From a learning perspective, rhymes help kids to appreciate how words begin and end, and so are great for understanding how similar sounding words work. The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss: One of the world’s most-loved authors, Dr Seuss understood how to engage kids with creative, funny and sometimes downright silly story-telling. There are 8 books in this series all up, each designed to teach your bookworm a new skill needed to learn how to read. Once Upon an Alphabet: by Oliver Jeffers: Letters of the alphabet work their lowercase and uppercase patooties off to make the words that tell stories, but in this delightful book by renowned author/illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, each letter of the alphabet has it’s own little story that reinforces each letter with an adventurous tale.ĪBC Reading Eggs – My First Sight Words: by Sarah Leman: Combine this sight words book with Reading Eggs, the online program for learning to read, and your child will be independently reading in no time. We love a book that can use clever verse to keep kids happily entertained while teaching them a valuable lesson! A great book for teaching kids to be themselves, all while reinforcing key sight words throughout. Me I Am!: by Jack Prelutsky & Christine Davenier: This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of three individual personalities who follow their own path and stay true to themselves. Sight words and counting in one book – score! Poor Ant has hurt his head and has to stay in bed until he is better luckily there are lots of nice things to count whilst he’s not feeling well. Ant and Bee Count 123Īnt and Bee Count 123: by Angela Banner: First published in 1950, this delightful book continues to help children learn to read 65 years later! It focuses on word recognition and encourages story sharing. Here are 10 of the best books to help your kids remember their first 100 sight words. By the end of their first year at school most kids will be expected to recall these 100 words without prompting – as a parent you can help by prepping your little bookworms with books that repeatedly use these words. Sometimes called ‘popcorn words’, sight words are those high-frequency words that make up the majority of the words we read daily. One of the best things we can do to prepare our little darlings for independent reading is help them to recognise sight words.
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