Books for Kindergarteners
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Books to Read to Kindergarteners
Below are some of the books my kids loved to read. It doesn't matter if they pick the same book every night as repetition is a key component to learning to read. What matters is they learn to love to read books.
If you find these fifth grade books too simple or too challenging, please check out these 1st grade books or Scholastic Dinofours books.
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How to get a Kindergartener Interested in Books
The right start for your Kindergartener
1. Read their favorites - If they like something continue to read it, even if you don't. Children in Kindergarten will be more interested if they are reading books about their favorite characters. Disney books for example, follow the same basic story as the movies.
2. Repetition - It's ok to read the same book over and over again. Repetition is the key to almost anything.
3. Let the kindergartener try to read on their own. It's ok to let them try to read on their own, some are ready, and some are not. Positive encouragement is key to continue their reading success.
4. Reading a book is sometimes just looking at the pictures. If a child is sitting in the middle of the floor looking at a book. Leave them be, they are interested in a book and this will encourage reading on their own later.
5. As you read, ask "What do you think is going to happen next?"
Repetition is important
How often do you read to your Kindergartener
How often do you read to your Kindergartener
Let us know how often your are reading to your child in Kindergarten
How to encourage reading even while driving
A great game to play in the car to encourage learning letters and sounds.
The game can be any category you want, for example, food.
Someone starts by naming a food. Hamburger. Hamburger ends in R, so the next person has to name a food that starts with R, like Rice.
E. The next person might say Egg.
G. The next person might say Grapefruit
Of course, the subject matter doesn't have to be food. It could be animals, geography, or boys names.
Fred - ends in D
Daniel - ends in L
Louis - ends in S
Steve
and so on.
My Daugther's favorite books in Kindergarten
The Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold
Kindergarten Reading Activities blog
by education.com
“Listening Comprehension comes before Reading Comprehension”
Kindergarten Reading Skills
Reading skills to be developed while in Kindergarten
- Recognize and name all of the uppercase and lowercase letters
- Recognize and say the common sound of most letters and write a letter that goes with a spoken sound
- Produce rhyming words and recognize pairs of rhyming words
- Use their knowledge of letter sounds to figure out simple, regularly spelled, single-syllable words
- Read high-frequency words that are recognized by "sight"
- Begin to track print when listening to a familiar text being read or when rereading their own writing
- Read simple texts containing familiar letter-sound correspondences and high-frequency words
- Retell a story in their own words or reenact it, getting the events in the correct sequence
- Respond to simple questions about a book's content
- Make predictions based on illustrations or portions
- Reading Comprehension comes before Listening Comprehension
Books we have read to my children while in Kindergarten
Let us know what you read to your kids by clicking the up arrow
My kids usually stay to a group of books as it becomes easy for them to relate to the same characters over and over again. Fly Guy, Dinofours, and Dr. Seuss all give the children a great story with great pictures as visualization is just as important at this age as the words. When the kindergartener is ready, these books easily transfer into first reader books.
You can click on the links to see a full description at Amazon. You can vote for your favorite book by clicking on the up arrow.
