My older son who just turned five, absolutely loves books. I have a huge personal library of children’s books that I have collected over the years and added to immensely during my years of teaching in the preschool and primary grades. However, even with these shelves of books at his fingertips, Brennen still loves to go to the local library to find new ones we haven’t yet read.
Recently, Brennen has started reading some easy reader books that are akin to the Dick and Jane books familiar to generations past. They are simple paperback books with around twenty pages each. There are only four in the series he likes so I thought I would purchase them for him so he could read them again in again. I was shocked to find each book selling for as much as 72 dollars. I have no idea why these books are so expensive, but I was elated to find that between our two local libraries, we have the four books at our fingertips for free. Thank goodness for the library because there was no way I was paying anywhere near that amount for these books.
This, of course, is just one series that the library has available that we do not have in our own home. I am so thankful that public libraries are so prolific and give everyone a chance to read books we could not otherwise afford.
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Written by Laura on July 23, 2010
I once saw a link for an online video which supposedly showed an eighteen-month-old toddler reading books on camera. I didn’t watch the video because, honestly, my first thought was that it must a scam. When I thought about it a little bit more, my thoughts focused on the times when my own child was so proud of the fact that he could “read” his favorite Eric Carle story when h
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Written by Laura on March 8, 2010
Making the transition from books that simply label objects on a page to books that tell a story can sometimes be a difficult transition for both the child and the parent. Young children tend to have very short attention spans and interest is often lost quickly. Making connections to real-world experiences can help, however, to keep your child’s attention because he will be thoroughly engag
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 24, 2010
Teaching your child to read signs is a good step to building reading readiness as it teaches them that symbols carry meaning. After all, letters are symbols that make up words and those words carry meaning. Here are some fun ways you can expose your child to every day signs.
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 25, 2009
My Book of Books Binder is a fun and interactive tool for checking your preschool child’s reading comprehension.
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 18, 2009
