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As you know, growing language skills in toddlers through reading helps promote early literacy. In a child’s first five years, reading books aloud supports foundational language skills. Interactive books with bright colors and illustrations are engaging and naturally draw their attention to make them feel like they’re reading along! By choosing books with simple storylines, it promotes the most important skills that come before first words: word and gesture imitation. Here are five board and picture books that encourage active participation to grow toddler’s language skills.
- Honk Honk Woo Woo (All About Sounds) by Emma Garcia (Ages 0-3, $8.99) – A fun and engaging book identifying emergency rescue vehicles like police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances, with sounds toddlers and preschoolers can join in with.
- Peekaboo: Santa (Peekaboo You) Board book by Camilla Reid, illustrations by Ingela P Arrhenius (Ages 0-2, $7.98) – An interactive festive holiday read using easy-to-use peekaboo sliders to keep them engaged and fun rhyming text throughout the book and it ends with a surprise mirror!
- Eyes, Nose, Belly, Toes: My First Human Body Book written by Krupa Bhojani Playforth MD, illustrated by Becky Paige (Ages 1-3, $9.99) – With simple language and vibrant artwork that keeps them engaged, children will discover and learn the vocabulary for every major body part exploring how they use their eyes to see, their nose to smell, their legs to move, and their arms to wave hello!
- Are You Wiggly? words by Tim Button, illustrations by Ana Larrañaga (Ages 0-3, $8.99) – A playful book to capture toddlers attention finding out which animal or creature wiggles and who doesn’t with a surprise mirror at the end!
- Are You Giggly? words by Tim Button, illustrations by Ana Larrañaga (Ages 0-3, $11.00) – A playful board book with repetitive and predictable text with bright illustrations and a simple storyline, promoting word and gesture imitation introducing African animals, their sounds, and who giggles with a surprise mirror at the end!
Teaching children early literacy and speech is incredibly important for their formative years. With books like these, we can begin to introduce language skills during their first five years and grow their vocabulary.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
