Some teachers begin kindergarten with fifteen minutes of reading aloud to their students, and continue this pattern until the children leave for elementary school. In fact, it is so important that it should be the first activity of the day. Read-aloud books should be taught to kindergarten children on a regular basis. Reading aloud will also help your child develop word recognition through repeated exposure. Reading aloud allows children to hear the sound of the language, learn new vocabulary from context clues, and learn from a skilled reader who models good listening behaviors. This is also a good time for them to work on their comprehension skills by reading aloud together. They need modeling and practice in order to learn vocabulary and sentence structure. Students in kindergarten are in the process of writing their first words and sentences. Robb.Inspire your kindergarten students with these read aloud books. Readers may remember the Nora Roberts Rule, which came about during 2015's romance poll: No one gets on the list twice UNLESS they're as titanic a figure in their field as Roberts is in romance we included her in that list under both her own name and her pen name, J.D. Seuss, Richard Scarry or The Little Engine that Could, so those didn't make it onto the list.Īnd as always, we had to decide which work to pick from creators who were nominated multiple times. ![]() But we decided you probably didn't need our help to discover Dr. We want this list to be a tool for discovery, which means we had to walk a delicate path when it comes to books that are undeniable classics - we knew all hell would rain down on us if we left out Where the Wild Things Are or The Very Hungry Caterpillar. That means no Charlotte's Web, no Matilda and no Little House books (though we've got some wonderful suggestions for Little House fans, like Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus). So if something appeared on the Backseat 100, we didn't include it here. ![]() This year's list is focused on younger readers, but we did include a few books for older kids. But there was one easy decision: A few years ago, we did a summer list based on All Things Considered's Backseat Book Club of great reads for kids from 9 to 14. ![]() Now, we understand that half the fun of a list is arguing about what didn't make it on - and our judges had to make some hard choices. ![]() And instead of a ranked list, it's grouped into categories that we hope will help you find just the right books for the kids in your life.ġ00 Best Books The Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf: 100 Must-Reads For Kids 9-14 (Otherwise it would have been nothing but 100 Mo Willems books - and we love Mo Willems, but that wouldn't have been the most useful list.) Rather, it's a curated list built from your recommendations and picks from our expert panel of judges - a fantastic group of authors, librarians, publishers and all-around book nerds. And thousands of you answered.Īs with all our summer polls, this one isn't a straight-up popularity contest. We asked you to tell us about your favorite kids' books, from board books for babies to great read-alouds to early chapter books and even a few books for older readers. With that in mind, we decided that this year's summer reader poll should be all about keeping kids occupied. Camps and schools and activities have shut down during the pandemic, leaving kids and caregivers stuck at home and climbing the walls - and sometimes the garden fences.
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