All About Grooming & Encouraging Good Reading Habits

[jedamum]

hi mincy and wwcookie,


thanks for the replies…both of you refer to toddler’s books, right?

i just placed my order for the following books…expected to receive them tomorrow…
- 2 Fisher price books (1 is lift a flap)
- 1 mickey mouse clubhouse (currently ds2’s fav character) books on shapes
- one Dr Seuss books
- another lift a flap book based on another one of ds2’s fav cartoon charactor

all for my 20 mth old.

still no idea what will interest my K2 boy.

[wwcookie]

The Preston Pig books are split into 2 series - one is for toddlers with only a few words per page and one is for older kids with more words. Ah yes - Dr Seuss - thats another of my son’s all time fav authors. He has been reading them since he was a toddler and still enjoys them now (he’s in P1) - he gets really tickled by the ridiculous and nonsensical style and it is very fun to read out loud the rhyming sentences.

[jedamum]

Any comments on http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Agent-Geronimo-Stilton/dp/0545021340/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216524784&sr=1-1 books? Must I start from Book 1?


TIA.

[applepie]

Hi jedamum,


Gernonimo Stilton series of books are a good read ! They are my son’s current favourite. He is primary one and he enjoys reading them. In fact, he can read the book again without finding it boring. Think this book draws its appeal to the exciting adventure stories that the mouse, Geronimo Stilton embarks on. It has very interesting highlights of the words to illustrate the meaning of the words itself eg. when you come across the word "classical music", there are musical notes on the words, for the word "mouse", there is a shadow of a mouse shadowing the word etc.

No, you need not start from book one as every book is about a different adventure.

[jedamum]

Hi applepie,

I have been hesitating to get it, so thanks for the good review.

[kiasu2008]

Hi jedamum,


I would recommend you to this company to purchase the books for your kids

http://www.edventurebooks.com

[jedamum]

Hi Kiasu2008,

Thanks for the recommendation. Will take a look.

[kiasu2008]

Hi jedamum,


You can also consider this too which it very good for children

http://www.readinga-z.com

[jedamum]

kiasu2008:

Hi jedamum,


You can also consider this too which it very good for children

http://www.readinga-z.com

Wow! Thanks for sharing this informative website.

[beehive]

Hi,

U may want to check out this book "How to raise a reader / Elaine K. McEwan" Lots of recommendations on different books (summary of the book included) for different age group.