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At My Playroom, we envision picture books as a lot more than just mere stories; they are one pathway to learning and development. Our handpicked collection will cater to the nurturing language, social skills, creativity, and emotional intelligence of the 3-5-year-olds.
Between 3 and 5 years, children grow a lot in such features as cognitive, emotional, and social ones. In this respect, picture books become an important tool for teaching those basic ideas, such as colours, shapes, and numbers, in some sort of game-like way. They inculcate very initial stages of concentration and listening, even creative skills since words started matching pictures in an understandable language in the context of the surrounding world.
Books with illustrations make it easier to learn new words and structures that might be used in sentences. Through illustrations those words are brought closer to meanings, making it easier to understand the language. This would result in children synthesizing the word identification and meaning that picture reading brings with word-to-word connections.
A lot of the picture books are centred around emotions, friendship, and day-to-day hardships children go through. Recapturing fears, learning how to -say- it feels, or getting through relationships will provide an opportunity for a child to grasp and respond to emotions. Such books would give consolation to him and lead the child to a safe area where to go and discuss his emotions.
Picture books introduce diversified characters and situations to children for the development of empathy and appreciation for differences. A way to teach politeness, sharing, and respect is taught to kids through stories. Therefore, picture books become the medium for teaching values socially toward developing a sense of compassion among children.
Picture books inspire creativity in children due to their imaginative plots and colourful illustrations. Most stories take them to some enchanted land where they fantasize and create; hence, thinking out of the box. Interactive books with textures and flaps also invite the child into a tactile experience for further enhancement of cognitive skills.
Reading together is one good way for parents to be close to their children. The picture books offer shared experiences that promote communication, discussion, and literacy. This together taken time will generate closeness and will inculcate the reading habit at an early age.
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View full detailsBy: Kate Knapp ISBN: 9781460756911 For Ages: 3+ years old The bestselling Ruby Red Shoes is back!One is for me. I'm one of a kind.I'm separate from...
View full detailsISBN: 9781558580091 he most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
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View full detailsISBN: 9781938298998 The stars belong in the deep night sky, and the moon belongs there too, and the winds belong in each place they blow by, and I ...
View full detailsISBN: 9780789213822 Flip and flop heads, tails, and bodies to make 1,000 remarkable birds!From the best-selling illustrator of Mix-a-Mutt, Flip-o-s...
View full detailsISBN: 9781460756904 For Ages: 3+ years old The bestselling Ruby Red Shoes is back!A is for angelsflying above and around.Their softest of wingsmake...
View full detailsISBN: 9781474952712Sam TaplinIllustrated by Stephen Cartwright Join Poppy and Sam for lots of fingerprinting fun in this entertaining activity book...
View full detailsISBN: 9781943200009 "What do you do with a problem? Especially one that follows you around and doesn't seem to be going away? Do you worry about it...
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View full detailsISBN: 9781925970678 The book every parent and carer has been waiting for to help calm the storm of tantrums.Having a tanty? Chucking your toys out ...
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View full detailsAuthor: Penny Harrison ISBN: 9781761211263The Little Things is a reassuring reminder that there is plenty in the world to make us smile and give u...
View full detailsISBN: 9780670078042By Anna Walker Bill is having a bad day. Mr Huff is following him around and making everything seem difficult.Bill tries to get ...
View full detailsISBN: 9781839945304 An adorable new buggy edition of this bestselling baby book - with felt flaps and a mirror! Each title in this stylish series h...
View full detailsISBN: 9781409583882 A delightful story book with a wind-up ladybird toy and four different tracks to follow through the garden. Wind up the ladybir...
View full detailsISBN: 9781474917933 By: Katie Daynes, Christine Pym (Illustrator) A busy, interactive reference book introducing children to the fascinating world...
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View full detailsISBN: 9781925970449 The Feelings Series are beautifully produced picture books that cover different emotional concepts for young children.The Feeli...
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View full detailsHow the cat purred and how the witch grinned,As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind.The witch and her cat fly happily over fores...
View full detailsA colourful book full of pictures to fingerprint and with its own inkpad of seven bright colours to paint with. Bursting with fun fingerprinting id...
View full detailsby Jess Racklyeft ISBN: 9781925972917 Tides will rise and moons will fall,I’ll be beside you through it all. Filled with love, hope and possibil...
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View full detailsBy: Susan Verde ISBN: 9781419746734 The fourth book in the bestselling I Am series by Susan Verde and Peter H. ReynoldsA celebration of love and co...
View full detailsAuthor: Chris FerrieISBN: 9781492656289 A brand-new board book series with simple explanations of complex ideas for your future genius! It only tak...
View full detailsOpen this book and travel your way all through the year and treasure each day.From this author/illustrator team comes a timeless account of a year ...
View full detailsISBN: 9781761470080 This delightful story from a winning team perfectly celebrates the joy and chaos of a baby-filled day!It's a busy day for baby ...
View full detailsISBN: 9781970147773 In a world marked by uncertainty, award-winning children's book author M.H. Clark brings a reassuring tale celebrating the gent...
View full detailsISBN: 9781760878290 By: Alison Lester A special 30th anniversary edition in hardback of Alison Lester's classic story of a country childhood.Alison...
View full detailsISBN: 9780143787181By: Anna Walker From this master picture-book creator comes a warm, funny and empowering story about overcoming fear, and the un...
View full detailsISBN: 9780670076758 Alison Lester May you, my baby, sleep softly at night, and when dawn lights the world, may you wake up to birdsong.Part poem, p...
View full detailsISBN: 9781761040955by Jane Godwin (Author), Anna Walker (Illustrator) Reading age : 3 - 5 years A timely and uplifting picture book for 5+, reflect...
View full detailsFrom massive diggers and monster trucks to supertankers and colossal cranes, this book is perfect for little fans of big machines. The book is orga...
View full detailsISBN: 9780141375984 The perfect story to share with little ones, with all the excitement of the fire station!Spot knows just what he wants t...
View full detailsISBN: 9781509830381 ''Wise old man, won't you help me, please? My house is a squash and squeeze.'' A little old lady lives all by herself but she's...
View full detailsISBN: 9781938298073 A New York Times Best Seller and award-winning book, What Do You Do With an Idea? is for anyone who's ever had a big idea. This...
View full detailsAuthor: Carrie Gallasch, Hannah Sommerville (Illustrator) When a girl is given a coin to spend at the market, she thinks carefully about what to bu...
View full detailsISBN: 9781529096125 Push, pull and slide the moving mechanisms to bring the story to life in this brilliant board book based on the classic picture...
View full detailsISBN: 9781408354407 A funny, touching and triumphant story from a bestselling and award-winning creative team.Gerald would love to join in with the...
View full detailsISBN: 9781509894178 By: Julia Donaldson, Lydia Monks (Illustrator) Tempted by the promise of fame and fortune, the Singing Mermaid joins a circus. ...
View full detailsChristie Matheson ISBN: 9780062393395 How do you make a garden grow In this playful companion to the popular Tap the Magic Tree and Touch the Brigh...
View full detailsBy: Jane Godwin, Anna Walker (Illustrator) ISBN: 9780670076765 Tim, Hannah, Sunita, Joe and Polly are all off to school for the first time. Would...
View full detailsISBN: 9780143507185 'A busy week, a slower day. Brings time to dream and time to play.'From the creators of the much-loved All Through the Year com...
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