I am in a unique position to offer helpful tips for reading readiness. I can combine two of the things I love the most: Books and language to help demonstrate the importance of reading skills to your children and with your children.
Of course, if you have any concerns about your child’s development, please consult with your pediatrician. This post and the ones that follow are not meant as a diagnostic tool. Instead, it is my hope that this series of posts will help jump-start your love of reading with your child.
Importance of Reading // FAQ About Reading Readiness // Reading Readiness Tips // More Information By Age // More Information
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Importance of Reading and 7 Helpful Reading Readiness Tips
Kirsten and I are so excited about this post. The posts will primarily address the importance of reading to your child and developing reading readiness skills, but we will also look at many related areas in further posts that are a part of this series.
As parents, we are always looking to help our children in any way that we can but there is so much information that it can be very overwhelming. It can feel like you are doing something wrong.
Rest assured, that every time you read a book to your child you are helping them develop their language skills. You are also giving them important lessons in communication.
The Importance of Reading to Your Child
The Importance of Reading and 7 Helpful Reading Readiness Tips 14As you can see, there is a huge difference in the number of words heard a year, the number of hours read, as well as performance on tests between kids who read twenty minutes a day vs minutes a day vs one minute a day.
Frequently Asked Questions About Reading Readiness
What is Reading Readiness?
Reading readiness refers to the stage in development when your child is ready to read. It will take a while before your child becomes a confident and independent reader.
Why is it Important to Read daily?
Children’s brains develop primarily in the first 5 years of life. When we read to and with our kids, we are helping improve their vocabulary, grammar, and language skills as well.
Nagy & Herman (1987) did a study that shows that reading to your child 20 minutes a day will expose them to 1.8 million words and they will have read for 851 hours by 6th grade.
Contrast this to a child who reads for 5 minutes a day. They will hear 282,000 words and will have read for 212 hours.
And a child who reads for 1 minute a day? That is the equivalent of 8000 words a year and only 42 hours of reading by 6th grade.
What are the Benefits of Reading to your Child?
When we open a book, we are transported somewhere new without ever having to get up. When you read to a child, you are helping give them experiences that they may never experience otherwise.
Books can provide ways for children to have new experiences, use their imagination, and develop new connections in their brains.
Reading helps with social, emotional, and cognitive development.
When Should I Start Reading to My Baby?
What Are the Best Early Readers?
What Are the Best Books for Helping My Child Learn to Read?
What are the Steps Toward Reading Readiness?
When we talk about the benefit of reading to children, we need to also talk about the steps toward reading readiness.
The posts below will all help your child on their reading journey at any age.
Importance of Reading and Helpful Reading Readiness Tips:
- Read to your baby/ child even if you think they aren’t listening. You would be surprised how much kids can take in even if they are doing something else (not including playing on an electronic device). Kids are constantly learning new things and reading to your child is a great way to expose them to language.
- Engage with your child to help further their language development. You can narrate what you are doing throughout the day as well as narrate what your child is doing. Ex: I am going to put on your shoes now. Left shoe, right shoe going on your feet.
- Make story time fun and interactive. There are many ways to make reading a favorite time of day. Change the intonation of your voice, make silly voices, and let your child or baby help you turn the pages. You can point out where you are reading as well. Don’t worry about being too silly.
Getting your child to engage is the most important thing for reading readiness skills. - Let your child’s imagination run wild while reading. Ask a lot of questions- even when your child cannot talk. If they cannot answer, you can answer for them. Be sure to let your child expand their imagination. You can vary the books you read so they are exposed to new words. Your local library is a perfect place to visit to pick out new books regularly.
- You can help develop your child’s reading readiness by choosing the right books. If you are not sure where to start, go to the library and pick out a variety of books to see what your child enjoys the most. Of course, we have so many recommendations for you as well. You can have a look at our posts below with choices of books for babies through emergent readers.
- The importance of reading books that are at the correct level can grow your child’s confidence as a reader. This is a really important tip. Typically, kids will understand at a higher level than they can read themselves.
If they are reading independently, let them guide the level. If they want to read a graphic novel, GREAT! Any reading is better than nothing. You can help them get to a higher level of independent reading by reading to them. - Incorporate reading into your daily routine. From the time your baby comes home until they are independent readers, you should incorporate reading into your daily routine to help them further their reading readiness skills. If they are independent readers, choose books that are slightly higher than what they can read independently. Stop to explain new vocabulary and ask questions. You can do they same with babies even when they cannot answer you. Developing language skills is the first step on the path to becoming a lifelong reader.
Essential Tips for Reading to Baby
This post explores ways to interact with your newborn to encourage language skills in everyday life. It also explores reasons why reading books to newborns is important.
It includes a list of books for the baby’s first year.
