NW Kid Chaser

These non-fiction narratives are simple in structure and format, with each book focusing on one specific phonic sound.
Large pictures and simple sentence structure don't
overwhelm an emerging readers and provide an opportunity
to discuss the letter/sound "focus."

Just one more tool for your reading-development work belt.

_ I love the Richard Scarry picture word-books
for toddlers who are developing their vocabulary.

Now, I’m a fan of the Richard Scarry beginning readers too!

Mo Willems does it again with his
'Cat the Cat' series for beginning readers!

        My young reader has enjoyed these books as they have repetition of sounds, lovable characters, simple drawings, and kind humor. Most days I put my son in charge of the main text, and I take the speech bubbles of all the characters. It's just one more book series that can help him practice, build confidence, and smile!

Attention Teachers and Parents of Toddlers:
Marc Brown's cutie of a book, Hand Rhymes, is a home run when it comes to early literacy activities at home and school.

Each page of this book offers a simple poem, an illustration, and directions for hand movements to accompany the reading.

Great as a birthday gift for young children --
Match this title with Brown's other books, Finger Rhymes & Play Rhymes, and you are well on your way to early reading fun.

    It can be a tricky task to find reading material for beginning readers. You want to provide books with simple words for decoding, but not so simple that the storyline is  boring. You want to have simple pictures to help the reader understand the story, but not so simple that they aren’t interesting to explore with your eyes.

      

     Recently, our family hit upon these lovely Brand New Reader Books that fit the bill perfectly. Sitting down with the 'Ethan' series, I found that my son was able to practice the three basic skills for young readers and also get a good giggle from the storyline. Spoiler alert: In "Ethan's Bike" each new picture shows an additional band-aide on the new bike rider.

What are those three skills?
1) The link between letters and sounds.
         In fancy talk that’s called “Phonics.”
       In practice, it’s “Sound it out.”

2) Understanding the meaning and flow of the story.
     Teacher word= “Context Clues.”
     Mommy words= “Does that make sense?”

3) Understanding how the pictures correspond to the text
    “Visual Cues” or “Picture Clues”
     Saying “What is that?” while pointing to the picture.

How does this look in action?
    (Give or take the adorable toes that bounce to each spoken word.)

Where can your reader get these beautiful books?
The publisher sells them directly at:    
                    http://www.brandnewreaders.com/

Amazon gives you a discount at:
                    http://www.amazon.com

The public library has them for FREE:
                    http://catalog.ccrls.org