Kindergarten & Preschool Fine Motor Skills

Preschool & Kindergarten Reading Lists

Studies have shown that reading out loud to children is probably one of the most significant activities we can do with them. These books are recommended for Preschool and Kindergarten aged children.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day Judith Voist (age 5-8)	Alphabetics Suse MacDonald (age 4-6)	Alfie Gives a Hand Suse MacDonald (age 3-7)	Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock Eric Kimmel (age 5-8)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr (preschool)	Caps For Sale Esphyr Slobodkina (age 4-8)	Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin, Jr (age 3-6)	Click, Clack, Moo. Cows that Type Doreen Cronin (age 5-8)
Color Zoo Lois Elhert (preschool)	Corduroy Don Freeman (age 3-7)	Crickwing Janell Cannon (age 6-9)	Curious George H.A. Rey (age 4-7)
Froggy Learns to Swim Jonathan London	Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram (preschool)	Harry The Dirty Dog Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham (preschool)	Have You Seen My Duckling Nancy Tafari (preschool)
Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber (age 4-7)	I Read Signs Tana Hoban (age 3-6)	I See, You Saw N. Karlin (age 4-6)	Joseph Had A Little Overcoat Simms Taback (age 4-8)
Library Lion Michelle Knudsen (age 4-8)	Make Way For Ducklings R. McCloskey (age 4-8)	Mirette on the High Wire E.A. McCully (age 4-8)	Mouse Count Ellen Walsh (age 5-6)
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters John Steptoe (age 4-8)	Officer Buckle and Gloria P. Rathmann (age 5-8)	Olivia Ian Falconer (age 3-7)	Ox-Cart Man D. Hall (age 4-8)
Song and Dance Man K. Ackerman (age 4-8)	Ten Black Dots Donald Crews (age 5-8)	The Empty Pot Demi (age 4-8)	The Little Engine That Could Watty Piper (preschool)
The Little Red Hen Paula Galdone (preschool)	The Other Dog Madeleine L'Engle (age 4-8)	The Three Little Pigs Paul Galdone (age 4-8)	Tuesday D. Wiesner (age 4-8)

Some of our favourite authors are:

Opposites Eric Carle (preschool)	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle (preschool)	The Very Busy Spider Eric Carle (age 3-6)	From Head To Toe Eric Carle (preschool)
I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem Jamie Lee Curtis (age 4-8)	It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel Jamie Lee Curtis (age 5-8)	Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day Jamie Lee Curtis (age 3-8)	Where Do Balloons Go?: An Uplifting Mystery Jamie Lee Curtis (age 4-7)
Hop On Pop Dr. Seuss (preschool)	One fish two fish Dr. Seuss (age 5-8)	Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss (age 4-7)	The Cat in The Hat Dr. Seuss (age 4-7)
Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Months Maurice Sendak (age 4-8)	Where The Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak (age 5-8)	Mommy? Maurice Sendak (age 4-8)	Nutshell Library Maurice Sendak (age 5-6)

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