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Beginning readers for kindergarten9/24/2023 ![]() ![]() If kids can connect to the first book in the series, they have a ready-made trove of reading material they'll love. ![]() One great way to get your kids into the book: Trade off reading chapters. With accessible text, fast-paced plots, and plenty of cliffhangers, Branches books encourage kids to keep reading and reading. The books have a Scholastic Grade 2 reading level, and are written to appeal to grades 1 to 3. Branches books have more illustrations than more mature chapter books, but they offer more complexity than other early readers. Branches books are specifically designed to help early readers build stamina and work their way up to traditional chapter books. ![]() If your early reading is breezing along, nailing sight words and reading aloud at a natural-sounding clip, a Branches book series may be the perfect next step for them. (The second book of many of these series is due out in September, so keep an eye peeled!)įor New Readers Ready to Build Stamina: Try Branches Early Chapter Books The first books in the Acorn line feature the laugh-out-loud A Crabby Book: Hello, Crabby, about a cranky crab who drives his friends crazy with his refusal to be cheered up Unicorn and Yeti, a magical exploration of friendship Hello, Hedgehog: Do You Like My Bike?, which offers emotional/social lessons, such as identifying how a friend might be feeling based on their facial expression and Dragon: A Friend for Dragon, who goes through some hilarious mishaps that are the trademark of author Dav Pilkey of Dog Man fame. "I wanted to create books that could really light a fire in kids." One tip for parents looking to help a new reader along? Trade off reading the speech bubbles for each character with your child. "As a teacher, it was hard to find fresh and engaging stories for this age group," says Carella, who conceived of and launched the Acorn line. Each book has a Grade 1 Scholastic reading level, but is designed to appeal to kids in kindergarten through second grade. They grow reading confidence with short chapters, each of which can be read as a stand-alone story. The books in the Acorn line provide kids an entertaining window into topics they care about (like friendship, pets, and magic), with engaging characters created by award-winning children's book authors and illustrators. Here, with input from Carella, Scholastic Parents has crafted a varied list of early reader books that will get your growing bookworm saying, "I love to read!"įor Kids Who Just Started to Read: Try a Simple Series "If you miss that window in the first, second, or third grade, kids go on to say, 'I'm not a reader' and 'I don't like reasding.'" "When I was teaching, that moment where I saw kids light up about a book was when I knew I'd made a difference," says Carella. But the most important thing you can do to support your early reader is to help them love reading, and that means offering them a variety of book choices at their reading level to see what they gravitate towards, says Katie Carella, a former teacher and executive editor at Scholastic who oversees the Acorn and Branches book series for early readers. Thankfully, there are plenty of first reader books and early reading titles that have been created to meet newly independent readers (typically kids in kindergarten through 2nd grade) right at their level, with easy-to-follow plots, simple vocabulary, and lots of sight words. Your child can use all the help and support you can muster to understand her true potential. There is the thrill of the milestone ("He can read all by himself!") balanced by the knowledge that there's still a long road ahead. That way the books may hold up to more wear and tear with younger children.Hearing your child read words aloud for the first time is a lot like watching a baby take their first steps. Then they can be inserted into a mini photo album. "If printer resolution is high enough, the mini book pages can be reduced to 70%-75% before printing each page. I sew them together on the sewing machine. "Being an avid quilter, I came up with my own way of putting the mini books together. Here is a suggestion from Carlene and Paris: IĮnjoyed trying to tie all of the pictures into one story (and the free time I ![]() Arien REALLY loves his book because it is about hisįather and he is very proud that it has all of his drawing in it. Then I put together the pictures and wrote a storyīased on them. When he was finished, I asked him whatĮach picture was. I gave him 6 blank pieces of paper and told him to drawĪ different picture on each one. Trying to keep my 5-year-old busy the other day and came up with a fun craft Seasons (not including riddles mini books with seasons.In Flander's Fields (Remembrance/Veteran's Day).Holiday Stories (not including riddles mini books with holiday themes):. ![]()
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