Busy Books for Preschoolers

If your child has any speech or learning delays we recommend looking at the Colours Shapes Patterns Busy Book as it help to cement their knowledge on colours and shapes and increase vocabulary and encourages speech.  Particularly good for those showing signs for struggling with speech.  Many speech therapists use this busy book in their speech therapy sessions.  Great for fine motor skills, expressive and receptive language, helps promote emotional regulation, gain cognitive skills, problem solving skills, increase in vocabulary, hand eye coordination, problem solving skills.

My Little Farm Busy Book is suitable for ages 2-5 years of age.  Designed on a learning gradient to provide some simple activities to help give the child some wins and build confidence and then eases into some more challenging activities which helps to keep them engaged for longer, including some basic math and handwriting activities.

Alphabet Numbers Writing Skills Busy Book is great for helping your 5 year old recognise letters and numbers and begin to show an interest in basic writing skills. A great busy book for easing your child into school or helping to cement what they have learnt in school

My Body Mindfulness Time Busy Book helps with body awareness, including the concept of left and right, emotional regulation and awareness, mindfulness such as cause and effect and introduces them to the concept of time

Community and Construction busy book.  This busy book is fantastic for introducing your child to members in your community.  It does require a lot of reading so will need a carer to sit wit the child and read through the community activities with them.  The construction section of the Busy Book has a number of activities your 5 year old can do on their own, with a mixture of some that will also require a carers assistance.  A great Busy Book for that construction mad child.

Pairing numeracy money busy book is great for introducing the concept of opposites to your child, sorting, following instructions, following multiple instructions, sequencing, basic rhyming words.  For those children who are looking for a challenge there is and introduction to basic math including addition and subtraction, less than greater than and which numbers come before, after and in-between number – helping with identifying if you child is solely rote learning or really does understand their numbers.  There is also a section on money as around this age children start to become curious about this topic.

Starting with Sounds Busy Book.  Some children begin to show an interest in sounding out words and sounds of letters around the age of 5, others may not show an interest in this for a year or two and that is also ok.  If you child is starting to show an interest in this we recommend the Stating with Sounds Busy Book.  Designed by a speech therapist this busy book focuses on the science of reading and follows SATPIN, which refers to the first six letters that many phonics programs begin with when introducing initial sounds to children. The combination of SATPIN letters yields the most words and has 2 continuous sounds to get students started with word building. Your child will need your guidance with this Busy Book.

Now we’re Reading Busy Book is the perfect following Busy Book from Starting with Sounds.  This Busy Book was also designed by a speech therapist and follows the Science of Reading.  It is a wonderful Busy Book to introduce your child to the concept of reading and create core fundamental knowledge of how to read.  We suggest reviewing the video of this Busy Book on the product page to see if it would be suitable for your child..

Exploring our World Busy Book is such ha fantastic Busy Book for the child who loves to ask “why”.  The curious child who is eager for knowledge will absolutely love this Busy Book. Filled with amazing information about every day live and things all around you it will introduce your child to their world and fill them with knowledge.  This busy book does require carer assistance.

Starting with Science busy book. When we think of science many of us think about high school and we may be filled with science anxiety.  The Starting with Science Busy Book was created by Kara Wetherall, a high school science teacher and mum of 3 boys.  It was designed to welcome children to the core fundamentals of science in a fun and exciting way as Kara saw so many high school students with science anxiety and lack of interest and basic knowledge about science.  This Busy Book will not only teach your child about the most important basic components of science but will also provide a range of fun and exciting experiments you can do at home with them to promote how fun science really is and how it is all around us.