Rhyming

The silly rhymes in The AniMIXals story designed to launch your child’s imagination. The rhyming words in the  sentences are color coded to ensure that the reader takes note of which words rhyme. Rhyming is an essential component of reading awareness. Funny and visually absurd rhymes work together to help children remember sounds that make up our complicated written language system.  Understanding rhymes is an early indicator of a child’s readiness to read by understanding that words can be broken apart and individual sounds may be similar with other words.

 

This book also contains predicting opportunities; a technique that reading specialists use very early on with children. It involves leading the child to predict what will happen next in a story. The aniMIXal series of books work by activating background knowledge of the animals to make connections between new and known information. Another solid reading comprehension technique is  creating mental images. When the reader is asked to imagine an animal made from 2 others, the reader is engaged and forms an image of the “meaning” of the words. I hope you enjoy the hidden lessons in this book for your children. They were designed to help your child’s development. Read the silly names loud and have fun!