What books to read to my daughter?

Rachie_B

bylromarha wrote:

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BTW, I used to love Garden Gang books...my mum still has mine somewhere I think...I remember being in awe at the time, because aren't they written by a ten year old or something?

yup she was only 9 when she started writing them :eek: :T

finc

As a change to books you could try the Leapfrog Fridge Phonics. My son got one of these for his 2nd birthday and it helps to keep him occupied when I'm cooking.

It says the sounds of the letter when it's placed in the space (which also helps their hand/eye co-ordination). It gives both sounds like ah and ai IYSWIM and then sings a rhyme about the letter. I guarantee you'll be singing it as it's the same tune and rhyme for each letter and it gets into your head . It also sings the ABC song which my son sings along with and uses the English sounds for the letters, not American.

The best part of this is my son now recognises letters on other things and he's only 25 months. He gave me a surprise this morning when he pointed at the wipes box and was saying 'huh' and 'ess' on the Huggies bit!

We've also got the Hungry Caterpillar book and most of the Rod Campbell ones and fully recommend them. My son also likes picture books that tell the story only in pictures. We make the story up as we go along and change it when we feel like it.

searcher30

I will post back with the best deals that I have come accross on the books recommended here if helps anyone else.

Many many thanks everyone

conradmum

I asked a similar question at Christmas and got some great suggestions. My ds3 (2 1/2) really enjoys:
Little Rabbit Foo Foo
Ten in the Bed
The Hungry Caterpillar
Goodnight Moon
So Much
The Giraffe Who !!!!-a-Doodle-Dooed
Ten Wriggly Wiggly Caterpillars
Where the Wild Things Are
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
The Bear Under the Stairs
A Dark, Dark Tale
Magic Beach
Mr Gumpy's Outing
Each Peach Pear Plum
Alfie Gets in First

and more! Hope there are some useful suggestions there.

fannyadams

OMG - Little rabbit foo foo's still available! I'll have ot keep an eye open for that one!

fannyadams

Lorian wrote:

I guess the other ones to look at if you want a head start on phonics is letterland - often many for sale on Ebay.

most nurseries are going over to Jolly Phonics - you can get these books in Tesco sometimes.

Sweet_Pea_2

My dd's are 10 and 7. When the 10 year old was in reception she learned the letter sounds. When dd2 started 3 years later she learned the word for the letter and not the sound, (ie not phonics) The teaching of reading had changed in that time. Also our schools in this area no longer use letterland.
Personally I think phonics is the way to go, this is the way I learned to read myself and my eldest learned to read much faster than the youngest, also her spelling is better too.
Anyway, Im not sure if these may be slightly too old, but my daughters loved Lauren Childs books about Charlie and Lola, before they were on TV. I will never eat a tomato was a big favourite. DD2's fave's were Chicken Licken, The Gingerbread Man and The Enormous Turnip (all of these books used to be mine and are Ladybird books, great pictures) and DD1 loved The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. I didnt know if this would appeal as there are no colour pictures but she loved it and her sister loved listening too even though she was only two at the time. I eventually tracked down an old video of it. Audio books are also a big hit, they have these on at night when they are in bed going to sleep.

Kim141179

I'ma teacher and the phonic is defintely in, so sounds and awareness of rhyme is crucial .Letterland (Annie Apple etc...) is confusing and can cause real problems for children (very few schools still use it). Have you thought about nursery rhymes? We see a lot of children who don't know any of the basic rhymes when they start school (we're talking Baa baa black sheep (not 'rainbow sheep!!' LOL!), Humpty Dumpty and little Miss Muffet, to name a few). Research has shown children who know rhymes and who are aware of rhyme do better at reading and phonic (sound) awareness. So I would suggest buying a nursery rhyme book to enjoy with your child (it's amazing how many you'll have forgotton or only half remembered!) Oh, and the books above that people have suggested are great!

Jay-Jay_4

fannyadams wrote:

OMG - Little rabbit foo foo's still available! I'll have ot keep an eye open for that one!

Yes!!! And because of that thread (which turned into a heated debate ) I bought it from Amazon. It's my 2 yr old's absolutely number one book and has been since Christmas Day when she got it.

Little Rabbit Foo Foo
Riding through the forest
Scooping up the field mice and......
Bopping them on the head!

Down came the good fairy and said.... (get your pointy finger ready )
"Little Rabbit Foo Foo, I don't like your attutude
scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head.
You've got three chances left to change and if you don't ...
I'm going to turn you into a .... (all together now....) GOONIE!!!!!"

It's ace!

metherer

I bought my friends child a book called the three little wolves and the big bad pig.
Its ace! Granted, I'm not so sure we should be teaching the word dynamite or armour plating to children, but hey, I enjoyed reading it!

Metherer
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