Have your children read the stunning Mary Engelbreit's books? If not, I highly recommend them! The illustrations are absolutely beautiful! They are big and bright with exquisite color and detail. Your child will not want to put these books down. I have been known, on occasion, to just sit and flip through the pages myself just to look at the pictures.
When my children were just little tikes we read her charming Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.
And then we moved on to her Nursery Tales. These tales are cleverly condensed and provide less dramatic, scary details than the original versions, which makes it much more of a cozy, happy reading time for little tender children. For example, the Gingerbread boy gets away from the fox in the end rather than getting gobbled up. And the wolf in The Three Little Pigs doesn't get boiled to death, but just gets a little burned from the cooking pot and runs away. Moreover, this story has two girl piggies rather than all boy piggies.
And now we have graduated to her sweet and fun Fairy Tales. In this book I was delighted to read some interesting twists to the story lines! My personal favorite was The Little Mermaid. In this version, unlike the Disney version, the Little Mermaid does not make her deadline to convince the prince that she was his rescuer and will turn to foam if she does not kill the prince. But she is so selfless that she chooses to let the prince live and be happy. In the end, she does not turn to foam, but flies away with cupid-type angels. I loved it! It was kind of like a little life lesson: be selfless and it will all work out.
Treat your children to these books, please. You and your child will love them.
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Every child is different so the way you teach needs to be different..the hard thing is figuring out how they need to be taught. I believe the best way to teach reading is a combination of whole language (sight words) and phonics. Introduce them to both and see where they thrive. You really will never be a strong reader without both.
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