As for books……
Some Favorite Books to Read Aloud for the Under 7 Age Group: (no order)
As always, please preview, pre-read and see if you think it is right for your child and your family:
Any Elsa Beskow books
The Chicken Who Wanted to Fly, Dora Duck and the Juicy Pears, Am I Really Different – Evelien van Dort
Any Room for Me? And The Pancake That Ran Away – Loek Koopmans
The Apple Cake – Nienke Van Hitchum
Pico the Gnome – Martina Muller
The Mouse and the Potato and Stan Bolivan and the Dragon – Thomas Berger
The Story of the Root Children and The Princess in the Forest – Sibylle von Offers
Peter William Butterblow – CJ Moore (poems)
When the Sun Rose, Grandfather Twilight – Barbara Helen Berger
The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Peter’s Chair – Ezra Jack Keats
The Tomten, The Tomten and the Fox – Astrid Lindgren
Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal, Time of Wonder, One Morning in Maine – Robert McCloskey
Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer – Gerda Muller (no words, just pictures)
Tales of Tiptoes Lightly (series)- Reg Down – great for six and seven year olds
Teddy Robinson – a favorite, favorite, favorite for the five and a half to seven year olds.
Milly Molly Mandy Stories (series) – for six year olds and seven year olds.
Just a few thoughts from my little corner of the world.
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Thank you for introducing us to Teddy Robinson! My children absolutely adore him and of course think their teddies are Teddy Robinson
We are huge, huge Teddy fans here as well!
Carrie
I have another suggestion to add to your list for under 7′s: “The Gold at the End of the Rainbow” by Wolfram Hanel, illustrated beautifully (as usual) by Loek Koopmans.