![]() ![]() Figuring out the story taking place on this particular Tuesday will delight and activate your child’s imagination. Each page has so many details to discover and ponder. Each page captures a surreal scene, both familiar and fantasy-a pajama-clad midnight snacker catching sight of the airborne amphibians in mid-bite, an old woman dosing in the glow of her tv while the frogs waft by, one gleefully flicking its tongue at her remote. The reading experience is more of a two-way conversation, which you can encourage with thoughtful questions: “What are the characters thinking and feeling? What are the clues that tell you that?” This can be empowering for them and a nice change of pace for you!įor example, the large, detailed watercolors in David Wiesner’s Tuesday, the first book on the list, take readers on a fantastical night-time journey of frogs riding on magic carpets of lily pads into the homes and backyards of a nearby town. Instead of you reading to your child, your child can tell you the story as they deduce it. Without the need to decode the words, children build their reasoning and comprehension skills as they “read” the illustrations, discover details and clues, and infer what is happening on the page. The illustrations have a surreal quality that fascinates children and adults alike. Many of these books are true works of art that present enchanting landscapes and richly imagined, magical worlds. The books listed here represent some of the most creative and captivating storytelling experiences available to young children. In teaching children to read and fostering their love of reading, the importance of choosing high-quality literature for them cannot be overstated. You might think that a “wordless book” is just another name for ordinary “picture books,” but the selection I offer below is anything but ordinary. They free children to use their imaginations to “read” the book without needing words to tell them what is happening. ![]() As the mother of three and a veteran educator who believes passionately that a love of reading is foundational to a child’s success in school and life, I often recommend wordless books to parents of young “pre-readers” as well as older reluctant readers because these books are so accessible. But sounding out words (also called “decoding”) can be laborious for young readers. ![]() The titles allow parents to choose whether to prep their children for next year, or reinforce what they've learned last year.Lately, there’s been a lot of attention on how children learn to read, and I’m heartened that phonics is making a comeback. Their noted grades (kindergarten or first) will serve as the level. They will stand alone as two boxes - neither MY FIRST, nor numbered as a SET. These will be the first BOB BOOKS products to focus on learning and practicing sight words. Sight words are taught primarily in kindergarten and first grade, though often the practice extends up through fourth grade.īOB BOOKS: have always incorporated sight words, though the sounding-out approach minimized their use. Children who are learning to read are encouraged to practice and memorize this list of words, in order to become fluent readers (who are able to read for meaning rather than stumble over words). They are the most frequently used words in the English language, such as "are", "was", and "out". Sight words are words that must be recognized by sight rather than sounded out. ![]()
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