Reading
Twelve to eighteen months
Between 12 and 18 months your child will accrue new words slowly - perhaps four to six a month. She may continue to use these new words regularly, or drop them as she moves on to new ones.
It's important to make reading an enjoyable time. As she sits on your lap to hear her favourite story, your child will associate reading as a pleasurable activity. Talk about the pictures as you read. She will begin to understand that the words on the page are what you read, not the pictures. She will watch you as you run your fingers under the words and move from the top of the page to the bottom and left to right.
Sometimes your child may have a favourite story that she wants you to read over and over again. Although you may tire of hearing the story, I encourage you to read it to her. Pretty soon she will begin to "pretend read" to you. This is the beginning step to learning to read!
What to look for:
- Books with a clear story line and clear large-print words
- Books with bright, interesting illustrations
- Books containing new words and subjects
- Books which involve interaction, singing
- Books which you don't mind reading again and again
We recommend
- ABC, by John
Burningham
- Alfie Gets in First, by Shirley Hughes
- A
Little Bit of Winter, by
Paul Stewart, illustrated by Chris Riddell
- All Better Bears, by Hiawyn Oram and Frédéric Joos
- Bear In A Square, by Stella Blackstone and
Debbie Harter
- Benny And The Brass Band, by Karen Ludlow with
illustrations by Willy Smax
- Busy Babies Go To The
Gym, by Jane Kemp
and Clare Walters, illustrated by Alex Ayluffe
- Busy Babies Go To Play Club, by Jane Kemp and Clare
Walters, illustrated by Alex Ayluffe
- Elmer's
Bath, by David McKee
- First Word Book, illustrated by Jo Moore
- Foggy Friday, by Phyllis Root
- George's Garden, by Mandy and Ness
- Humphrey's Corner, by
Sally Hunter
- I Love My Potty, by Lara Jones
- Miffy's Birthday, written and illustrated by Dick Bruna
- Old Bear, by Jane Hissey
- One Moose, Twenty Mice, by Clare Beaton
- On The Move, by Shaynie Morris and Laura Dollin, illustrated by Kay Widdowson
- Snow Babies, Big Babies, Small Babies and Farm Babies, by Jacqueline
McQuade
- Soft Shapes Counting/Shapes, illustrated by Bob
Filipowich
- The Weather Baby, by John Cunliffe, illustrated by Joan
Hickson and John Lee
- That's not my train..., by Fiona
Watt
- The
Penguin Who Wanted To Be Different, by
Maria O'Neill, illustrated by Jill Newton
- The
Teddy Bears' Christmas Tree, by Sam Williams, illustrated by Jacqueline McQuade
- The
Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
- Tiny Rabbit, by John Wallace
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