AimeeM Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I mean read alouds :) What are your favorites for the pre-k/kinder age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballardlm Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 For the record my oldest is 2 so take what I say with a grain of salt : ) I've been using the book list from Ambleside for read alouds. So far we've done the Tales of Beatrix Potter and are working through Aesop's Fables now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 We use the SL 3/4 and 4/5 book lists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 The Before Five in a Row booklists, and then the Five in a Row booklists. Also, we love A Child's Garden of Verses and A.A. Milne's poetry books: When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Caps For Sale, Where the Wild Things Are, Blueberries For Sal, Jessie Bear, What Will You Wear, Goodnight Moon, Dr. Seuss, The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, and Corduroy. Even though some might think he's a little old, any Sandra Boynton book is a hit with both my nearly 4 year old and my 1 year old. He memorizes them and reads them to us or his little sister. They are also quick and silly and great to pull out when a bad mood/attitude on anyone's part is about to strike. They break tension/ We have a lot of success with the Mo Willems Pigeon and Elephant & Piggy series. He memorizes them, carries them around, acts them out, tells his sister the story. He also likes interactive books, like Press Here by Herve Tullet, which is a read aloud and a play along. Jan Thomas' books like, Can You Make A Scary Face or Are You Ready For Some Fun are good ones to have on hand. They are funny to a pre schooler, gives simple directions to follow, and my kid has a blast with them. Plus they help get some wiggles out, so the next book can be a bit more...more. For nursery rhymes, our family favorite is done in comic book format and the art is done by multiple comic book artists-each one illustrated a different rhyme. For my purposes of introducing nursery rhymes, getting him to love them and memorize them, this worked out perfectly. He slept with it for months! For folk/fairy tales, I've had the best luck re telling them myself using minor acting(faces, jumping when scared) and voices. This and the nursery rhyme book have been our biggest hits. I rely heavily on our library, but here are some others that we continually check out and are asked for multiple times a day. The Caboose That Got Loose by Bill Peet (I love anything by him, but this one appealed to my little guy more than anything else. These run the gamut in age level, but I don't mind reading something with or to a little kid who obviously loves it. I also do not follow Charlotte Mason's suggestions to limit picture books for young children at all. :) Some of these may not be great literature, but they are read alouds that have been loved. Harold and the Purple Crayon Most on anything by Karma Wilson Monkey With a Toolbelt series or Sneaky Sheep by Chris Monroe Peter and the Seal by Rick de Haas Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie de Paola Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathbone The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree....I don't love the series, though my son does, but this book by itself is a lot of fun. He likes books that are silly, fun, and have illustrations that appeal to him(not necessarily great art). The Book of Sleep was not my favorite to read aloud umpteen million times, but he loves the pictures so much that I went with it and he did begin to grasp night and day better, so I guess it worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Richard Scarry books Virginia Lee Burton books Olivia Madeline Curious George Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm/A Year at Maple Hill Farm Charlotte's Web D'Aulaires Greek Myths My son adored Harry Potter in kindergarten, but I don't think those books are appropriate for all kids that age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I read lots of picture books. I enjoyed many of the books previously mentioned. I tired to read all the picture books I could find recommended on all the lists. One thing I really liked were series books. I liked to read them all. I remember more then once we would get ALL the books out by an author and read them all one after another. I had three shelves that let me display them all facing out. I would line them up and make it look neat and wonderful. I remember having to neaten and rearrange my shelves because quests were coming over. That had to be done or else what would people think of us. (I could ignore the laundry, the unwashed floors... but not messy shelves not organized in any way) My list in my old favorites had the following listed. I know some of these are just authors and not series. But here goes anyways: Madeline Kim Lewis Thomas the Train Franklin the Turtle Elliot the Moose Dora the Explorer Go, Diego, Go! Little House Books. (I loved these picture books) Hairy Maclary (Scarface claw a family favorite we still quote) Little Critter Little Tim (Our current library sadly only has two of them) Mercy Watson Jillian Jiggs Bill Peet (A Personal favorite of mine) Harry and the dinosaurs (I didn't like, but kids were into dinos and the time) Virginia Lee Burton Don Freeman Robert McCloskey Fancy Nancy McDuff Katie Angelina Bad Dog Marley Mirette (I really liked these) Duck in a Truck I'm Bad / Dirty / Stinky... Olivia the Pig Harry the Dirty Dog Gail Gibbions Magic School Bus Percy the Park Keeper (I bumped my head, ... But are you okay?) Jan Brett Eric Carle Elizabeth Mann (The Mongals are invading) Frank Bradley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 If you can get your hands on the full collection of all of Rev. Awdry's Thomas the Tank Engine stories, I highly recommend it. It's out of print, but our library has it. This is one I wish I owned and could pass down to grandchildren someday. Other big hits here this year (pre-k and a 3yo tagalong): All of Robert McCloskey's books Brer Rabbit Curious George Caps for Sale The Big Green Pocketbook (didn't think my boys would love it, but it was a favorite!) I Stink! Baby Brains (my personal favorite so far) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) . Edited September 10, 2023 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferLynn Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 A Child's Garden of Verses D'Aulaire's Greek & Norse Myths Madeleine Best Loved Poems for Children (Eloise Wilkin illustrated) Charlotte's Web Mr. Popper's Penguins Little House in the Big Woods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystie Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 A Child's Garden of Verses illustrated by Tasha Tudor Anderson's Fairy Tales illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges Milne's Pooh, audio, narrated by Peter Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corduroy Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 We read lots of picture books, but the first "real book" to capture his attention has been Winnie the Pooh (we have this edition). We've also tried Wind in the Willows (which he finds very interesting, but can't quite stick with - he needs a lot of recapping, so I'm holding off for later) and Little House in the Big Woods (no interest) and Mr. Popper's Penguins (no interest). Pooh is a huge hit. He's been requesting it almost every night for a month. I think the language must be perfect for a 3yo? It's whimisical, but straight-forward, and the conflicts are things a very small child can understand - or at least that's my theory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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