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These books are recommended
as additional resources for families participating in The
Learning Program (children ages four through seven). |
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Learning Program parents: when transitioning
from program materials to commercially available books, make
sure you choose easy-to-read formats (avoid books with small
or closely spaced words, avoid busy pages). |
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Also, read new books to your child in the
beginning, instead of asking them to read new materials to
you (although you may let them read words they already know
if they ask). Before long, they will be saying “Let
me do it.” |
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Many selections are available through your local book store
or teacher supply store. |
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Books are not listed in any specific order of preference.
Choose books you feel are best suited for your child. |
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| Special Reads for Special Needs (Natalie
Hale) - www.specialreads.comIndividual
Books $14.95 each; Starter Set available. These books contain large
type with engaging illustrations. Each book comes with jumbo
flash cards for all words contained in the book. |
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| Fun Picture Book. |
Teaches numbers
zero to ten. |
Teaches eleven
basic colors. |
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Emergent
Readers by Lakeshore Learning Materials - www.lakeshorelearning.com
Set of 20 Books $44.95 (Quick Order Item Number TT933).
20 colorful 8-page books. Each book features repetitive,
easy-to-read sentences with one new word per page.
Back cover contains word list to facilitate making of flash
cards to accompany books. Large print and large spacing
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Sight
Word Readers by Lakeshore Learning Materials -
www.lakeshorelearning.com
. Set of 20 Books $44.95 (Quick Order Item Number TT235).
20 colorful 8-page books. Each book contains only five
to seven sight words with predictable sentence patterns to
help children learn 32 of the most common sight-words. |
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Starfall
Learn To Read (Box Set of 15 Books) - www.starfall.com.
Set of 15 Books $18.95..Boxed set of 15 learn-to-read books,
“reward” stickers, reading and writing journals
and more. Books also available for play on website for
fun reinforcement of reading skills. |
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| Sight Word Readers (Gr. K-1)(Creative
Teaching Press) - www.creativeteaching.com.
Variety Pack $23.88. (Also available from teachers’
stores for individual sale $1.99-$2.99). Although we have no pictures
of these books to post here, these readers are a great tool for helping
students recognize sight words. Written by popular children's
author Rozanne Lanczak Williams.The variety pack includes 12 books
on differing topics. |
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Innovative Kids: Now I’m Reading
Series (Nora Gaydos) - www.innovativekids.com.
Set of 10 Books $14.99 (order these and other Nora Gaydon
books from www.amazon.com).
We recommend starting with Pre-Reader titles: Look
Around and My World. Each set of 10 stories contains:
40 incentive stickers, parent guide, reading comprehension
questions and extended activities.
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Brand New Readers (Candlewick
Press) - www.brandnewreaders.com
(for book preview only, no direct purchases).
Set of 10 Books $12.99; Set of 4 Books $5.99 (available
from www.amazon.com
and most bookstores). Each set of 10 books contains
reading suggestions, stickers and incentive chart,
parent guide, and a make-your-own blank book.
Books are funny and simple to read.
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Lakeshore Ready-To-Read
Alphabet Books - www.lakeshorelearning.com.
Set of 24 Books $49.95 (Quick Order Item Number
GG837) These books feature simple, repetitive
writing and beautiful photos. Books also
show upper and lower cases of each letter.
Good for learning alphabet and expanding vocabulary
with picture clues.
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Price varies with set $4-$20. These books are
available individually, in sets, or as a treasury of stories.
We recommend the treasury because it starts with easy stories
that require only four to six words to read and becomes more difficult
as it progresses. It is easy to track progress. If
you want to start with an individual book, we recommend “We
Look.”
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All Aboard Reading Picture
Reader (Grosset & Dunlap) - www.amazon.com.
Individual books $3.99. These picture readers
contain mini-flash cards. They are fun to
read and allow children to follow along and “read”
the pictures. Nice transitional books.
Among others, interesting titles include “ Dog
Wash Day” and “ Picky Nicky”
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Step Into
Reading (Step 1) (Random House) - www.amazon.com.
Individual books $3.99. Among others, interesting titles include
Cat Traps, Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill, Big
Egg and Sleepy Dog. Although these are phonics readers,
they work well with Learning Program words.
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Road to Reading (Getting
Started Mile 1) (Golden Books) - www.amazon.com.
Individual books $3.99. Among others, interesting titles
include City Cats, Country Cats, Dancing Dinos,
Hot Dog, I like Bugs, I like Stars,
Pig Picnic, ”and others.
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Green Light Readers
(Level 1) (Developed with Harcourt School Publishers)
- www.amazon.com.
Individual books $3.95. Among others, interesting
titles include “ What I See” and
“ Sam and Jack.”
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Scholastic Reader (Level
1) - www.scholastic.com.
Individual books $3.99. Fun and easy to read
books for beginning readers. Among others,
titles include “‘ What is That?’
Said the Cat” and “ Magic Matt
and the Cat.”
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My First I Can Read Book
(HarperTrophy) - www.amazon.com.Individual
books $3.99. Among others, interesting titles
include “ Go Away, Dog” and
“ Oh, Cats!
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Interactive Reading Books
(Joan Green) - www.greenhousepub.com.
Individual book $21.95. These interactive books
let students move and attach picture cards to match,
identify, label, sequence and create sentences.
Series 1 books include: How Man?,”What
Color is It ?,”I Go to School, and
“Things I Do at Home.”
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