Preschool (Ages 3-4)

Your child is now busy learning about letters and sounds, pictures and print. Playing with language and coming up with a lot of nonsense words and exploring the world of print through scribbling.
At this age your child is very inquisitive asking a lot of questions and talking about everything usually to one who will listen.

Literacy goals

  •     Talking about books.
  •     Identify labels and signs.
  •     Know some letters (recognize letters in her name)
  •     Make some letter sound correspondence.
  •     Understand that print carries a message.
  •     Enjoy listening to books being read aloud.

Tips, Activities and Strategies

  •     I spy games help your child through language, listening for details and following directions.

Example: Find all the "R's" in a magazine and cut them out.

  •     Help her identify words and letters buy labeling her belongings with her name and the name of the object. Learn new words, point to pictures of magazines and say the name.
  •     Read aloud daily. Choose books that your child enjoys and contain stories that she can identify with, such as, her culture and traditions.
  •     Provide your child with opportunities and supplies for creative drawing and printing!

 

What to look for when choosing books for your child

  • Books about simple concepts such as letters, numbers and shapes.
  • Books with repetitive, or rhyming text so your child can join in.
  • Fun and simple plots were action happens quick enough to hold their attention.
  • Books that they can relate to or see themselves in.

Recommended Reading for Preschool

  1. My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie
  2. When I Was Little: A Four Year-Olds' Memoir of Her Youth by Jamie Lee Curtis
  3. Cat in the Hat by Dr. Suess
  4. What Mommies/Daddies Do Best by Laura Numeroff
  5. I'm as Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
  6. I'll Love You Forever by Sheila McGraw
  7. Chewy Louie by Howie Schneider
  8. Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier
  9. I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
  10. Doctor De Soto by William Steig
  11. Who Am I?, What Am I?, I Can Roll!, I Can Fly! by Alain Crozon and Lurelie Lanchais
  12. Charlie's Checklist by Rory S. Lerman
  13. If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff
  14. My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
  15. Ten Minutes Till Bedtime by Peggy Rathman
  16. Is Your Mama a Llama by Deborah Guarino
  17. Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
  18. Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
  19. Road Builders by B.G. Hennessy
  20. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
  21. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  22. Guess How Much I Love You by Same McBratney