mundia Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Hi all Those of you that work with babies, which books are absolute favourites with your babies? Ive got the bookstart list but Id really like to know the tried and tested ones from those working with groups of babies. Many many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upsy Daisy Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Come on Daisy Each Peach Pear Plum The Very Hungry Caterpillar (of course!) Whatever Next We're going on a Bear Hunt Hairy Maclary any Dr Seuss Don't Put Your Finger in the Jelly Nelly. That's off the top of my head. I'll have a look on the bookcase to see which others jump out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upsy Daisy Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Just re-read your post Mundia. I tend to share books with babies with them sitting on my lap often one to one. It may be different if you're trying to engage them on groups Edited April 24, 2010 by Upsy Daisy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Board books with mirrors or textures in. The black and white printed ones were pretty good. Books with pictures of babies doing the things babies do, crawling, eating, having a bottle were good to relate to. Short rhyming stories are my favourite. Sorry can t help with titles though, long time since I was in a baby setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 (edited) for under 2's: books we've made ourselves are popular - laminated and bound photo's of trips to our favourite woods and ones of their families Peepo - alan alhberg We all go travelling by, Wheres the Cat, Who are you - Barefoot books Picture Book - Ian Beck Picture this - Alison Jay Run, Mouse, Run - Petr Horacek Dorling Kindersley - My first ... books, touch and feel books Dear Zoo Monkey and Me - Emily Gravett Usborne Touchy Feely books - That's not my train/kitten etc baby einstein books - eg Mirror Me also characters they recognise eg. little thomas/dora/wibbly pig/teletubbies/noddy hand sized board books are always popular (but pretty dull to read, although I quite like wibbly pig) Edited April 25, 2010 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayofsunshine Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 hello there, Our under twos love: the usbourne "that's not my......" range - great touchy feely books (with the added bonus of a mouse to find on every page!) "Global Babies" or any other book with pics of babies I've lost count of the time we've read "chocolate moose for greedy goose" with our toddlers - simple story with rhyming for short attention spans. DK picture books - real photos are great. Usbourne "look and say" range. we have ones on home, jobs and town. All essential for toddlers starting to talk as most can manage to point to and say "car" or "cat" and their self esteem goes through the roof. Also, you can't go wrong with photo albums full of the babies in your setting. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mundia Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 thanks for your suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 I just bought some maisy books from The Works, I love how bold the pictures are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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