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Does someone you know want to read?  Do you have a child that wants to learn to read?  Are you having difficulty finding books for beginners?

 

Here's your answer.

 

This treasury of interactive e-books for emergent readers is a spring board into the wonderful and exciting world of reading.

 

Born out of concern for children, parents and beginning reading teachers alike these programs are the concept of a kindergarten/1st grade teacher to fill a grave need for beginning readers to practice reading at a highly successful level and to build confidence, vocabulary and enjoyment of books on the way to reading independence.

 

 

Facts About Reading

 

 

With desire and confidence most anyone can learn to read.  The key to keeping the confidence and building on that confidence is having books to read at a level that brings immediate and continual success. You wouldn't learn to ski very well starting on the advanced slopes before learning how to stand on skis. The same is true with reading. Start at the beginning and go as far as your confidence will carry you. It may take more than one try at the bunny slope. Here are some other facts about reading that you might not know:

 

You don't have to be actually reading to learn important reading and developmental skills.   That's why we have included additional activities in our interactive e-books. Here are the activites as well as some additional ideas for activities to help your child along the path to reading:  

 

 

  • Print & Make books - this can be a parent-child project or an individual activity depending on your child's age, experience, and developemental level.

 

  1. Print pages by clicking on the printer icon in the interactive e-book.
  2. Cut pages to size. (Cutting is good for developing small muscles)
  3. Put in order. (This is good for sequencing and math skills)
  4. Staple or hole punch and tie together. (Punching and tying are good skills for developing small muscles)

 

 

  • Ownership of a book, particularly self made is very motivating for re-reading. It gives the child an opportunity to read the book to several different people (Mom, Dad, grandparents, brother, sister, dog, cat, dolls, etc). Remember re-reading is an important reading strategy. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                Make puzzles - This activity should be set up for a child to work on.

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    1.  Print out the book as before.
    2. Cut the pages into connecting puzzle pieces.
    3. Allow child to assemble.

     

     

    • Cut puzzle into 2 pieces or several pieces depending on the child's age and developmental level. Puzzles for children work best if the cut pieces include a word or phrase with a large part of the picture. This gives your child the opportunity to match words with pictures with the self connecting clue of picture and puzzle pieces fitting together.
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