Books for Preschoolers to Learn to Read
When a child starts to learn how to read, it’s best to make things as fun and encouraging as possible. Long books and big words can be intimidating. These books listed below will help familiarize your preschooler with letters, words, and sounds.
Here are some Books for Preschoolers to Learn to Read.
ABC See, Hear, Do: Learn to Read 55 Words by Stefanie Hohl
ABC See, Hear, Do: Learn to Read 55 Words teaches letter sounds and early reading skills. This exciting new method of teaching reading combines visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles to help increase phonemic awareness. The combination of fun animal pictures with hand motions helps young children easily remember each letter sound. After learning only four letter sounds, your child will start blending words together. It is simple and effective. Best for ages 2-6.
How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
Learn to read with this New York Times-bestselling picture book, starring an irresistible dog named Rocket and his teacher, a little yellow bird. Follow along as Rocket masters the alphabet, sounds out words, and finally . . . learns to read all on his own!
With a story that makes reading fun—and will even help listeners learn to read—this book is ideal for kindergarten classrooms and story hour or as a gift for that beginning reader. Fresh, charming art by Tad Hills, the New York Times bestselling author/illustrator of Duck & Goose, will make this a favorite.
Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Teach a child letter sounds with Bob Books Set 1! With four letters in the first story, children can read a whole book. Consistent new sounds are added gradually, until young readers have read books with all letters of the alphabet (except Q). Short vowels and three-letter words in simple sentences make Bob Books Set 1 a fun confidence builder. With little books, come big success. (TM)
The Reading Lesson is a bestselling program that teaches young children to read in 20 easy lessons. It is designed as a step-by-step course for parents who want to teach their young children to read at home. The teaching method is based on phonics and key-word recognition, and with its innovative and guided approach, the 20 step-by-step lessons provide an easy-to-follow recipe for teaching children to read. Developed by pediatrician Michael Levin, the program has also been used successfully for children with disabilities.
Skills for Starting School Ready to Read by DK
A fun, hands-on sticker and activity book for any child who is familiar with letter sounds and is ready to move on to reading simple words, developed in collaboration with educational experts.
Help your preschooler get ready for school with Ready to Read. Featuring more than 80 colorful stickers, this book is filled with hands-on activities to spark a love of reading and boost confidence in learning key literacy skills.
Children will practice their existing phonics knowledge by reading letter sounds, finding missing sound stickers, and blending letter sounds together to read their very first words. Picture clues encourage them to use context in reading, starting with familiar consonant-vowel-consonant words.
Children will love learning to read their first words through play with the funny and friendly cat, monkey, and elephant characters in Ready to Read, part of DK’s Skills for Starting School series.
This Level 3 playbook builds on concepts learned in Level 1 Skills for Starting School ABC Games.
Learn to Read with Sami and Thomas: Book 1 by Rebecca and James McDonald
Learn to Read with Sami and Thomas Book 1 gives early readers confidence in reading through entertaining short stories with simple sentences that use easy to sound out words, along with a limited amount of common sight words.
Vibrant and fun images will keep beginning readers engaged while the easy to read sentences will have them reading the stories again and again.
Encourage the skill of learning to read at a young age with basic letter sounds, vocabulary building, and simple stories that have minimal,easy to learn sight words and three letter words in short manageable sentences.
Learn to Read with Sami and Thomas is an all in one book for kids just beginning the process of learning to read.
For beginning readers, Preschool to Kindergarten, jump start your child’s classroom success by building strong reading skills.
