Books with Repetition: Idea #118

Books with repetition are great confidence builders for struggling readers. Books with repetition do the following things:

1. Repeat the same words over and over

2. Follow a specific pattern

3. Make the next word on the page obvious to the reader 

4. Many times have a rhythm

5. Have pictures that give clues to what the words on the page say

6. Easy to memorize

7. Especially fun for beginning readers

  

Take for example Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? On every page it asks the same question to different animals. Then the answer format goes as follows: "I see a (color) (animal) looking at me." Your student will of course look at the picture to figure out what the words say. Kids catch on to the pattern quickly and then are able to read the story on their own. What a great way to get them reading!

Many board books are repetitious like Brown Bear, Brown Bear. Check out the list I found here: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/childrens-repetition . Scholastic also has a great list here: http://www.scholastic.com/tbw/viewBooklist.do?dp=%3D%3FUTF-8%3FB%3FYm9va2xpc3RJZD05OTg1NDImc2hhcmVkPXRydWU%3D%3F%3D.

Your student will enjoy reading these books with repetition. What a fun way to get your student progressing and feel like a reader!