Reading
Six to twelve months
As your baby grows into a toddler he will take more interest in the pictures and story
when you read to him. Reading together, talking, singing songs and saying rhymes will all
reinforce his interest in books and start to develop the desire to discover what the words
on the page mean. As your child's concentration grows, you can start to look at books
which introduce a basic story line.
Reading regularly to your toddler will help him develop important pre-reading skills.
As you turn the pages he will begin to learn that books and text read from left to right.
By listening to and repeating rhymes, he will begin to 'hear' the sounds in words, which
will help him recognise and spell them later on. As he spots different objects or people
in the pictures, he will be refining his ability to distinguish between shapes, a skill
which will eventually help him to recognise different letters and words. He will also
learn about common patterns in speech which will help him anticipate which words might
come next.
What to look for:
- Books with a short, but clear story line
- Books with bright, interesting illustrations
- Books with rhyming text
- Books with flaps to lift and explore
We recommend
- A Friend for Boots, by Satoshi
Kitamura
- Again!, by John Prater
- Baby Loves Hugs and
Kisses, by Michael Lawrence
- Cat Flap, by
Susan Cony
- Daisy's Babies, by Lisa
Kopper
- Discovery Farm, from Lamaze
- Family Faces, by Jane Kemp and Clare Walters, illustrated by
Marjolein Pottie
- Fetch And Friends, created by Flextech
- Find My Cake! , by
Debbie Mackinnon, photographs by Anthea Sieveking
- First
Words, illustrated by Catherine Anholt
- Follow
The Line, by Pat Posner, illustrations by Claire Chrystall
- How Big Is A Pig?, by Clare Beaton
- Little Oops!, by Colin McNaughton
- Little Princess – Bedtime, by Tony Ross
- Max Paints The House, by Ken
Wilson-Max
- My Day, by
Debbie MacKinnon with photographs by Anthea Sieveking
- On
The Farm With Barney, by Laura Dollin, illustrated by Robin Davies
- Peekaboo Baby, from Ladybird
- Playing, by Atsuko Morozumi
- Scratch and Sniff Christmas, from Dorling Kindersley
- Snappy Teeth, by Jane Cabrera
- Teddy's Busy Day, by Lone Morton
- The
Bear Father Christmas Forgot, by Diana Kimpton, illustrated by Anna Kiernan
- The
Snowman, by Raymond Briggs
- The
Teddy Bears' Night Before Christmas, illustrated by Monica Stevenson
- That's not My Tractor, from Usborne Touchy-Feely Books
- Tulip Builds A Birdhouse, by Dale Gottlieb
- Who's That?, by Isobel Gamble and illustrated by Tim Warnes
- Wiggle Bug Wants Wings, by Stephanie Sloan, with illustrations by Woody
- You Choose, by
Mary Murphy
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