Teach Baby to Read - How to Make Your Own Reading Books
One of the most enjoyable ways to teach your baby to read is with homemade, personalized books. They are so fun to make and so much fun to read with your baby. Once you assemble your materials you can put together a book in less than 30 minutes. These personalized books will quickly become your babies favorite books to read, making them worth the effort it took to create them. They are also pretty durable. I have been making books to teach my baby to read for a long time now. These books are one of my favorite ways to teach my baby to read.
Materials Needed
30 or 40 clear plastic sheet protectors
30 or 40 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 white copy paper
soft 3 prong folder
black marker
pictures or photos
tape
You can make a personalized book for your baby. Here is an example of what you can do.
Page 1 - My name is Michael.
Page 2 - Place a picture of your child on this page.
Page 3 - I am one year old.
Page 4 - Show a picture of your child holding up 1 finger or you can show the number 1.
Page 5 - I live in Boston, Massachusetts.
Page 6 - Put a picture of a map with your city on it.
Page 7 - I have a dog named Luke.
Page 8 - Show a picture of your pet with your child.
Page 9 - He is a poodle.
Page 10 - Place another picture of the dog.
Page 11 - I sleep in my crib.
Page 12 - Show baby in crib.
Page 13 - I have a blue blanket.
Page 14 - Show child with blanket.
Page 15 - I like to play with my toys.
Page 16 - Show a picture of child playing with toys.
Page 17 - I take a bath in the bathtub.
Page 18 - Show a picture of child in bathtub.
Page 19 - I like to sit in my highchair.
Page 20 - Show child eating in highchair.
Page 21 - I like to drink juice from a cup.
Page 22 - Show a picture of child drinking from a cup.
Page 23 - My favorite snack is crackers.
Page 24 - Show a picture of crackers or child eating crackers.
Page 25 - I love my mommy.
Page 26 - Show a picture with mommy.
Page 27 - I love my daddy.
Page 28 - Show picture of daddy.
Page 29 - My family loves me.
Page 30 - Show picture of family.
This is just a sample meant to give you some ideas. It is really easy to put a book together if you have some photos available. You can readily write your book around your pictures.
The soft folders can hold up to 40 pages. The pages will stick out of the folder a little, but it is very durable and easy to flip through.
Here are some sample of reading books I made. These are not personalized. I just made pages around pictures that I liked.
Posted by Krista G. at 4/9/2010 7:14 AM 
Categories: My Experiences
Tags: teach baby to read making books to teach baby to read
Categories: My Experiences
Tags: teach baby to read making books to teach baby to read
This will motivate me to create new books! I've done 3 so far and was lacking inspiration!
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