Spring and Easter Themed Books  

Books are such a brilliant way to enhance your little one’s experiences and help them understand the world they live in. Reading books related to what they can see around them and experiences they are having, supports and shapes their understanding, vocabulary and memory.  

In the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile, which outlines the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to 5 years, it states: 

It is crucial for children to develop a life-long love of reading. Reading consists of two dimensions: language comprehension and word reading. Language comprehension (necessary for both reading and writing) starts from birth. It only develops when adults talk with children about the world around them and the books (stories and non-fiction) they read with them, and enjoy rhymes, poems and songs together. Skilled word reading, taught later, involves both the speedy working out of the pronunciation of unfamiliar printed words (decoding) and the speedy recognition of familiar printed words. 

This crucial language development is only possible when we read, talk and sing to our children.  

Spring is a wonderful time of change. You may be off out more for springtime walks, visits to the farm and egg hunts over Easter.  

So here’s my recommendations for you to enjoy alongside these magical experiences.  

1. We’re Going on an Egg Hunt by Martha Mumford follows a similar pattern to the classic children’s book ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. This time it’s bunnies who are off on an adventure to find an easter egg. They meet a number of hurdles along the way including chicks, ducks, bee’s and lambs, which are all animals your little one may start to see at this time of year. The repetitive nature of this book enhances your child’s vocabulary as they hear the same words over and over again, causing those memory synapses to be formed.   
2. A Little Bit Brave by Nicola Kinnear is a gorgeous story about a bunny who is nervous of the outside world. He finds his confidence and realises that actually being brave is lots of fun. A story of adventure and self-belief filled with stunning illustrations that will captivate your child’s imagination.  
3. Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins is an exciting tale of little hen Rosie’s adventure through the farm. Unbeknown to Rosie she is being followed by a greedy fox who hilariously gets himself into mischief as he tries to catch Rosie. This book has been loved for years by Primary School teachers, myself included, as it’s fantastic for teaching prepositional language (words describing where something is). You can ask your little one lots of interesting questions about what they can see on the page and where the fox is. Model using words such as ‘next to, on top, underneath,’ to describe where the fox is.  
4. Egg to Chicken Lifecycles by Camilla de la Bedoyere is a non-fiction book filled with interesting and amazing facts about chickens. Please don’t be worried about reading books which may seem too complicated for your little one to understand. You will be surprised how much they are absorbing and its great practise to start introducing both fiction and non-fiction books from an early age. There are 6 different books in this lifecycle range including Tadpole to Frog, Seed to Sunflower and Caterpillar to Butterfly. 

I really hope you enjoy some of these books and would like to wish you lots of happy reading times together. I would love to hear what your little one thought of the books so please feel free get in touch via email or social media and snap a picture to post and tag us in too! 

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