Books to practice copying actions:

• Tap the Magic Tree

  (by Christie Matheson)

• Barnyard Dance!

  (by Sandra Boynton)

Books to practice copying fun sounds:

• Mr Brown Can Moo! Can you?

  (by Dr. Seuss)

Books to teach adjectives:

• Yummy Yucky

  (by Leslie Patricelli)

• Quiet Loud

  (by Leslie Patricelli)

• That’s Not My Goat…

  (by Fiona Watt)

Books to practice rhyming:

• Llama Llama Red Pajama

  (by Anne Dewdney)

• Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom

  (by Bill Martin)

• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly!

  (by Lucille Colandro and Jared Lee)

Books to practice retelling simple stories:

• My Friend Rabbit

  (by Eric Rohmann)

• Fairy Tales (Any simple and familiar fairy tale your child enjoys)

Books to practice prepositions:

• Where is Spot?

  (By Eric Hill)

• Inside, Outside, Upside Down

  (By Stan and Jan Berenstain)

For practice decoding simple words with short vowels, try:

• Bob Books - Set 1: Beginning Readers

  (by John R. Maslen and Bobby Lynn Maslen)

• Bob Books - Set 2: Advancing Beginners

  (by John R. Maslen and Bobby Lynn Maslen)

• Learn to Read with Tug the Pup and Friends! Box Set 1

  (by Dr. Julie M. Wood)

• The Reading House Set 4: Short Vowel Clusters and Sight Words

  (by the Reading House and Marla Conn)

For practice decoding long vowels, try:

• Bob Books - Set 5: Long Vowels

  (by John R. Maslen and Bobby Lynn Maslen)

• The Reading House Set 6: Introduction to Long Vowel Sounds

  (by the Reading House and Marla Conn)