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I was so excited when a box of the Tiger Tales Books fall release books arrived a few weeks ago. I will be sharing each of them during the next few months.
The first book from the box is called A is for Apple and JDaniel loves it.
Why?
A is for Apple is more than just a alphabet book with a picture of an object that starts with that letter of the alphabet. It is also a flap book that includes another object that starts with that letter. Wait there is more! It also has the letter channeled out so that JDaniel can run his finger through the shape of the alphabet with arrows guiding him as to the direction his finger needs to travel.
My friend Bridget was just asking about ways for her three year old to start to work on letters. This book would be a perfect way for her to do just that.
JDaniel loves the interactive elements in the book. He lifts the flaps with one hand and traces with the other.
How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills is the second letter book we looked at this week. Rocket is a fluffy and playful dog that just wanted to play with sticks and take naps.
Those were his favorite things until he met a little yellow bird that offered to teach him how to read. Rocket wasn’t interested at first, but after hearing the little bird share a wonderful storybook to him he decides he wants to read too.
Rocket first learns the letters of the alphabet and their sounds. Then he learned to spell words that involved what was going on in his world. He learned f-a-l-l and r-e-d as the fall changed the season and the leaves.
When the bird has to migrate for the winter, she leaves Rocket to work on building words one letter at a time.
Rocket works on wind, cold, dig, sun, melt and mud along with other words that decribe his world in the winter.
Winter turns to spring and school starts again. This time Rocket and the little bird read together.
You will love the pictures of Rocket and the little bird in this book. I love that Rocket is so excited about reading.
What did we do?
Letter Work
I had JDaniel put noodles in the letter channels and rub his finger over the letter formation to see how each letter feels. I really should have tried it with smaller noodles.
The second thing we did was use empty cardboard food boxes to make the letters. It was hard to make the curves in some of the letters.
Disclaimer: I received the book A is for Apple from Tiger Tales to review. All thoughts on the book are my own.
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Great idea to use the noodles in the channels. Sounds like a great book from Tiger Tales.
I will definitely check out the Tad Hill book for E too! She generally loves his books!
Thanks!
Kerri
That’s so creative! And using different senses too. I like it.
Popping by from Mom Loop Follow! While my kids are a bit old for these, I love all the creative ideas and things to share with other moms of little ones. Have a great day!!
Maybe some spaghetti noodles would work. But then again, they’d make a mess in the book.
You always have such creative ideas!
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Those books sound great!
The Rocket book sounds adorable and my son would love the Tiger Tales books- will have to check their website out!
So many ways to play with letters. Always love Tad Hill books! Rocket is a great name for a dog.
LOVING THE NOODLES IDEA. THANKS FOR SHARING.
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Those books sound great! “How Rocket learned to read” book cover is so inviting and looks more interesting! I love the cardboard box letter play!
What a cute idea! I love the pasta for letters!
I love the book How Rocket Learned to Read!!! Also, we received the letter book too from Tiger tales and it’s a big hit. I love your idea to use the pasta over the letters. We’ll definitely try that with our book too.
We also loved Tiger Tales box and I reviewed our favorites last Saturday including this book. What an awesome idea to use pasta for letter formation! And How Rocket Learned to Read is adorable, it was on my list of favorite reads of the week too some time ago.
I love the sound of both of those books. I really liked the idea of using the boxes to create letters. And the pasta was also a great idea.
I love the idea of having him feel the noodles and finger through the shape of the alphabets. Very creative! 🙂
As always, this is a fun, creative post!
Wow! Those books look great! I love all the wonderful interactive books that come out that help children learn. What a great age we live in. I also love how you made the letters from boxes, simple and effective!