Note to parents and educators
Reading is a skill that comes easy for some of us; for others it’s a huge challenge.
Both myself and my son fell into that second category. It was well into second grade before it clicked for me, and my son also struggled to get reading to catch on.
As I tried to teach him sight words, phonics and then spelling words, a huge challenge as a parent (and not a reading expert) was to find books at his level that matched with what he was learning at school. So I began to write my own books using the many animal photos I already had taken for animalseekers.com.
In talking with other parents and reading countless Facebook posts, I also came to realize that many kids love animals. But while there’s a lot of books with animals for beginning readers, there are not many sites geared toward early readers about animals that they can read themselves.
Hence the idea for Animal Seekers Kids was born. On this sight you’ll find short profiles of animals designed for early elementary kids to read either on their own or with assistance depending on their skill levels (they can click through to longer profiles on AnimalSeekers.com once they’ve become more advanced readers).
There’s also a link to Animal Seekers books I’ve written, as well as links to reviews of books for kids with animals in them to give you ideas of other books they can read.
The last section includes a link to worksheets and games to help kids learn to read. These pair with the books as well as the animal profiles.
These pages are designed for all young readers and are designed to meet them at the level they are at. It starts with the basics – learning the letters A-Z – and works its way up.
One note: I am not a reading expert, just a mom who has gone through helping her kid learn to read. This sight is designed to engage kids in reading and writing with a topic many of them love: Animals. I hope they enjoy it!
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