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• Building Site

  Dyrander, Johnny

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  Work on the fine motor skills needed for writing with interactive books like this which has moving parts for kids to manipulate.

• Counting With a Ladybug

  Explore the Finger Trails and Cut-out Shapes

  Mitchem, James

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  Work on the fine motor skills needed for writing with interactive books like this which has moving parts for kids to manipulate.

• Active ABC

  Slater, Nicola

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  Touch and trace upper and lower case letters to teach your child the shapes of letters

• I Don't Draw, I Color!

  Lehrhaupt, Adam

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  First step to writing is scribbling and coloring. This develops fine motor skills and how to use a pencil

• Drawn Together

  Lê, Minh, 1979-

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  Draw the first part of a picture and let your child do the next part. Create a story with your art.

• The Day the Crayons Quit

  Daywalt, Drew

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  Help your child write a letter to a grandparent or family friend. You could write the words and let them draw if they cannot write yet.

• The Panda Problem

  Underwood, Deborah

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  This shows the parts of a story. Create a story with your child. You start with once upon a time a...and let your child finish the sentence. Take turns until the story is finished. Write it down so your child can connect spoken word with print

• Also An Octopus

  Or, A Little Bit of Nothing

  Tokuda-Hall, Maggie

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  This book shows how storytelling works. Pick two random things (like an octopus and a ukulele in the book) and help your child create a story around them. Either write it down or draw pictures to go with the story.

• Sallie Bee Writes a Thank-you Note

  Sheinmel, Courtney

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  Help your child write a thank you note to a friend. Let them sign their name to practice writing letters.

• I Can't Draw

  Martin, Stephen W., 1981-

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  Drawing is the first step before writing by working on fine motor skills.

• Fingertrail ABC

  Brooks, Felicity

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  Your child can trace the letters with their fingers, a first step to learning how to write the letters.

• XO, Ox

  a Love Story

  Rex, Adam

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  Help your child write a note to a friend. Let them scribble the message or just have them work on signing their name to practice writing letters.

• I Cannot Draw a Horse

  Harper, Charise Mericle

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  A mini art lesson within a story. By starting with just a shape, the author creates different characters and a story. Draw a shape for your child and let them turn it into an animal. Help your child write the name of the animal they made.

• A Squiggly Story

  Larsen, Andrew, 1960-

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  A child wants to write a story but only knows his letters - not words. By starting with one letter he is able to create a story. Perfect inspiration for pre-readers to still make stories.

• A Is for Apple

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  Your child can trace the letters with their fingers, a first step to learning how to write the letters.