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Bookish Recommendations for Preschool
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items Reading to young children is so important. It helps build their vocabulary, their understanding of the world around them. It helps them to understand themselves and what's going on inside their bodies. It helps them develop empathy and how their beh...
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Information To Know And Ponder
Humor
Social Emotional
Clothing Study
Building Study
The Gingerbread Man
Information To Know And Ponder
As an avid reader and word enthusiast, the benefits of reading are not lost on me. However, for some they are not as intuitive. Here are some resources that help explain the importance of reading and being read to from the very beginning of life. Let...
Vocabulary is so important for how we learn about the world around us and how we express ourselves. For young children one of the best ways to expose children to new vocabulary is through reading. This study talks about how this seemingly small actio...
OSU study estimates that children who are read to every day hear 1.4 million more words by age 5 – Library Research Service
While the study may not be 100% accurate and/or representative of reality it still offers an interesting insight to the mundane activities that shape our children.
Word gap
The 1000 books before kindergarten makes for a fun almost gamification way to encourage reading to your child. Now I know what you're thinking (ok what I was thinking), 1000 books is a wildly daunting number. However, it's not as bad as it seems. Thi...
Homepage
A large barrier for many families is the ability to afford books. This organization is an amazing way to build your library at no cost. The books also change as your child ages so that the books continue to be age appropriate.
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Humor
Learning is fun but for many this is not the case. These books bring a healthy dose of fun and laughter to our learning skills. Humor helps us process both simple and complex ideas and makes us feel good. These books are sure to tickle your funny bon...
I can even begin to explain to you how much I love this book. This was my first obsession with silly books. I bought a copy for each of my niblings. Piggie and Gerald realize that they are in a book that is being read by a reader. They then decide to...
We Are in a Book!-An Elephant and Piggie Book
Who says learning can't be fun? Who says learning has to be serious? In this book we learn the very important reasons why we can't trust fish. We also learn that characteristics of fish can vary wildly, while also learning about characteristics of ot...
Don't Trust Fish
This book might arguably be for the grown-ups but grown-ups can have fun too. In this alphabet book we go through the entire alphabet learning words that start with a silent letter.
P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever
I promise I would never recommend a seriously scary book. Sometimes our imagination gets away from us. When you wake up in the middle of the night during a storm you might assume everything you hear is spooky but what if it turned out to be just a l...
The Scariest Story You've Ever Heard! (Kids)
Sometimes when we are reading to our littles we let the pictures do the heavy lifting. Sometimes we need a book that needs absolutely no pictures. Reading should be fun, this book helps build the bridge to future reading in a fun and silly way.
The Book With No Pictures
This book is such a fun way to engage children while reading. Sometimes sitting still can be really hard but when we get to join in with the book fun it can make all the difference. This book can actually do that.
Press Here (Herve Tullet)
Social Emotional
In a world where people seem to be having a hard time processing big emotions, these books help express them in healthy ways. They promote empathy and teach skills that most adults struggle with as well.
Sometimes our feelings can be hard to explain especially if we don't know the words yet. Sometimes colors and monsters can give us a better way to show how we feel.
The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions
Sometimes when we have a friend with big emotions we might think we know how to help them. It can be especially important in those moments that we stop to listen to what our friend has to say.
The Rabbit Listened
Another Piggie and Gerald classic. Waiting is hard and not always fun. Sometimes though in order to appreciate special things we do have to wait. Piggie and Gerald help us get through waiting.
Waiting Is Not Easy!-An Elephant and Piggie Book
No can be hard to hear. This book helps with the emotions that come up.
I Just Don't Like the Sound of NO: Kids Story
Clothing Study
In preschool we have different areas of study. One area of study is the clothing unit. In this unit students will learn about different types of clothes, their uses and purposes. These books are a fun supplement for this topic.
Clothes have very specific jobs. Sometimes those jobs give us a clue to the job a person has when they wear those clothes. Do you think you know who might be wearing these clothes?
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do
Our clothes can have very special meanings for us. This story shows us how important they can be and the beautiful feelings behind them.
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
Sometimes it can be hard to pick what to wear. It might sound fun to wear everything but it might turn out to be not so much fun.
The Girl Who Wore Too Much: Thai Folktale
This is the sweetest book. It is such a fun story about helping others. When her favorite sweater gets a snag she's very sad until she realizes how much she can help.
The Helping Sweater
Building Study
In preschool we have different areas of study. One area of study is the building unit. In this unit students will learn about different types of buildings, their uses and purposes. These books are a fun supplement for this topic.
What a fun way to learn about different buildings and the shapes we maybe familiar with. What shapes do you see when you look at buildings?
City Shapes
What kinds of things would you include if you were building a house?
If I Built a House (If I Built Series)
The Gingerbread Man
There are many similar versions of a story. By intentionally reading those different variations we can introduce the concepts of same and different. After reading encourage students to think about what in the story was the same and what was different...
This is the pretty classic gingerbread man story. This can be your control sample if you will. This can be where you have the baseline for what happens to see what is the same and what is different.
The Gingerbread Man (Easy-To-Read Folktales)
Here is a variation where the main character is a little girl instead of a little boy. Does she run into different characters trying to catch her? Does the story end the same way?
The Gingerbread Girl
How is this one different? What makes this gingerbread man different? Do the characters change? What about the ending?
The Ninjabread Man
In this book, instead of being a little boy or girl, we have a baby.
Gingerbread Baby
Does the location of being in a school change the story?
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
In this book we get two gingerbread characters? How does their story change and stay the same?
The Gingerbread Twins
The Three Little Pigs
There are many similar versions of a story. By intentionally reading those different variations we can introduce the concepts of same and different. After reading encourage students to think about what in the story was the same and what was different...
How does the story change when the roles are reversed? What parts stay the same?
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Does the story change when change the language? Do any of the words sound the same?
The Three Little Pigs: Bilingual Spanish & English Book
When we hear the story from another perspective what happens to the story? What parts stay the same and what parts change?
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
Is this the classic story you're used to? What did you expect to happen? What didn't you expect?
The Three Little Pigs – Classic Fairy Tale
Letters and Numbers
Letters and numbers are the building blocks of all learning. These books provide unique insights into letters and numbers. Promote curiosity and learning from the beginning with these books teaching letters and numbers.
This book introduces numbers and letters in a fun way. You also get to turn the book different directions randomly throughout the book it make it even more engaging. In the world of numbers 5 friends accidentally create to the alphabet in an effort t...
The Numberlys
What a fun way to learn your letters. Did you know you could eat the alphabet? The pictures are so beautiful.
Eating the Alphabet