Creating Your Childs Own Book?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I had a thought yesterday that i might create a photobook for DD1 for her 3rd birthday but make it into a story book?

The book would be titled A Girl Named Ava, and every time there is an A or a V in the book it will be in a different color for her to see.
She can write her own name already and is starting to learn to write more letters (so proud) and i thought this could be a way to help.

IE. Once there was a girl named Ava (at the top), pic of her in the middle then A is for Ava at the bottom.
She has a sister named Zara (pic) Z is for Zara on the bottom?


Basically 1 sentence per page associated with the pic and then the main letter at the bottom, would this assist not only with recognising the letters but help her with reading later on?

Do you think this would be a good idea, it would also be something she could keep and we would use pictures we all love.

Hopefully between now and then one of the companies has a deal on photo books, i could also do one for Zara for her 2nd birthday?

[briggsy's girl]

i've thought about doing something similar - but more an alphabet book (so it's in order) and add pics that correspond - with elements around the main pic that reflect the alphabet letter kwim?

ETA - Artscow have offers all the time
the one i seen on FB yesterday was a 39 page photo book for 12.99 delivered

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Yeah I was thinking alphabet but most of the small decent priced big w soft books only allow 20 pages, thought if I make a storybook about her & her fave things would encourage reading skills too.

Artscow???


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- Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!

[briggsy's girl]

american based. pretty good. always lots of offers

[Nai]

We have done a very cheap version of this - get the plastic leafed display books and print out the pics with a sentence underneath and then slide them into the plastic sleves. We do it for all of our holidays and one for each of the girls. Then we add to them as they grow and they can make up the sentences themselves to describe the pictures.

[Tuesday's Child]

Just subscribing. Great ideas!

[Starfish]

Great ideas.

What I want to do (if I ever get around to it), is to illustrate a children's story that I've written with pictures of DD and her toys (it is a story about a princess and her animal friends). I am basically going to do a collage of photos, glue them on paper above the words, and then laminate and bind it, so I am not restricted by the number of pages in a book.

[BrightSparkles]

I thnk harvey norman do this.