Each book also comes with an explanation of how the books can be used to promote reading readiness skills with your baby.
Language Development Books for a 1-year-old
Learn how to engage with your child to further their vocabulary and language development with reading. This curated list includes books in categories like animals, colors, transportation, emotions, and more.
Each book recommendation is accompanied by suggestions on how to engage with kids ages 12-18 months and 18-24 months while reading and helps promote reading readiness.
Educational Books for 2-Year-Olds: Making Story Time Interactive and Fun!
In this post, we explore interactive stories, books that introduce prepositions to toddlers, and question-and-answer books.
11 books are paired with tips on engaging with children through play after reading. As your toddler investigates the world, get them engaged in reading.
Educational Books For 3-Year-Olds: Imagination and Learning Fun!
This article features books that teach sequencing, inspire storytelling via wordless picture books, cultivate creativity with imagination books, and more.
Each book selected comes with suggestions to help your toddler master the fundamentals they will need for preschool and creates the base for the pre-reading skills we will be discussing next.
15 Books Important for Phonological Awareness and Pre-Reading Skills
In this post, we discuss phonological awareness and its importance in developing reading readiness skills in preschoolers.
We recommend books that help with rhyming, alliteration, teaching syllables, phoneme manipulation, and more. Mastering each of these skills is essential to create a good foundation for learning to read.
The Best Books for Beginning Readers
Get suggestions for decodable books, stories that teach sight words, and phonics books to help your new reader learn the basics of reading.
There is also a section on tips to help encourage your child. These kiddos have a lot of new information to process, so try to keep reading fun!
Early Reader Books for Emergent Readers Learning New Words
Get tips on how to create a library filled with the perfect early-reader books for your new reader!
We break the book suggestions into levels so that you can upgrade your child’s book selection as they learn to decode words more easily and become more confident with reading overall.
More on the Importance of Reading and Reading Readiness Skills
We have been wanting to do something on the importance of reading and developing reading readiness skills for a really long time. If there is something that you want to ask or you have a topic you’d like us to cover, just send us an email and let us know. You can also find us on Instagram. Happy reading!!!
10 books to help you prepare for school
On the eve of each school year, parents excitedly go over in their minds a list of everything they need to buy by September 1st. They want to prepare the kid well so that he feels more confident in the lessons and goes to school with pleasure. But everyone understands: preparation for school is not only notebooks, textbooks and pencils. First of all, this is the knowledge and emotional state of the baby.
In order for a child to love school, it is necessary to teach him a lot before September 1st. nine0003
Together with our friends - the Eva.
Ru portal - we have prepared a list of books that will help you gain new knowledge and skills, develop your child's erudition and instill an interest in learning.
1. KUMON. Getting ready for school
A series of legendary Japanese notebooks KUMON especially for those who are preparing to become first graders. 5 development aids will help you get the full range of skills needed when entering school. Your child will learn to glue, cut, make applications, learn numbers, be able to work with a pencil confidently, he will develop logic and spatial thinking. But most importantly, he will love to learn. After all, all the tasks in the notebooks are game-based and are built according to the principle “from simple to complex”. nine0003
5 development aids will help you get the full range of skills needed when entering school.
2. Entertaining zoogeography
This photo book will appeal to little explorers who love nature and animals.
It contains a whole journey around our planet - from the Arctic to the Antarctic. The child will get acquainted with a variety of animals, their habits and habitats, learn interesting facts about the animal world, for example, which of the animals has a nursery, and which is called the younger brother of the tiger. After such a photo tour, the kid will definitely fall in love with natural history and zoology. nine0003
3. Whose side?
If your child refuses to learn to read, then you definitely need a set of books by Tanya Russita (8 books). Learning to read from them is much more fun and easier than from the primer. They are small, bright, with large letters and short texts. Each book has a separate story that the child can read on his own. A fascinating story will please the kid and will be a good incentive to learn to read. After all, the child will really want to know how the next story ends. nine0003
4. KUMON. Learn the letters of the English alphabet
Two KUMON notebooks that will help you get the basic knowledge of the English language, namely, learn the alphabet.
With the help of fun tasks, the child will remember uppercase and lowercase letters, learn how to write them, and develop fine motor skills of the hand. All these skills will definitely come in handy in school.
5. My body: from head to toe
This book will tell a child about the human body in a funny way. Why do we need hair and teeth? Why is blood red? How are organs and systems arranged in the body? The book contains answers to all these questions and fun tasks that will help the child understand how the human body works. nine0003
6. Creative education
As you know, everything is easier for a creative person, because he knows how to see interesting and unusual even in the most boring things. Therefore, it is very important to develop creativity in your children. In the book Jean Van't Hal you will find a variety of master classes that will develop children's creativity, artistic taste and creative thinking. While studying, you will understand that the process is more important than the result, and creativity permeates our entire life - from household chores to school lessons.
