This WFMW post really excites me and I can’t wait to tell you about this book I found! I’m a newby mom to this whole teaching your kids how to read thing. My 4 1/2 yr old son is super active but will gladly sit still for a good book (thank you God for that!) and has shown interest in reading, but clearly we’re not ready yet for a sit-down-let’s-teach-you-how to-read-in-100-easy-lessons thing. But he is getting there little by little and when I saw this book I got so excited! I knew it would be perfect for him.
Abadaba Alphabet by Sheila Moore is great for pre-readers to learn letter sounds. When I saw it at a book fair recently (sold by the author herself who was soooo nice) I was immediately drawn to it because the illustrations are so great and full of silly humor – she knows her audience! The book takes a Montessori approach of only using letter sounds instead of the name of the letter. It is really fun to read and even comes with a CD and I love the reader’s voice. Max followed along easily by himself too. Thanks to great books like Dr. Seuss’ ABCs and the whole line of Leap Frog stuff, Max had a good start anyway, but this book definitely has built on those to give him a boost for early reading. In only the past couple weeks he has identified a lot more lower case letters when we’re out and about and we’re having fun with this gradual kind of learning how-to-read.
So, that’s my tip for this week. Go check out the book, it’s available here on Abadaba Alphabet’s website and here at Amazon.
Check out Shannon’s website at Rocks In My Dryer for other great Works-For-Me-Wednesday tips!
Love it!! My 4 y.o. learned his sounds from Leap Frog too. This will be a great addition to our schooling. Thanks!