Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Everything You Need to Encourage Early Reading
18
items It is possible to teach children to read before they enter kindergarten. These products are suggestions to encourage early reading in children who haven’t entered elementary school but they help support emerging readers as well! I tried to teach my f...
Sections
1
Fun items to help learn to read
Fun items to help learn to read
Once your child understands the sounds the letters make - you can teach them to sound words out or blend sounds together to make words. Start with 5 sight words : me, are, the, we, he/she. Get your child solid on these 5 and then add some more into t...
Flash Cards: Sight Words
First things first - the abcs! Once a day say the alphabet to your child using flash cards. Say a is for … whatever picture is on your card. Soon your child will be saying the abcs! You need to be consistent- if your child isn’t ready to repeat after...
Alphabet Flash Cards
This is a daily reading work book with several short lessons to complete every day. With consistency children ages 3 and 4 can learn to read in 100 days. I did try this with my son and it was difficult for both of us however i believe if I stuck with...
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons
This is lots of fun if you have more than one reader in the house! Great for early reader books clubs or families with kids close in age. Once your child knows 10 or so sight words this game is doable
Learning Resources Pop For Sight Words Game
Helps to have this if you have a big brother or sister playing pop for sight words
Learning Resources Pop for Letters Game
This is a great toy that repeats letters and sounds every time the child presses a button. What is fun about this is you can give it to a young child and they will surprise you with how much they know since you didn’t directly teach them. This is a g...
VTech Alphabet Apple : Toys & Games
This magic puzzle says the letter as the child puts the piece in the slot. Puzzles are a great way to teach and learn the alphabet. If you see your child playing independently with this puzzle don’t interrupt them however if you find they are not pla...
Melissa & Doug Wooden Alphabet Sound Puzzle
This is a great book to start reading to your toddler! They will request it over and over again and will start “reading” it to you - even if they memorize the words and are not actually reading - this is a great first step towards reading on their ow...
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
This is a fun way book to talk about letters without doing flash cards or a puzzle or singing the alphabet song. Great for reluctant learners - exposes them to letters in a fun no pressure way and they will have a blast reading this book. Search for ...
Amazon.com: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Board Book)
Letter tracing activities are great for learning to write and read! You can make your own using a tray and some salt or you can purchase these - have the child work on one or two letters a day at first. Demonstrate to them how to “write” each letter ...
Sandpaper Letters
These are tons of fun you can put them on the fridge or in a little basket on a toy shelf. The toy says the sounds as the child places the pieces into the frame. It sings and plays music as well.
Leapfrog Magnetic Fridge Alphabet
The elephant and piggie collection by mo willems is another “magical” item to use when teaching to read - most of the words in these books are sight words however - whether your child is actively learning to read or not - they will learn the words in...
Elephant & Piggie: Complete Collection
Name writing practice is a great way for kids to understand letter sounds and reading. Their name is an intimate piece of information to them and when they learn to write their name they are learning the code of the alphabet
Learn To Write Name
These are lots of fun for kids who like making friendship bracelets! It’s a great fine motor skill practice tool which lends to better hand writing later on. Fun exposure to letters is key when preparing your child to learn to read. If string is too ...
Alphabet Lacing Beads
My son did a lot of these in preschool and it really helped with letter recognition as well as learning phonics and the sounds letters make!
Dot Markers For Alphabet
While they can be used for a variety of activities - dot marker letters are a great way to learn the alphabet as well as letter sounds!
Dot Markers
My kids and I love listening to audio books on YouTube. You can play them in the car or at home - great for dark rooms before bed time! Awnie is one of our favorite readers but there are several great channels out there!
StoryTime at Awnie's House
Pete the Cat is another great series for kids who are learning to read. Many of the books are written in a rhyme or with a groovy beat. Each book is totally different but what remains constant is the cool character of Pete the Cat. He has lots of fri...
Pete The Cat Books