As the saying goes… boys will be boys, and Wilson, our reader-in-training, is rolling, full steam ahead, digging into, barreling forward into… TRUCK BOOKS. Alphabet books? No thank you. Touch and feel? He’ll pass. Bunnies? Go hop along somewhere else. Right now it’s all about BIG TRUCKS.
All of the other books (sniff) on the shelf are being ignored. For now. I never imagined that I would have a 2 year-old son who would be able to point out the differences between a mini digger and a giant excavator and a concrete mixer before he could distinguish between the letters A, B or C, but alas, this is where we are at right now. I’ve decided to, ahem, roll with it. After all, learning early literacy skills doesn’t have to happen in any set order. Recognizing shapes, patterns and colors (of trucks), being able to “read” certain words on the page (“snow plow!”) and demanding that certain (truck) books be read over and over again all develop important pre reading skills.
Do you have a child with a one truck mind? Here is a partial list of Wilson’s favorite titles. Feel free to add more!
My Big Truck Book by Roger Priddy
I Love Trucks! by Philemon Sturges and Shari Halpern
Smithsonian First Look at Trucks
Whether you are a veteran Homeschooler or just starting out, we have plenty of learning to read and early literacy resources to get you headed in the right direction.