The Academy of Gateway Online Newsletter: Reading is Fundamental

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Reading is Fundamental

Here at The Academy, we love reading with our children. We have many books from our Bright Baby, Frogstreet, and Get Set for School curriculum that will help your children grow in language and listening development!

According to Reading Is Fundamental, "...At just a few months of age, an infant can look at pictures, listen to your voice, and point to objects on cardboard pages. By drawing attention to pictures and associating words with both pictures and real-world objects, your child will learn the importance of language." (U.S. Department of Education)

Listed below is a fun list of books for Infants up through Pre-K children!

Infants

Baby Faces by DK Books

Baby Faces by Jane Wattenberg

Belly Button Book! by Sandra Boynton

Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

by Dr. Seuss

Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt

Toes, Ears, & Nose! by Marion Dane Bauer

"Children learn to love the sound of language before they even notice the existence of printed words on a page. Reading books aloud to children stimulates their imagination and expands their understanding of the world. It helps them develop language and listening skills and prepares them to understand the written word. When the rhythm and melody of language become a part of a child's life, learning to read will be as natural as learning to walk and talk." (U.S. Department of Education)

Toddlers

Hank Has a Dream by Rebecca Duoley

What's Your Favorite Animal? by

Eric Carle and Friends

Gaston by Kelly DiPuccio

Help! We Need a Title! by Herve Tullet

Goatilocks by Erica S Perl

The Nappy House by Audrey Wood

We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

and Helen Oxenbury

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Pre-K and Up!

Fireman Small Fire Down Below! by

Wong Herbert Yee

The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper

Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

Lilly's Purse Plastic Purse by

Kevin Henkes

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by

William Steig

Make Way for Ducklings by

Robert McCloskey

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,

Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

"Even after children learn to read by themselves, it's still important for you to read aloud together. By reading stories that are on their interest level, but beyond their reading level, you can stretch young readers' understanding and motivate them to improve their skills." (U.S. Department of Education)

(List of books came from Parents)

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