Alphabet Book

Title: The Alpha Kids Alphabet Book
Author: Alpha Kids
Publisher: Houghten Mifflin Company
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Age range: Preschool, K-1)

Summary: The Alpha Kids Alphabet book uses multiples words with different meanings throughout all the letters in the alphabet. It shows children interacting with the letters such as, "Kim is in the Kitchen" (Alpha kids 2000). It names food, names, activities, objects, and animals to allow younger children mainly in kindergarten and first grade apply these in communication, reading, and writing. Some children could learn their own names, learn names of foods, learn names of objects, and any word they have never heard before. Illustrations are shown in the book to help the children have a better understanding of what the word means and what it is. This book is a little more challenging than some of the ABC books I have read before. It has complete sentences, which makes it challenging for kindergarten, and possibly right at first grade level.

Response: I think this book would really help children at young ages. It could possibly be used for advanced Kindergartner's and possibly slower first graders. It uses many words for one letter, then provides a sentence to allow a broader learning experience for young readers. At the end of the book it provides short "Alpha jingles" that teachers could sing to provide letter sounds, more words, and sentence structure. I noticed that it was more complicated than most ABC books that a typical preschool or kindergartner student would read. It made me laugh, relax, and also think back to when I was reading ABC books and how now I am at college reading ABC books. This would definitely fit into younger elementary curriculum with the pronunciation of words, spelling, sentences, etc. I think its a good book to use for younger children.