Resources & Recommendations, Spelling Games and Activities
By Zona B. Taylor
September 11, 2023
Do you struggle with ways to help a pre-reader love words and letters?
Is letter recognition practice a struggle for your young one?
Is it a struggle for your young one to make the connection between letters, sounds, and words?
Does your child complain of being bored with re-writing the same word over and over?
Learning to spell can be soooo boring, but it doesn't have to be!
Encouraging Young Readers through Read Aloud- Read Along Videos
As both an author and a mother, I understand the importance of reading with children. Reading aloud promotes literacy skills, expands vocabularies and imaginations, and strengthens the adult-child bond.
However, we all know that it's not always possible to sit down together with a physical book. That's why I'm excited to announce my new YouTube channel, Read Aloud with Nana, featuring read-along videos of stories for children.
Itty Bitty Kitty front cover
My first "Read Along with Nana" video features a book I wrote for my grandchildren, "Itty Bitty Kitty at Home." The video allows the child to follow along page-by-page as I read this rhyming story. Children can follow the words and pictures in their own copy or simply listen.
Hearing and seeing the words helps them associate the written word to the sounds which are crucial for learning to read independently. Videos are also perfect for during car rides when mom or dad are busy driving, but the little ones can still journey together through stories!
In addition to literacy skills, read-aloud videos encourage the joy of reading. Allowing children to actively engage rather than passively watch entertains them while exposing them to new vocabulary, concepts, and more. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel and stay tuned for more of new favorite picture books brought to life through read-along videos!
Reading opens infinite worlds; let’s explore them together.
You can order a copy of "itty Bitty Kitty at Home" here so your child can turn the pages along with the video.