Books help us to make connections between the known and the new. Library books will enhance our learning, in addition to my ever-growing personal collection! Scroll down to see tips on nurturing our growing readers!
Click the titles of our favorite books to see more info at Amazon or an author's site!
Pete The Cat: Rocking In My School Shoes
Bad Kitty
Baby Says, "Moo!"
Where Teddy Bears Come From
Lots Of Dots
A Day With No Crayons
Doctor Ted
Wow! America!
One Is A Feast For A Mouse
Stella, Queen Of Snow
Full Moon And Star
Super Fly Guy
Spoon
Every Cowgirl Needs A Horse
Cupcake
Buzz Bumble
Plant A Kiss
Mrs. Spitzer's Garden
"Wave"
"Bee and Me"
"Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg"
"The Boss Baby"
"The Very First Easter"
"The Three Trees"
"The Queen Of Easter"
"The Easter Egg"
"The Brave Cowboy"
"Lasso Lou and Cowboy McCoy"
"Carrot Soup"
"Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!"
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
"Splat The Cat Sings Flat"
"Dotty"
"10 Little Rubber Ducks"
"You Are Special"
"Zero Kisses For Me"
"City Dog, Country Frog"
"Moon Plane"
"There Was A Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow"
"Stella, Queen Of Snow"
"Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas"
"Snowmen At Christmas"
"The Gingerbread Pirates"
"One Is A Feast For A Mouse"
"Turkey Trouble"
"What Presidents Are Made Of"
"Wow! America!"
"The Cow That Laid An Egg"
"Owl Babies"
"Stop That Stew"
"Stellaluna"
"Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse"
"Louise...Adventures Of A Chicken"
"How To Speak Moo"
"How Rocket Learned To Read"
"The Peanut-Free Cafe"
"The Red Lemon"
"Millie Waits For The Mail"
"Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type"
"Rachel Parker, Kindergarten Show-Off"
"If Not For The Cat"
"Serendipity"
"Splat The Cat"
"Russell And The Lost Treasure"
"He Came With The Couch"
"Cat's Colors"
"Sunday Chutney"
"A Very Full Morning"
"The North Star"
Here are a dozen tips for nurturing your growing readers (from education.com):
- Read with your children at least once every day.
- Make sure they have plenty to read. Take them to the library regularly, and keep books and other reading materials in their reach.
- Notice what interests your child, then help find books about those things.
- Respect your child's choices. There's nothing wrong with series fiction if that's what keeps a young reader turning the pages.
- Praise your children's efforts and newly acquired skills.
- Help your child build a personal library. Children's books, new or used, make great gifts and appropriate rewards for reading. Designate a bookcase, shelf or box where your children can keep their books.
- Check up on your children's progress. Listen to them read aloud, read what they write and ask teachers how they're doing in school.
- Go places and do things with your children to build their background knowledge and vocabulary, and to give them a basis for understanding what they read.
- Tell stories. It's a fun way to teach values, pass on family history and build your children's listening and thinking skills.
- Be a reading role model. Let your children see you read, and share some interesting things with them that you have read about in books, newspapers or magazines.
- Continue reading aloud to older children even after they have learned to read by themselves.
- Encourage writing along with reading. Ask children to sign their artwork, add to your shopping list, take messages and make their own books and cards as gifts.
