Tessy & Tab Reading Club Magazines

What better way to encourage your child to read than by having a magazine arrive in the mailbox just for him? Tessy and Tab magazines are perfectly sized for preschoolers ages 2-6. They incorporate six skills for early literacy, which were created by expert advisers from organizations including the U.S. Department of Education and The National Institute for Literacy. A parent’s guide arrives with the first issue to show you how to use the magazines to build reading skills at different ages. For example, with a two-year-old you may simply point to and name familiar objects on a page or ask him what is happening in each scene. For an older child, you can choose an object on a page and have him find the matching word in the story.

Tessy and Tab are reoccurring characters who have fun adventures going to a carnival, grocery store, airport, doctor’s office, kindergarten…even a pumpkin patch! Each page has colorful illustrations with one sentence captions. After the story, there’s an activity section that includes counting, learning words beginning with a certain letter of the alphabet, a coloring page, and a search for objects and words featured somewhere within the story. Your child will equally enjoy thumbing through them with you or on his own. The magazines are small and printed on heavy stock paper so they’ll fit easily in your purse or bag for reading opportunities in the car or while waiting at the doctor’s office.

An annual subscription with two issues arriving monthly costs $48. It’s a great gift to last throughout the preschool years, and the boost in your child’s reading ability will give him extra confidence and an eagerness to learn when entering kindergarten. Visit www.tessyandtab.com for more info and to find several interactive games and downloadable coloring pages.