Books To Read Before Kindergarten & Why Reading Is Important

 We do a lot of reading in our house. Reading to your child is important in many ways.

  • It allows you to spend quality time with your child and grow that special bond.
  • It's been proven out there somewhere that reading to your child in their early years; like before preschool, can help them succeed in their education.
  • Speech. It allows them to learn the correct sounds.
  • Believe it or not but reading to your child will teach them how to express themselves.
  • When your child is going through a certain state of emotions etc. there are stories out there you can read so they don't feel alone and understand.
  • Reading can help develop a child's imagination.
  • It can also teach a child learn how to use their solving skills.
  • I could go on and on but lastly it also shows a child that reading is fun and most likely they will want to continue to become a great reader themselves and learn to love books.
With that being said I wanted to share a list of books to read before your child enters kindergarten that I had received.

  • Abuela
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, very Bad Day
  • Bee-Bim Bop
  • The Berenstain Bear Series
  • Biggies, Strongest, Fastes
  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
  • The Carrot Seed
  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
  • Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  • Corduroy
  • Curious Gorge 
  • Diez Deditos: Ten Little Fingers
  • Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Buss
  • Each Peach Pear Plum
  • The Everything Book
  • Froggy Gets Dressed
  • Frog and Toad Are Friends
  • Gorge and Martha
  • Go. Dog, Go
  • Goodnight Moon
  • Green Eggs and Ham
  • Guess How Much I Love You?
  • Harold and the Purple Crayon
  • How DO Dinosaurs Say Goodnight
  • if You Give a Mouse a Cookie
  • Is Your mama a Llama 
  • The Kissing Hand
  • Lily's Purple Plastic Purse
  • Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
  • The Magic School Buss Series 
  • Martha Speaks
  • Millions Of Cats
  • Miss Nelson is Missing!
  • Mr. Popper's Penguins
  • My Father's Dragon
  • Nate The Great
  • Night Shift Daddy
  • The paper Bag Princess
  • The Polar Express
  • Rapunzel
  • Tuesday
  • Where the Wild Things Grow
  • Stellaluna 
  • Swimmy

Enjoy reading! What's your child's favorite book?



6 comments

Unknown said...

Reading is always a great learning tool and together time well spent.

Anonymous said...

I completely agree. It also teaches children to focus and pay attention. I am amazed at how many children cannot sit still long enough to be read a short book to. It is because most of them have not been taught to. I would like to add to your book list "I Love You Forever", "Goodnight Moon", and "The Giving Tree". If they were in the list and I missed them I apologize.

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I'm pooped said...

HI! Just saw your post on Bloggy Moms. Stopping in to say hello. I just did a similar post last week. I love reading to my daughter & am so happy that she reads too. My daughter's top ten's are on here. http://thepinterestedparent.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/whats-your-favorite-childrens-book/ I couldn't pick just one. She has so many.

Tami said...

I have so many books that I could list. Reading is an important part of our day. For Thanksgiving one of the books we are reading is: 'The Littlest Pilgrim' by Brandi Dougherty.

Kaitlyn Hoffman said...

We love The Goodnight Moon. :)

Kaitlyn Hoffman said...

That is a great book!