What is the right time to introduce books to my kid?
Introducing books at an early age is very important, many studies show that excessive screen time can delay speech and language development in kids. It hampers their focus and social as well as emotional skills.
At 3 – 6 months, we can start introducing books to babies.
Babies from 3 months to 1 year can interact with a fabric book. These cloth books are made with vibrant colours and patterns. It also improves hand-eye coordination. Fabric books are soft and are safe if they are made with non toxic material. Please check materials before giving it to children as they have a tendency to put objects in their mouths between 3 months – 1 years old to explore textures. Make sure they don’t have buttons or removable parts and look for machine or hand-washable books.
For 1 – 2 year old kids need interactive books like numbers, alphabet, sound book, lift-the-flap or touch and feel books rhyme or stories with easy rhythm. Make sure that books don’t have sharp corners or any removable parts.
Here are some book recommendations
Book by Eric Hill
- Where’s Spot?
- The very hungry caterpillar
- The Very Busy Spider
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Books by Usborne
Little Peep Through Books like for examples
- Are You There Little Unicorn?
- Are you there Little Tiger?
- Are you there Little Fox?
Usborne – Sound Book for examples
- Wild Animals Sound Book
- Farm Sounds
First Alphabet Book
First Numbers Book
Usborne – Big Book Of Numbers
Usborne Lift-The-Flap-Books- Shapes, ABC
For 2 – 5 year old kids, books like educational concepts, repetitive rhyme books help children predict words that help them to improve their memory and language.
- Usborne Lift – The – Flap Books – Counting Book, Word Book
Peep Inside books for examples
- Animal Homes
- The Garden
- Zoo
- Bug
- How A Plane Works?
- How A Recycling Truck Works?
- How A Crane Work?
- How A Helicopter Works?
By ages 4 years – 5 years, children can enjoy longer stories with illustrations and rhymes or stories with rhyme.
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
- Monkey Puzzle
- Room on the Broom
- The Snail and the Whale
- Stick Man
- The Smartest Giant in Town
- The Gruffalo
- The Gruffalo’s Child
- Zog and the Flying Doctors
- Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book
Some other books like
- Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
- Pip and Posy books by Camilla Reid and Axel Scheffler
- Farmyard Tales by Usborne
- Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
- Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld
- If Animals Kissed Good Night by Ann Whitford Paul
Usborne book like
- Owl In A Towel
- Spider Queen’s Halloween
- Bug in a Rug
- Fat Cat On A Mat
- Pho Fox On A Box
For kids aged 5 -10 need different types of books like engaging stories with themes of friendship, adventure, mystery, knowledge based book or novel etc. For beginner readers,
books by Dr. Seuss
- The Cat in the Hat
- Fox in Socks
- Green Eggs and Ham
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
For educational books
- Usborne series -100 Things To Know About
- Usborne series – For Beginner book like philosophy, physics
- Usborne series – Look inside (Look Inside Your Body, Look Inside Seas and Oceans, etc)
- Usborne series – Lift-the-flap Questions and Answers(Space and science)
For girls aged 5 -10 can enjoy series of books like
- Unicornia by Ana Punset
- My secret unicorn by Linda Chapman
- The Star Friends by Linda Chapman
- The magic keepers by Linda Chapman
- Dragon Girls by Maddy Mara
- Unicorn Academy by by Julie Sykes
- The Thea Stilton Elisabetta Dami
- Thea stilton special edition by Elisabetta Dami
- The Amelia Bedelia series, by Peggy Parish
- The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
- Iris and Luna by by Aurora Quirón
For 8+ year old girls
- Creeping Beauty Fairy Tales Gone Bad by Joseph Coelho
- Ink bound- Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo and Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass by Philippa Leathley
- Ember and the Ice Dragons by Heather Fawcett
- Matilda by Roald Dahl
For boys aged 5 -10 can enjoy series of books like
- Dawn of the Light Dragon by Tracey West
- War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
- Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
- Skandar by A.F. Steadman
- Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
- Nate the Great by Marjorie W. Sharmat
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- Geronimo Stilton by Elisabetta Dami
- The Geronimo Stilton Special Edition by Elisabetta Dami
Note:
This is not a sponsored post for the book. I personally think that excessive use of scree is harming kids. Invest in a book rather than a gadget.
Encourage both reading and outdoor play by offering books alongside physical activities. Outdoor activities promote health in kids and reading is best for the development of a kid’s brain. Secure their future by giving them plenty of books to read and then let them learn from the book.
There are many other good books besides the ones listed above that we generally read. Find your favourite
Today a reader can be tomorrow’s leader.