On Tuesday we read
Before Breakfast
Barry the fish with fingers & the hairy scary monster by Sue Hendra
Over Breakfast
Tabby McTat by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Zog by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
During the Day
Creepy crawly by Petr Horacek
Monkey & Me by Emily Gravett
So Much by Trish Cooke
Bedtime
The Little Red Train: Great Big Train by Benedict Blathwayt
The Real Story of Cinderella & the Ugly Sisters by Liz Pichon
Snip Snap by Marat Bergman, illustrated by Nick Maland
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet & Allen Ahlberg
Too many different books all at once! Children learn to be readers by repeating stories they have heard again and again. I completely agree with immersing children in stories and language they wouldn’t normally meet, but You have to pace it out so the language features are learnt by rote and immersion. Don’t do too much at once!
I hope we aren’t doing too much at once 🙂 This list is actually divided between two children, not one child having all these stories, and all of them have been read more than once, some like ‘snip snap’ everyday for the last two weeks or so, and others like Tabby McTat and Little Red Train being revisited after longer breaks. I think I can say confidently that Bryn (coming up to 4) is pretty immersed in the language, and knows many books and poems by heart – and loves hearing both familiar and new stories.