Parents are their children's most important role models—we encourage parents to show that learning and reading are priorities by reading to their kids at least 15 minutes every day. Reading aloud is one of the most important things a parent can do to prepare a child for success in school. Here are a few great books for this time of year.
A is for A
merica by Devin Scillian is a tribute to all we know and love about our country. With poems that beg to be read aloud, this American alphabet will make you fall in love with the United States all over again. Bright, beautifully detailed illustrations bring each letter to life, from eagles to Thomas Edison to the veterans of two World Wars.
Hats Off for the Fourth of July by Harriet Ziefert. Who doesn't love a small town parade on the Fourth of July, with music and drums, cowboys on horseback, and the town baseball team and fire engine? And when the parade is over, another spectacle is waiting up in the sky.
America the Beautiful by Katherine Lee Bates. The illustrator of this book is the great, great grandnephew of “America the Beautiful” writer, Katharine Lee Bates. His illustrations transform this beloved song into works of art—from purple mountain majesties to gleaming alabaster cities—and notable American images like Pike's Peak, the Tuskegee Airmen and firefighters raising the American flag at Ground Zero.
Celebrate the 50 States by Loreen Leedy introduces statistics, emblems, cities, products and other facts about the 50 states, U.S. territories and Washington, D.C.
How to Make a Cherry Pie and see the U.S.A. by Marjorie Priceman. Readers travel around the country by riverboat, taxi, train and plane on a culinary adventure with a young baker in search of the coal, cotton, clay and granite they need to create the tools needed to bake a cherry pie. This book is a celebration of America's natural resources, from New Hampshire to Hawaii, Alaska to Texas.
Sources: notimeforflashcards.com, amazon,com
