10 books to help children learn to read and write

At about 18 months, babies enjoy doodling and making their first drawings, but they still don’t have motor control or hand-eye coordination to write the letters of the alphabet.

Around the age of three, however, children make their first attempts at writing by putting together lines and shapes at random. When they go to school, at the age of 5/6, they usually know some letters and use a pencil with some control.

These skills and knowledge are typically taught in kindergarten, but parents can also help stimulate children to write, even in preschool.

For example, one thing parents can do is be seen writing often (a shopping list or a greeting card) and talking to children about what they are doing. To encourage them to “write” it will be enough to reverse the roles and ask the children to write something and read what they have written.

Obviously they will doodle and invent something verbally, but this will make writing a fun and enjoyable thing for them and once they know how to copy patterns and shapes they will be ready to learn the letters.

The important thing is that parents do not impose anything but make everything like a pleasant game. They must show how to hold the pen correctly by correcting any errors, but they must not constantly correct the children and must not prevent them from using the hand they prefer. And anyway better to praise every attempt of the children (however shaky), rather than mortify them.

Children’s books to learn to write

To help children learn to read and write, parents can also use children’s books suitable for this purpose. So I have prepared a small selection of useful books whether the little ones are preparing for school, or just practicing at home. The books are full of useful activities to do, with practical and fun pages.

But before listing them, I recommend this text:

100 Montessori activities to prepare my child to read and write: 2-6 years

It is a Montessori inspired reading really useful for parents who want to stimulate the child to write and read. According to the illustrious Maria Montessori the best time to start is from 3 to 6 years. The book offers ideas and ideas to stimulate the senses and build sensory games at home and organize playful activities preparatory to learning to write and read easily.

Play and learn the alphabet

This is an activity book, a book in which children, thanks to the rewritable pages and the erasable marker, can become familiar with the alphabet and improve their graphic skills without the fear of making mistakes. Children can draw following the tracks, practice with the letters of the alphabet, understand the correct relationship between the “sound” of the letter and the respective graphic sign and have fun erasing a thousand times. Reading age: from 4 years.

I learn letters with the blackboard book

Well done book and much appreciated by parents. It’s packed with activities to do, great for bringing kids closer to writing and reading. Thanks to the erasable blackboard marker with which it is equipped, children can erase and repeat the exercises endlessly.
The marker pen supplied with the volume is equipped with an anti-suffocation cap and a gate. Reading age: from 4 years.

ABC 123 Play and learn with Peppa Pig

Peppa Pig is very popular with children and can be a stimulus to stimulate children. The book suitable for preschoolers, contains letters to write, stickers to stick, coloring pages, copying games of letters and words. Simple and intuitive, it requires the right amount of dexterity and knowledge that will increase the child’s autotisma.

Learn to write in block letters and cursive

Here are two very well done books that complement each other. One is used to learn how to write in block letters, the other in cursive. The activities present allow children to learn by playing and will lead them, in a gradual and pleasant way, to understand how to write the letters of the alphabet in capital letters in upper and lower case, to associate each letter with its sound and the formation of syllables for a first start to reading. Reading age: from 5 years. Where to find it →Learn to write in block letters
Learn to write in cursive

My first blackboard book

A very nice 48-page book, suitable for learning how to write many words through the imitation tracing method. The book is divided into two sections: in the first you can only use the pencil while in the second only the marker. It opens onto a rigid base so it becomes like a small slate and can be positioned vertically and placed on a flat surface. Reading age: from 3 years.

I learn to write the letters

This is also an easy and fun book to learn how to write letters. It is equipped with a magic slate with which to practice and contains tips and indications to know, recognize and write the letters of the alphabet. The magic slate is removable from the last page and very easy to use with a special pen attached to the book. The child can delete whenever he wants by scrolling the page back into the book. Reading age: from 4 years.
I learn to write letters

Blackboard book

To have something different from books with letters to copy and transcribe, here is a nice idea: the book blackboard. It is a book with many blackboard effect pages on which children can write with chalk. Children can practice writing not only at home but also outside.

Connected wooden letters for tablets

If, on the other hand, you want something more technological, I found this game which is not a classic book  but the perfect combination of traditional toy and touch-screen technology. It is a game with 26 wooden letters, connected to the tablet on the net, which helps children to read and write. There are 3 free apps inspired by the Montessori method. It is compatible with iPad but the Italian language is not guaranteed.

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