If you’re looking for an engaging, beautifully-illustrated book to read with your preschooler, look no further than Wimmelbooks. The vivid and detailed pictures of this German series hold stories just waiting to be discovered by little ones. I received My Big Wimmelbook: Firetrucks from Timberdoodle in exchange for this review. We love it so much, I plan to order the Farm book to go with William’s (age 3) Montessori farm materials.
Grab a blanket and cozy up together with this big book. When reading aloud with your young child, books that invite engagement without too much narration allows for kids to ask questions and build vocabulary as they interact with you. My Big Wimmelbooks presents an ideal opportunity for this. Study detailed images and make guesses as to what is happening. What will happen next? Who are these people and where are they going?
Use visual discrimination to identify the characters as they move through the book. This skill helps prepare the brain for reading. Not only that, but look and find type books (think Where’s Waldo) can help the brain process microsaccades more efficiently building up visual perception.
Because the book is detailed yet open-ended, you can ask children to play sound games to build literacy (“I spy something that starts with /p/ — yes /p/ puppy”). You can do the same with rhymes as well. Just, ya know, be careful with the word firetruck.
All in all, these are beautiful, sturdy books with a multitude of benefits to be gleaned. I’m so happy Timberdoodle turned me on to them. I’d like every single one please. I think you might too.
Find it as part of Timberdoodle’s 2021 Preschool Curriculum Kit here.
Great tips for getting the most out of this fun book! Thanks for sharing!