Great book of games for encouraging littles to read absolute treasure of a book! I will be referencing this one for a long time to come.

This is fun and interesting book for teaching little guys. It's a good resource for both school teachers and parents who work with children at home.

This seemed a very sensible way to bring early literacy tasks into the home so the very young are ready to hit the ground running when reaching school age. To begin with we’re just using the sounds and names of the letters, but we’re using steps in our home to move a cuddly about, and the letters in our name to find surprises associated with them or to make a garden design for display on a wall. After the single letters it is of course phonics, then actually using printed matter – starting at the beginning and progressing in proper order across the page.

If anything is at fault here it’s that it’s incredibly expensive to do all the tasks, and really quite wasteful. We need cards, cupcake holders, ping pong balls and more in just the first handful of tasks – which end with the “mess-free” job of forming our letters in a pile of salt. I’m not sure how play-do kebabs in patterns help us relate narratives, but that is what starts the fourth chunk, of producing stories and sequences of words. Still, given all the time and disposable income to have these tasks nailed, youngster will be hot for the library when first in school, and obviously able to learn so much more when reading is accomplished properly. A fine start, then.

Cute fun filled workbook for educators and parents to jumpstart learning with your toddlers. This work book contains a number of fun games and activities to help introduce your child or children to learning to spell their name, recognizing shapes, numbers and the alphabet. My son and I were especially fond of bubbles and balls. Its a fun way for parents to interact with their children.

An excellent resource! This book is chock-full of activities that will help pre-readers practice the building block skills they will need to learn to read. These games are simple, only require basic and readily available supplies, and incorporate appealing elements like movement, silliness, surprises, and snacks. They are short, many can be done on-the-go, and keep learning light and fun.

I can't wait to try these out and I'm sure they'll be a hit at school and at home!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review.

This book is phenomenal!! The activities are simple, effective, and fun. They include games, art projects, and even movement activities perfect for energetic young kids. Best of all, most require minimum supplies and setup time, and the supplies that are used are very simple things most people will have at home.

I appreciated the author’s explanations of the different pre-reading skills (letter knowledge, phonological awareness, print awareness, narrative skills, and vocabulary) and how each activity trains the skill. The concise and encouraging writing style make it clear that the author is a parent and experienced educator.

I am excited to use these with my youngest and just wish I had this resource when my older child was learning to read! Something tells me she’ll want to join in the fun anyways.

Thank you to Callisto Media and NetGalley for an advance reader copy!

As the parent of a three year old, this book came in at the right time. While I am an educator and have taught Pre-K and kindergarten, sometimes it is harder thinking of things to do with your own child at home. This book is full of easy activities for parents to work on at home at their leisure. There is a quick section for the parents at the beginning of the book to discuss print awareness and other skills that children will gain from these activities. I look forward to doing some of these activities with my child!

This book is jam packed with reading activities for preschoolers. These are divided into sections including letter knowledge, sound awareness, print awareness, narrative skills, and vocabulary. The activities are designed to engage little ones with an adult’s help. As always when teaching a young child, please takes cues from them and don’t overload them-you can always come back another day. The true goal is to make reading exciting for a child.

The author of this book is a good guide for the adults in a child’s life. Her approach which uses activity and not sitting with a workbook seems so smart. The guidance is encouraging, informative and helpful.

For those who want to give a child a head start or reinforce skills, this title is worth a look.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Callisto Media for this title. All opinions are my own.