The Parent-Child Home Program’s National Center recommends these
books and toys as tools to encourage: These high-quality picture
books, recommended for two and three-year-olds, stimulate verbal
interaction, expand vocabulary, and reinforce phonemic
awareness, the foundations of language and literacy skill
development. Look for books that: - Parent-child interaction -
Successful development in young children, and Picture vocabulary
books, tactile books, life-the-flap books, fairy tales, Mother
Goose rhymes, rhyming books, alphabet books, and books that use
repetitive or predictable language are some of the books that
support young children’s school readiness. - Use rhyme or
repetition; - Relate to the child’s experience; - Incorporate
unusual vocabulary; - Have colorful and appealing illustrations;
- Have a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end; and - Have
a narrative that can be told in different ways, sometimes using
the illustrations only; and/or can appeal to a child at
different developmental level