What are the best books to read with emergent readers during December? Here are some of Bluebird Speech’s favorites to consider as you engage kids in the fun and benefits of storybook time!
december Book Recommendations
The gingerbread man/el hombre de pan de jengibre
Author: Catherine McCafferty
Summary: a classic, repetitive tale in English and Spanish about a gingerbread who tries to escape
Theme: cooking, forest animals
Level: preschool to third grade
Language skills: cause and effect, sequencing, attribute – fast, categories – forest animals, body parts, etc.
Sounds: “j” for gingerbread, jump and /r/ for run, river
Core Vocabulary: stop, go, get, in, eat
Fridge Vocabulary: run, fast, catch
Resources: The Gingerbread Man Language and Literacy Companion