Christmas Stories for Beginning Readers
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Beginning to Read at Christmas Time!
Do you know a child that is just beginning to read? There are some delightful Christmas Tales written especially for beginning readers.
Children love to hear stories about Christmas, Santa, and snowmen but they also love to read stories to you. Here are my suggestions for the very best Christmas time emergent readers that can be read by children who are just staring to learn how to read..
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Christmas Books for Beginning Readers
High Frequency Words
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As your child masters reading these Christmas Tales for Beginning Readers, he or she may like to read them to younger brothers, sisters or even stuffed animals. The more your child reads the better reader he or she will become at reading.
Let's celebrate the Christmas Season with books your beginning reader can actually read!
Beginning Words for Beginning Readers
Is your child ready to read these Christmas Tales?
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Children Kindergarten and First Grade are just beginning to read. They are learning the words that are most often used in the English language. Most of them are small words that are found in nearly every sentence they write. These words are called High Frequency Words. These words can be found on the Dolch List
Check off the words below that your child can read. If he or she can read all of these words these emergent readers are just at just the right reading level. You will need to help with other words but since most of these books have predictable sentence structure it will be easy for your child to read them after a couple of run-throughs.
Bear Family at Christmastime
Emergent Reader
Winter is coming on and the bear family are preparing for winter. Baby bear doesn't want to go to sleep. How will he amuse himself throughout those long winter months?
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Merry Christmas Dear Dragon
Christmas Stories for Beginning Readers
Christmas Stories
Browning, Tom
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Pretend to be the boy with his pet dragon as they prepare for Christmas. Celebrate Christmas with a pet dragon. Chop down the Christmas Tree and decorate it for Christmas. Join the dragon in making cookies and then sit by a warm fire. Merry Christmas, Dear Dragon is an ideal choice as a Christmas tale for a child just beginning to read.
Written by well-known author, poet and former First Grade teacher, Margaret Hillart, Merry Christmas Dear Dragon is written at a 1.1 or 1.2 reading level meaning that it can be read independently by most children after the second month of first grade.
Here is a unit study to accompany the story Merry Christmas, Dear Dragon
Do Dragons read Christmas Tales?
What is your dragon's favorite Christmas Story?
Pick up your pet dragon and read him the letters that Dear Dragon has written. Each child can be enticed into reading in their own way. My youngest loved stuffed animals so the easiest way to get her to read was to look for a stuffed animal to read to.
Set out a basket of Christmas stories next to a comfy chair and place a stuffed dragon in the chair. This inviting learning center will have your child reading dozens of stories. I wonder which one the dragon will like best?
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Have you read Max's Christmas?
It can be difficult to find books that appeal to toddlers, can be read by older brothers and sister and are appealing to parents but Rosemary Wells has accomplished all that. Her Max and Ruby stories are ideal for homeschoolers helping children begin to read while teaching children of various ages as well as caring for younger siblings. Max's Christmas will be enjoyed by the whole family and your beginning reader will be able to read it to them.
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Max's Christmas
Max and Ruby Celebrate Christmas
It's Christmas Eve and when all little bunnies should be asleep in their beds, but Max wants to see Santa. Max hides near the chimney and peeks around the corner to try to see Santa slide down the chimney. Max's sister, Ruby, however, it trying to get Max to bed. Ruby worries that Santa won't leave presents if they aren't asleep. Will Max actually see Santa?
Would you read "It's Chistmas, David!"?
"No, David!" for Chirstmas
It's Christmas, David! is a controversial book to recommend. David is constantly getting into things and it seems that all day he is being told "No, David!: There is always a reassuring ending but I fear that there is too much negative in here without the needed redirection that could get David involved in positive hands-on activities.
On the other hand, children seem to love this book. Beginning readers love only having to read the two words, "No, David!" and delight in discoving all the ways that David can be naughty. When I taught K-1 the David books were some of the children's favorites.
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It's Christmas, David!
No, David for Christmas
Beginning Books for Christmas Stocking Stuffers
Christmas Eve
Anderson, Walter
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These little books are just the right size to slip into a Christmas Stocking!
Emergent Readers are ideal for children just beginning to read. These beginning readers come with lots of pictures, few words, and interesting subjects, your child will quickly be taking off on the road to reading.
Christmas is Here!
Christmas is Here! by Joan Walsh Anglund
Another difficult to find but marvelous treasure when you do is Joan Walsh Angulund's chunky board book, Christmas Is Here!
"See the manger. See the child. Full of joy and wisdom mild..." Each page displays a simple illustration of scenes of of the home of a little boy and girl on Christmas Day.
Simple, predictable, rhyming phrases make this book ideal for beginning readers at Christmas Time. My children loved to read it to their younger brother or sister. Printed in a small, chunky, boardbook style, it is ideal for toddlers as well.
"See the manger. See the child. Full of joy and wisdom mild..." Each page displays a simple illustration of scenes of of the home of a little boy and girl on Christmas Day.
Simple, predictable, rhyming phrases make this book ideal for beginning readers at Christmas Time. My children loved to read it to their younger brother or sister. Printed in a small, chunky, boardbook style, it is ideal for toddlers as well.
Have your read Christmas is Here! by Joan Walsh Anglund?
If you have young children, it is worth the effort to search for this little book. From Toddlers to beginning readers, Christmas is Here! is a book about Christmas to treasure for years.
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The World of Words!
Activities for Beginning Readers
Young Boy Reading Story Books
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Fill the room with a print rich environment. Post words on the wall, play word games, write, read and search for words all around the room. Join beginning readers in discovering the world of words...
Christmas Story Chatter!
Chatting about Christmas Stories for Beginning Readers!
Girl Reading on Floor
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Happy holidays and Happy Reading!
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vallain Nov 10, 2011 @ 11:41 am | delete
- I really enjoyed all the vintage reading posters that illustrated your page. Hopefully many parents and aunts and uncles will opt for a book to give to a youngster at Christmas. It will last a long time.
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hotbrain
Dec 31, 2010 @ 9:41 am | delete
- Those look like great books for early readers. An excellent lens! SquidAngel blessed :)
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Ecolicious Dec 12, 2010 @ 10:56 am | delete
- great idea. I would love to see a lens like this for other holidays too
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mirichandler
Dec 11, 2010 @ 4:30 pm | delete
- Great Beginning Reader stories. Great lens.
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mirichandler
Dec 11, 2010 @ 4:30 pm | delete
- Great Beginning Reader stories. Great lens.
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Eevee
Dec 11, 2010 @ 2:38 pm | delete
- I loved reading these stories with my mom.
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Becca_Sanz Dec 11, 2010 @ 2:21 pm | delete
- My mom loved reading these stories with me.
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