by Cherith Clark

Monster Spray is a predictable book that makes use of rhyme and repetition of words, phrases, and sentences. Monster Spray will invite your child to make predictions or guesses about the words, phrases, and sentences that could come up in the story.

Rhyming is an important pre-reading skill and the stronger a child's ability to rhyme the greater success the child will experience as a reader. Rhymes and predictable text help children become aware of phonemes, these are the smallest units of sound that make up words. This awareness leads to future reading and writing success.

Facing a Common Childhood Fear

The book Monster Spray can help your child deal with and overcome the common childhood fear of monsters. When children start remembering their dreams they often have a hard time separating dreams from reality. It is important to give your child a concrete way of combating those fears. The character in the story was able to get rid of the monster by spraying it with secret monster spray. Not only will your child relate to the character, but they will also be able to use monster spray to get rid of their own monsters. This is a lighthearted story that portrays monsters to be annoying rather than scary which will also help to relieve your child's fears.

Happy Reading!

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