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Lit Happens (Engaging Toddlers with Reading)
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items From chapter books to audio adventures and screen-free stories, this list is packed with toddler-friendly ways to fall in love with reading!
Sections
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Chapter Books
Yoto Machine
Digital Media
Podcasts
Resources
Chapter Books
Reading chapter books over breakfast has been such a great bonding experience for my kiddos and I! This lets them keep their hands busy while knocking out some scheduled daily reading. The perfect productive start to the morning.
The most gentle, sweetest, introduction to reading chapter books aloud to your kids! These are easy to follow, engaging, no harsh themes, with pictures for the kids to enjoy!
The Adventures of Sophie Mouse
Both of my children's favorite chapter books!!! (My two year old has no idea what is happening, but loves to say "sassssaaaafrasssss!"
These books are incredible! They mix in magic, with science experiments, and silly animals! Each book teaches a ne...
Zoey and Sassafras
Adorable first set of chapter books for little ones! Small amount of text, large pictures, engaging animal characters, diary format m, stories that spark discussions. Love!
Owl Diaries
These books are so cute! This is about a group of four friends and their gig of babysitting pets for their community! Nice lessons in each book, creates good conversation! School aged (8y/o) main characters, but my 4 year old enjoys it!
The Critter Club
Yoto Machine
When researching screen free options for keeping little ones content, Yoto was at the top of our list to try. It has since become such a core part of our daily life. Our big Yoto lives in my daughter's room, and plays all night for her to fall asleep...
If I could keep only three purchases for my children out of everything we own - the Yoto machine would be here TO STAY!!! When I tell you this little guy is on NONSTOP at our home, I mean NONSTOP.
My daughter sleeps with her yoto machine on every n...
Yoto
We loved, used, and abused our Yoto player so much that we also purchased a Yoto mini! Perfect for on the go! Long road trips, walks outside, picnics, even to just carry to another room - it is the perfect size and durability to be taken care of by l...
Yoto Mini
The Yoto machine has hundreds and hundreds of books to read. Any Princess/Disney related character you can think of.. there's a Yoto card for it! The stories are long, captivating, with good vocabulary and calming voices.
Disney Classics Collection: Volume 1
Along with super engaging read along stories on Yoto - Yoto also has a FANTASTIC collection of educational books! They have several of these ladybird sets that teach about different topics. This set is our personal favorite.
Ladybird Audio Adventures
Fantastic assortment of materials to learn geography! They also have several in the math, science, and English categories!
Earth Explorers
More educational resources to find on the Yoto Player!
Yoto Language Cards
Click here to see all Yoto has to offer!
Yoto Card Store
Digital Media
For those times you reaaaaaaaally need a minute to get things done, but want to knock out some reading for the day - viola!
Our absolute FAVORITE YouTube channel. This channel reads/animates children's books! So eye catching, good reading pattern, non stimulating. Thevideos are seperated into different themes that the books fit into - perfect perfect perfect. No notes.
Vooks
The Toni box is a super popular box that includes stories and music for your littles! I am adding it to this list because people rave about it - but full disclosure, we have never tried it and are a Yoto family through and through.
If your family r...
Tonies
This is a recent purchase for us and one that my daughter (4) has confidently been able to set up and use herself! She loves to find hidden dark spots in our house to let this read her a story and I would call that a win!
Story Dream Machine
Podcasts
Podcasts are such an underrated way of getting some screen free reading time in. I love to play these while my kids are doing an art activity, or during car rides. Activities keep their hands busy but their listening ears on - while car rides provide...
Podcasts are another great way to keep reading alive to your little one! Gardener Gus is BYFAR our favorite booky podcast. Each episode tells about Gus working in his garden. It is very low stimulating, soothing, with beautiful nature sounds and stor...
Gardenkeeper Gus | Podcast on Spotify
Spotify podcast with super cute stories for little ones!
Reading Bug Adventures Podcast
Another one of our booky podcasts that we go back to over and over and over again! This one is so interactive for the little ones! With sea sounds, education, and small fun quizzes!
Deep Blue Sea | Podcast on Spotify
If you want to listen to the classics!!!
The Tales of Beatrix Potter | Podcast on Spotify
Resources
Books books and more books! Some resources to get your kiddos excited about reading!
The most wildly underutilized FREE resource for toddlers that we have access to, is the library! The library is not just amazing for checking out books, it is the home for many events for toddlers in the community. Story time, movement classes, exhib...
Public Library
Check out your local library to see if they have an annual book sale! We own hundreds of books at home, and the vast majority of them were bought at our community book sale. These book range from 10cents to $3. Book sales offer a ton of resources and...
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Little free library's are scattered around where we live - and I hope, where you live to! These are a really exciting way to get your kids involved in the power of sharing stories. I love having my kids pick out a few books they haven't read in a whi...
Little Free Library: Take a Book. Share a Book.
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