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Studying, you will understand that the process is more important than the result, and creativity permeates our entire life - from household chores to school lessons.
7. Planet Earth
Children love to ask questions about the world around them. But adults don't always have answers. Do you know why trees grow at the foot of the mountains, and glaciers lie on the peaks? Why are there waves and how does the wind appear? What is the Sun under our feet? The heroes of the children's encyclopedia Chevostik and Uncle Kuzya know. They will satisfy children's curiosity and in a fun way tell about how our planet works. nine0003
8. KUMON. Mathematics
KUMON Math Series 7 Workbooks are a great find for parents whose children are in elementary school. All tasks in them are bright, playful and exciting, so children will definitely like it, even those who do not really like math. Each notebook helps to master a certain mathematical skill.
Your child will quickly and easily learn to add, subtract, divide and multiply by completing repetitive and progressively more difficult tasks. nine0003
Your child will quickly and easily learn to add, subtract, divide and multiply by doing repetitive and progressive tasks.
9. Fascinating physics
Many children love experiences and experiments, because they explain the phenomena that are happening around. This book will help you instill in your child a love of science. He will understand how fascinating physics is and get answers to the most unusual questions. Why do objects fall to the floor? Where does echo come from? How is a rainbow made? nine0003
10. KUMON. Learning to tell the time
The future student should know what time it is. Two notebooks of the KUMON series will help you master this essential skill. Passing through fun labyrinths, solving tasks with dials, the child will master the concepts of "hour", "half an hour", "minutes" and "seconds".
And that means learning to tell the time. During classes, he will also practice writing numbers.
The main component of successful study is not good grades and achievements, but interest. The child should be curious to learn new things, and then he will want to learn and love the school. Read fascinating books, make discoveries, enjoy new knowledge! nine0003
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Family Reading of Future First Graders
Dear Parents of Future First Graders! Of course you want your children to be curious and aspired to knowledge, and, as a result, would have achieved success in life. One of the best means of development in all times were books. Taking into account the leading role of the book in the development of the child, before you and before us, teachers, task teach to love a book .
This is a huge collaboration!
We bring to your attention a possible recommended list of children's books for family reading. In order for them use, you must observe the following rules for educating a child's need for reading and books
Rule 1
Remember that a book is not a punishment. You can not interrupt the child's game by ordering to urgently read the book, because it given to read at school. It is important that the child wants to read. To do this, parents use various methods. For example, an adult begins to read and asks the child to continue reading; asks to read a short text under picture, the rest of the text is read by an adult; read a book with the whole family (dad starts, mom continues, ends child). Let the meeting with the book bring joy! nine0003
Regulation 2
In order for a child to want to read for himself, he needs to read to adults as much as possible. Set the rules in the family: before At bedtime, an adult must read an interesting book for half an hour.
Rule 3
Arrange at home (in the family) a discussion of the books read (who read what, about what, what interested, surprised, ready share). It is important for the child to participate in these discussions as well. Draw your favorite book characters.
Rule 4
On long trips (by car, train, plane), invite your child to listen to an audiobook. Discuss with him who of the characters he liked, he (she) would like to listen to the book of this author.
Rule 5
The list of books below is a guideline. Only a parent can know the preferences of their children, therefore, you have the right to use this list or supplement it with your own books, which you will gladly read by your child. nine0003
List of fiction for family reading with future first-graders
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Literary fairy tale
- Andersen Hans Christian "Thumbelina" and other fairy tales (by choice).
- Brothers Grimm "Rose and White", "Seven Brave Men", "The Brave Little Tailor". nine0132 Kipling Rudyard "Elephant" and other stories about animals.
- Perrault Charles "Little Red Riding Hood" and other fairy tales (optional)
- Alexander Pushkin "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" and other tales.
- Gianni Rodari "The Adventures of the Blue Arrow", "The Adventures of Chippolino".
- Chukovsky Roots "Buzzing Fly", "Cockroach", "Telephone".
Stories about children and for children
- Nosov Nikolay "Druzhok", "Live Hat", "Karasik", "Dreamers". nine0133
- Leo Tolstoy "Girl and mushrooms", "Bone", "Mouse went out for a walk ...", "Fire dogs", "Old grandfather and granddaughters."
About animals
- Vitaliy Bianchi "Like an ant hurrying home", "Who sings with what", "The Fox and the Mouse", "Teremok", "Tails".
- Prishvin Mikhail "Gadgets", "How the cat and the dog quarreled", "It's cold for Aspens", "The Rowan blushes".
- Charushin Evgeniy "Volchishko", "Stupid Monkeys", "If you want to eat - you will learn to speak", "Pig", "Cunning Mom”, “What kind of animal?”, “Shur”. nine0133
Poetry for children.