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Hi! Fly Guy (Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book (Awards)) by Tedd Arnold
Boy and fly meet and so begins a beautiful friendship. more...1 point
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Dinofours: I'm Super Dino! by Steve Metzger
Longing to be a superhero and declaring himself Su more...1 point
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The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites by Dr. Seuss
A toe-tapper babies will love--the classic Seussian more...1 point
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Hello, Biscuit! by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Biscuit, star of the bestselling My First I Can Re more...1 point
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Five Little Penguins Slipping On The Ice by Steve Metzger
Five little penguins slipping on the ice. One fell more...1 point
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Clifford's Happy Easter by Norman Bridwell
America's favorite Big Red Dog causes joy wherever more...1 point
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Shoo, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold
Fly Guy returns home to discover that Buzz has gone more...0 points
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Fly High, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold
Mom and Dad won't let Fly Guy go along on the family more...0 points
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Super Fly Guy (Scholastic Reader Level 2) by Tedd Arnold
The second book in a humorous, award-winning series more...0 points
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Hooray For Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold
"Flies can't play football," says the coach. more...0 points
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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Buzz is visiting Grandma, and Fly Guy comes along for more...0 points
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Dinofours: It's Fire Drill Day! by Steve Metzger
Albert is afraid of the loud noises on fire drill more...0 points
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Where's Mommy? (Dinofours) by Steve Metzger
When Danielle's mother is late picking her up at t more...0 points
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I'm Not Your Friend! (Dinofours) by Steve Metzger
Dinosaur companions Tracy and Danielle learn an im more...0 points
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Dinofours: It's Time for School! by Steve Metzger
Dinosaur toddlers Albert and Brendan are disappoin more...0 points
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I'm the Boss (Dinofours) by Steve Metzger
Tara learns a lesson about being too bossy when ev more...0 points
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Dinofours: I'm Having a Bad Day! by Steve Metzger
Tracy's day gets off to a bad start and keeps gett more...0 points
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It's Time-Out Time (Dinofours) by Steve Metzger
Brendan treats others impolitely in class and ends more...0 points
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Dinofours: It's Class Picture Day! by Steve Metzger
Meet the Dinofours! They're dinosaurs. They're fou more...0 points
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One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself) by Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
Illus. in full color. A "fabulous book of easy more...0 points
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Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners) by Dr. Seuss
Illus. in full color. There isn't a sound Mr. Brow more...0 points
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The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Poor Dick and Sally. It's cold and wet and they're more...0 points
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
The Grinch, whose heart is two sizes too small, ha more...0 points
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Biscuit Wants to Play (My First I Can Read) by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Meow! Meow! When Biscuit meets two little kittens, more...0 points
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Biscuit Visits the Big City (My First I Can Read) by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
The city is a big and busy place for a little puppy-there more...0 points
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Biscuit's Day at the Farm (My First I Can Read) by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
When Biscuit meets a little piglet, his new friend more...0 points
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Biscuit and the Little Pup (My First I Can Read) by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Will Biscuit ever get the little pup to come play more...0 points
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Biscuit's Big Friend (My First I Can Read) by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Big dog. Sam is Biscuit's newest friend. Biscuit wants more...0 points
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Clifford's First Autumn
Clifford the Small Red Puppy leaps into autumn whe more...0 points
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Clifford The Small Red Puppy by Norman Bridwell
How did Clifford become such a big red dog? When E more...0 points
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Clifford Goes to Dog School (Clifford the Big Red Dog) by Norman Bridwell
Emily Elizabeth is taking Clifford to dog school. more...0 points
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Clifford's Loose Tooth (Big Red Reader) by Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Norman Bridwell
Clifford is anxious for his loose tooth to fall ou more...0 points
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Clifford's First Halloween (Clifford the Small Red Puppy) by Norman Bridwell
Many Halloweens ago, Clifford was just a tiny red more...0 points
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Clifford's Pals by Norman Bridwell
Clifford and his dog pals play at a construction s more...0 points
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I Am Invited to a Party! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) by Mo Willems
Best-selling picture book creator Mo Willems conti more...0 points
Don't have a Kindergartener, then check out these other grade level books.
Recommend a book to read to Kindergarteners
What books have your kids read while in Kindergarten? We would like to know so we have more birthday and christmas gift ideas.
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smithlights
Jul 24, 2011 @ 12:36 am | delete
- Love the list of books! Great job keeping track, Dad!
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Pastiche
Sep 3, 2010 @ 12:14 pm | delete
- It's been so many years since my girls were in school - this lens has helped me a great deal in figuring out what books to buy for my grandchildren (preschool and 4th grade this year).
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poutine
Jul 16, 2010 @ 7:39 am | delete
- Excellent tips and recommendations.f
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superbookdepot
Oct 24, 2009 @ 12:31 am | delete
- Nice and very beautifully laid out lens. I would really love it if you visit my Best Children Book lens and put your views there. Do rate the lens there
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lostinfiction
Sep 1, 2009 @ 9:23 am | delete
- Michelle Obama is a huge supporter of literature for kids and she often goes out publicly reading to groups of kids. I posted a bit about her on my lens, have a look - http://www.squidoo.com/author_influences - Also includes her favourite choices of books for kids.
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