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Back to Grow a Reader Guide |
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On Their Feet and On Their Way |
As they start to say their first words, one-year-olds love to repeat the names of familiar objects and people. They explore their surroundings with great determination: poking, pushing, pointing, and sorting everything around them. Books with rhythm and repetition nurture budding language skills.
Tips for Reading to a one-year-old:
- Point out familiar objects instead of reading the text if the story is too long or too complicated.
- Choose books with pictures that reflect a toddler's life.
- Sit close together it helps little ones concentrate and feels good for everybody.
- Don't be discouraged if your child pulls the book out of your hand. She may just want to turn the pages.
- Demonstrate that reading is a special experience by showing your own enthusiasm.
Harper Growing Tree books for one-year-olds:
- Wake Up and Goodnight celebrates daytime and nighttime rituals in spirited verse. A clever flip-around format offers two books in one.
- Zoom CIty invites toddlers to make silly sounds as they imitate cars and trucks.
- Pots and Pans is a playful poem celebrating the noisy fun of a favorite game.
- Jamberry cleverly repeats key words and phrases in bouncy, rhythmic verse.