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BEST BOOKS FOR FOUR AND FIVE YEAR OLDS Sharing picture books with children is a wonderful way to build brain power. Reading to your child will help him or her become a better reader, writer and speaker. The added bonus is that you get to spend all that wonderful time together. So, read to your child every day. |
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Predicting Predicting helps children learn to guess how stories work. Ask your child, “What do you think will happen next?” What’s Going On In There? A Guessing Book Cat Up a Tree
Mine Teddy Bear Duck on a Bike Bunny Cakes Knowing Letters Knowing letters is important for being ready to read. Help children learn both CAPITAL and lowercase letters. Practice writing one letter every day. Firefighters A to Z The Letters Are Lost!
ABC Letters in the Library 26 Letters and 99 Cents A is For Salad Sound Sensitivity Sound Sensitivity helps children think about how letters and their sounds work. Encourage children to play with sounds and letters. Sing and listen to children’s music with your children. Roller Coaster The Gunniwolf
One Sunday Morning I Stink! Adventures of Sparrowboy
Rattletrap Car Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop Rhyming Rhyming is a way children learn that words are made up of smaller parts. This skill enables them to sound out words later on when they begin reading. Songs also help children hear words broken down into parts. Look for books with rhymes and songs. Some Dogs Do I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More
Big Red Barn Pants Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo
“Stand Back,” Said the Elephant, “I’m Going to Sneeze!” Round is a Mooncake: a book of shapes
The Napping House Repetition Repetition helps children learn how stories work. These books also help children to tell part of the story. The Gunniwolf There’s Only One of Me!
What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story Mortimer Who Took the Farmer’s Hat
I know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Narrative Skills and Summarizing Narrative Skills and Summarizing help children understand the stories they read. Once children are familiar with a story, ask them to tell you what happens in the book. Remember to praise your child’s efforts and make it fun! D.W.’s Guide to Preschool
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew
The Snowy Day
Too Many Tamales
A Kitten Called Moonlight
Tiny’s Big Adventure
The Tooth Fairy
Harry the Dirty Dog
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