NO ES UNA CAJA

NO ES UNA CAJA

Walter got really excited to read this book to me tonight.  NO ES UNA CAJA! Its about a bunny who plays in a box and insists that it is so much more than only a box. We have read it together a few times before, but he now knows it well enough that he can "read it back" to me. 

Kids, of course, start reading at different ages. My 5yo is right between knowing the sounds all the letters make and recognizing how they blend together. This book is a great way to encourage reading because the same words reappear on every page (words like NO and CAJA) while the illustrations help the reader to predict unique words. Walter can point out the word NO and the word CAJA in this book and in other stories. This is where reading starts. You can get NO ES UNA CAJA here  https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/no-es-una-caja-9780545228596.html



This book and other early reading books will be going with him to school. Every morning at Walter's school they have Early Bird Reading. The parent that drops the kid off can stay and read with the child 15 minutes before the bell rings. The idea is to choose books that help budding readers to read independently. For example, books that repeat words or sounds, and pictures that aid children with the story. The books his elementary school has are all in English. But I will be providing him with some in Spanish so he can do it with dad every morning. Walter has expressed frustration that his school isn't in Spanish. I have the feeling that will wear off pretty soon as his community language of English gets stronger. My goal is to keep everything else outside of school as Spanish as possible.