Preschool Read Aloud Tips
What Books?
As caregivers, we of course want to read aloud to our children. The challenge is that our wee ones often cannot sustain attention or sit still long enough to enjoy the story. If you have a wiggle worm at home, you may want to try books that invite the listener to engage with the story:
Lift the Flap Books: Going on a Lion Hunt by Harriet Ziefert
Interactive Books: Don’t Push the Button! by Bill Cotter
Pop-Up Books: The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner
What Words?
One of my favorites are the sensory board books by Fiona Watt & Rachel Wells in their That’s Not My series. There are many titles in the series ranging from trucks to puppies to dragons. There are even holiday ones.
Besides being interactive, these little books present descriptive words such as ridgy, shiny, and bumpy that your child can easily transfer to other situations.
How Can I Make it Interactive?
You can make books that are not interactive themselves become interactive by asking your child to act out a part (bounced in the bed), or repeating sound words as in CREAK! Said the Bed by Phyllis Root. You will quickly find your child completely engaged with the book!
