Recommended books

Reading aloud to your child is a wonderful opportunity to share and bond with your child.

Reading guides & recommended books for:

Infants 0-2 years
Toddlers 2-3 years
Preschoolers 4-5 years

There is a wealth of evidence to support the fact that children who are read aloud to regularly when they are young, are readily able to learn to read, once they start school.

Being read to at an early age lays the foundation for essential literacy and language skills which your child will need when later learning to read.

It will help extend their vocabulary and teaches them how books ‘work’. These early skills are caught rather than taught.

Building reading skills

Being read to and being allowed to handle books, begins to build a life-long love of reading and develops the following essential pre-reading skills:

• About books … your child is learning how a book should be held, that pages are turned one at a time and that books are something to enjoy.
• About words … your child is developing a varied vocabulary and learning to name objects.
• About print ... your child is learning that words on a page hold meaning.
• About letters ... your child is beginning to recognise and name letters.
• About pictures … your child is learning to recognise and enjoy pictures.
• About sounds ... your child is developing the ability to hear sounds in words.
• About stories ... your child is learning that stories are fun to talk about.

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