Which prep reading book should I get?

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WHICH PREP READING BOOK SHOULD I GET? Fiona asks “I’d appreciate it if you could please ask all the mums out there with Prep kids what books are used to help children to learn to read. My nearly 4yo is doing the Reading Eggs program and can read quite well, but she knows all of our books at home off by heart. I’d like to get her some early readers with big writing and simple words, but wouldn’t have a clue what to get. Thanks, Fiona.”

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- - kjo81 said
  - 01 Dec 2018
    8:20 pm
A lot of libraries have “readers” that you can borrow too.
- - fruitwood said
  - 13 Apr 2014
    4:15 pm
Most of the local schools order sight words and phonics books through a book program ran by Scholastic. If you have a look at their website their books are all categorised by age group.
- - mummy liana said
  - 28 Mar 2014
    2:24 am
there are some good comments here
- - yyon4699 said
  - 23 Mar 2014
    7:40 pm
yes i would go n pay the library a visit
- - donnamaree7 said
  - 05 Mar 2014
    8:10 pm
Join your local library, millions of books and think of all the trees you’re saving. Most libraries have storytime sessions for kids as well, mine all went to these and they loved them. Best thing is it doesn’t cost you anything.
- - ljsalomon said
  - 26 Jan 2014
    12:04 am
I agree that the library would have books for her.
- - kathryn said
  - 29 Dec 2013
    8:26 pm
Maybe good to start visiting the local library
- - meltingmoment said
  - 29 Dec 2013
    9:32 am
Did you manage to find any good books for her?
- - coppin85 said
  - 28 Dec 2013
    8:13 pm
what did you end up getting?
- - mggarner said
  - 28 Nov 2013
    9:23 am
Hope you found some useful prep reading books
- - mggarner said
  - 27 Nov 2013
    11:57 am
What did you end up getting?
- - meltingmoment said
  - 30 Oct 2013
    8:37 pm
The have a good selection appropriate to the level she would be at your local library.
- - kjgarner said
  - 28 Oct 2013
    9:43 am
You can get preschool learning books from Aldi every now and again, we got some a couple of months ago and our daughter loves them. Great to learn to read and write and do activities like connect the dots, 1+1, colour in the numbers with different colours, tracing letters to make words etc.
- - snoopy said
  - 25 Oct 2013
    12:42 pm
The books that start at level one and are also referred to as first readers. They will start on these level one books when they start prep.
- - mouse said
  - 12 Oct 2013
    2:18 pm
Contact the school she will be attending and they will tell you what to get and where from
- - missmanic said
  - 03 Oct 2013
    10:47 pm
Would love to know aswell, thanks for posting.
- - nmbretag said
  - 30 Sep 2013
    9:59 pm
Most libraries have a good selection of early reader books – the ones that they use at school.
It doesn’t matter that she knows your books off by heart – learning to read is all about repetition & reinforcement – if she knows the books off by heart, have her point to the words as she says them to reinforce the written & spoken word as being the same. Talk to her about the book – what other endings can she come up with, what does she think the story was about etc.
Reading is so much more than learning to read words – they need to be able to comprehend & extrapolate.
- - mel1 said
  - 26 Sep 2013
    11:10 am
The teacher can guide you. Also, a weekly trip to the library can be great. My little ones went through books so fast and we used to go to the library, get ten or so books, get through them and go back for more. They are both great readers now.
- - tammykilby said
  - 25 Sep 2013
    10:08 am
I would ask the ore school for some help as they would probably now some that are great.
- - omgjag31 said
  - 25 Sep 2013
    6:36 am
I would call the school you intent on send your girl to ask ask what books they read and go from there