Build your child's pre-reading skills with this rollicking sound book of nursery rhymes from the bestselling learn-to-read Bob Books program! My First Bob Books for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers are inspired by Bob Books, the bestselling phonics program that's been teaching children to learn to read for more than forty years. Developed with reading experts, My First Bob Books encourage a love of reading while simultaneously building foundational pre-reading skills. My First Bob Books -- Read. Play. Grow! Did you know that nursery rhymes can prepare your child to learn to read? This sound book collection of six classic nursery rhymes is a first words book, a pre-reading skills builder, and a child's first introduction to phonics all in one! In this fun read-aloud for toddlers and preschoolers, rhythmic, rhyming text builds oral vocabulary and phonological awareness, two critical pre-reading skills . Toddlers will love matching pictures to sound buttons to hear entertaining sound effects ( Meow! ). As children reach preschool age, press the word buttons to hear words sounded out (" c-a-t cat"). "Listen & Look!" prompts throughout, such as What sound does "cat" start with? Can you find another animal in the picture whose name begins with that sound? offer additional ways to engage your child's pre-reading skills. This book features: 6 classic nursery rhymes with playful, full-color illustrations 12 sound buttons (6 with sound effects; 6 with words sounded out. All sound button words feature short vowels, which are the vowel sounds your child needs to know to begin reading independently.) "Listen & Look!" prompts for caregivers to enrich the reading experience This book develops these pre-reading skills: A love of books and reading Oral vocabulary Phonological and phonemic awareness (hearing and playing with the sounds within words) Symbol recognition Shape recognition Visual discrimination Beginner decoding (sounding out) of phonics-based words