Best Teaching Board Books for 1 Year Old

JamieBart · January 2014

Hi ladies!

My little guy just turned one and is really interested in books right now - especially Brown Bear Brown Bear. Are there other favorite board books that you can all recommend that helps teach numbers, letters, colors, body parts, animals etc?

I would love to hear your suggestions!!

Smh619 · January 2014

He got "Chicka, Chicka, ABC" for Christmas & really likes it.I also have "One hundred ways to get to one hundred" It's meant for older children but he likes to look at the pictures & we pick out the numbers he knows. I figure any books are good books. I take him to the library & let him pick out his own. They have a little board book section that he can pick from.

eyenigh · January 2014

My son loves the Spot books. We started with "Spot goes to Library" and now have about 20 different spot books from ABCs to counting. Lots of them have flaps, which are fun, too.

dufferoo · January 2014

The "Happy Baby" board book series by Priddy Books are pretty perfect for teaching basic word recognition. There's no scintillating text, but great clearly-labelled photographs and a few basic sentences. There are Happy Baby Words (pages on body parts, clothing, animals, colors , etc.), Happy Baby Colors, Happy Baby ABC, etc.

Megispreg · January 2014

DD loves the Bright Baby Priddy Books, especially the First Words one. She also really likes DK My First Body Board Book.

Comicfanh13 · January 2014

Ten Apples Up On Top
Alphabet Zoo
Whose Toes Are Those?
Whose Knees Are These?
Counting Kisses
Head to Toe
Mister Brown Can Moo Can You?

Those are a few that leap to my head. Your local library may have a baby or toddler story time. Stop in and ask about these programs and try them! It's not just books, which are geared toward the audience's age, but there are also songs and movement games that are great learning tools as well!

fusionbride · January 2014

I'm in the camp that any book your LO likes can help him learn-- you as the parent can point out the colors, count things in the pictures, ask him questions about what is in the pictures etc.

LO's fav board books are Brown Bear Brown Bear, Hungry caterpillar, the Sandra Boynton Going to bed book, Sandra Boynton Doggies book, Toes Ears & Nose and other Lift-the-flap books, and The Book of Sleep. she also LOVES magazines and adult books with paper pages she can rip-- I now have a new market for all my junk mail. I think even catalogs can be educational if you interact with your LO and point things out.

this decaf life · January 2014

I love Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom ABC. We got the number one too and the rhyming isn't quite as good but I still like it.

ashiscute · January 2014

Both my kids love Sandra Boynton books. Moo Baa Lalalala and Blue Hat, Green Hat are two favorites. Also, Sesame Street has a collection of $1 board books that teach colors, shapes, etc that my kids both love. I find them at either Target or the Dollar Tree.

I agree with PP. Head to the library and let your LO pick. Any book is an opportunity to learn.

cedenton · January 2014

Not necessarily for teaching, but really likes 10 in the Bed and Llama Llama Nighty Night.

JamieBart · January 2014

Thank you for all of the great suggestions! My little guy attends the weekly library reading time with his Nanny since I work full time and also goes to music class where they do some teaching songs but I always like to hear what is working for everyone else. I will definitely take a look at these. Thanks again!