By Eugenia Dickerson


One of the most important life gifts an individual can be given is that of literacy. Those who are exposed to it at an early age tend to have better vocabulary, conversation and comprehension skills than those who are not. First reader books are designed to stimulate very young minds, teaching them to understand the concepts of sentences, words and letters on the most basic levels.

The way children approach the idea of reading is very different from the stance of adults. In general, before they are eight years old, a child has little interest in learning good morals or following complex plots so books meant for these youngsters should focus on subjects that will hold their attention. Kids tend to form attachments to characters with whom they can relate.

The story should be about situations to which they can relate without having to put a lot of thought into it. The main challenge is to make the tale simple yet keep it engaging. Children have relatively short attention spans and if the book becomes too long and complex they will lose interest and have no desire to put forth the effort necessary to work through the words.

A typical beginner reading book will use sight words, as well as short ones that are easy to sound out phonetically, to create very brief sentences that are often repeated throughout the story. These are used in conjunction with illustrations that go along with the writing. This practice helps the child to associate a recognizable picture with the words that explain the action.

Repetition is a very successful learning tool, especially for the young and developing mind. Seeing and saying the same combination of letters and sounds will help a child retain that action and adapt it to future situations. This technique is often used with that of rhyming, which is another way of saying the same sounds several times in story.

Children love to hear, say and read words that rhyme and this has long been one of the leading learning techniques. This is partly because the repetition of sound is fun and feels a bit like singing. A base vocabulary is often built by the child figuring out the phonetic pronunciation of the first word and making new ones by altering the beginning letter.

There are several steps in the development of reading skills. It begins with someone reading aloud while the child follows the words on the page, eventually learning and recognizing which letters go with what sound, or even picking up whole words on sight. They eventually start to figure out phonetics and working to read for themselves, requesting to only be given assistance on tough or unfamiliar combinations.

First reader books give children the opportunity to experience stories, using pictures as a way to illustrate what the words are saying. In order to keep the attention of the child all the way to the conclusion, the tales are kept short and simple and based around events and subjects that the young ones find interesting. Sentence flow is kept engaging through the use of rhyming and repetition.




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