Present suggestions to foster language
development
Many parents ask: What would be an
appropriate gift to get my child to help with reading, spelling, or language?
Well, here are some suggestions.
BOOKS—all
kinds, pick topics in which your child is interested . Here are some book
series to get you started.
Bob Books- series of decodeable readers
sold in box sets - Kindy and up
Biscuit books by Alyssa Satin Capucilli -
Kindy and up
A-Z mysteries books by Ron Roy - 1st
grade and up
Henry and Mudge books by Cynthia
Rylant- 1st grade and up
Nate the Great books by Marjorie Weinman
Sharmat - 1st grade and up
Ameilia Bedelia books by Peggy Parrish -
1st grade and up
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park -
2nd grade and up
Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope
Osborne -2nd grade and up
Encyclopedia Brown books by Donald Sobol
- 3rd grade and up
Amber Brown books by Paula Danziger - 3rd
grade and up
Diary of a Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney
- 4th grade and up
Hank Zipzer books by Henry Winkler (yes
the Fonz) - 4th grade and up
Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony
Snicket - 4th grade and up
also look for books by Beverly Cleary, Roald
Dahl, Kate Di Camillo, Louis Sachar,
and Bill Wallace
Games
Scrabble Junior
Boggle Junior
Upwords
4 Way Spelldown
Zingo
What’s Gnu?
Stare Jr.
Apples to Apples Junior
Brain Quest—question cards, some available that
just deal with reading.
Scrabble SLAM!
DVD's
Leap Frog Letter Factory- Identifying letters
and sounds ages 2-8
Leap Frog Talking Words Factory - Beginning
reading skills 4-9