As a parent or teacher of toddler aged children.....?

Question

What do you like to see in books that you read to you'r children? I am thinking about writing an alphabet book for young children and I was wondering if there is any tips you give me from a parents or teachers point of view?

Answer 1

pictures

3d things

interactive things

colorful

fun to look at

not too long

cardboard pages

easy words

hope this helps!

Answer 2

Well almost all of the boys are interesting in 'mighty machines' diggers, fire trucks, police cars, concrete mixures etc.  Or you could do a transportation theme.

Answer 3

1. Use lowercase letters. Contrary to what you see in most baby alphabet products, kids in preschool usually get taught the alphabet in lowercase letters first. Uppercase letters come later and I wish baby products simply didn't include them.

2. Underneath each picture, place the corresponding word. Highlight the first letter of each word in a color different from the rest of the word (try red and black). At a certain age, kids enjoy being able to spot the highlighted letter where it appears in the word, even if they can't read the word.

3) Use pictures of one syllable words whenever possible -- ant, bat, cat. Single syllable words are the first type of words kids will learn to read.

4) Use simple artwork. For example, show a cat by itself with no background to clutter or confuse the image.

5a) Consider using multiple pictures on each page that all start with the same sound. This way, kids will get the idea that a given sound appears in many different words.

5b) Letters that make two sounds should span 2 pages with their sounds separated For example: Grape ("guh-rape") and Giraffe ("jer-affe") each start with G, but produce different sounds.

I haven't seen an alphabet book produced following these guidelines, but I would love to see one.

The first thing our preschool teacher asked us when we said our daughter knew the alphabet was, "The letters or the sounds?" In short, our daughter's job was now to forget what we had taught her and to learn the alphabet by the sounds the letters make, instead of the names of the letters.

Answer 4

use phonics , one photo per page as the children get confused easily , put finger prints under each word to help them to follow the words and arrows to show them the next word and bigger full stops would be a help to , and taps to help turn the pages ,

Answer 5

I would research what is out there because there are sooooooooo many. For that age group not a lot of words and vibrant pictures is best. Children at that age usually are not yet reading so they like pictures and loose interest in lots of words even if the story is being read.

Answer 6

i would write a booklet that your students l assist you in writing. ask them their favorite words, starting with a and then all the way to z.  there are SO many books out there, so i would offer this booklet too ther teachers and to parents,, it would be interesting as a project for the kids to make their own booklet along with drawings of some of the words, like ice cream, candy, etc...or drawings of the animals, flowers, etc....

Answer 7

I think in interactive book would be a great concept. It allows for a parent or caregiver to create with the child. I would have pre-printed pages with the letters and leave a clear pocket window to insert an object or picture of something that resounds with the letter.

Answer 8

Hi.as a teacher of preschool children best advice l can give is....make it rhyme. Research has shown that very young children learn more quickly with rhyming words........make it colorful and fun....good luck with it!

Answer 9

bright colors and boldness on the point u are trying to perceive~~~~~~~sturdy books!!!!!1