First 100 Words Board Book
by Priddy Books
$4-$7
A padded board book with bright photos of 100 first words organized by category. The most-read book in our house by a landslide.
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What We Like
- Real photographs capture baby attention better than illustrations
- Words organized by category make it easy to focus on topics baby likes
- Padded cover and thick board pages survive aggressive toddler handling
- Supports language development through pointing and naming activities
- Under $6 makes it the best value book for babies and toddlers
What Could Be Better
- You'll read this book so many times you'll have it memorized in a week
- The binding can eventually give out if your toddler is particularly rough with books
Safety Notes
Board book pages are thick and rounded to prevent paper cuts. Non-toxic inks and materials. Supervise young babies who may try to tear or eat pages. Wipe clean with a damp cloth.
Buying Guide Notes
This is a must-buy. Period. The entire First 100 series is great. Start with First 100 Words, then add First 100 Animals and First 100 Things That Go as your kid's interests develop. The "Dear Zoo" lift-the-flap book is another excellent companion for this age. Sandra Boynton board books are great for read-aloud stories. But for pure vocabulary building, nothing beats this book.
Full Review
If you buy one book for your baby, make it this one. The First 100 Words board book has real photographs (not illustrations) of 100 common objects grouped by category: food, animals, clothes, toys, things that go, colors, and more. Babies and toddlers are drawn to real photos in a way that illustrations don't match, and pointing to things and naming them is how language development happens. Our daughter started flipping through this around 7 months, mostly just grabbing pages and chewing the corners. By 12 months she was pointing at pictures when we named them. By 18 months she was saying the words herself. We've read it so many times that the cover is taped together and several pages have bite marks and crayon scribbles. That's what a well-loved baby book looks like. The padded cover and thick board pages survive toddler handling better than most books. The word groupings by category make it easy to focus on topics your kid is interested in (our daughter was obsessed with the food page for months). At under $6, it's the cheapest and most effective language development tool you can buy. We've gifted this to every new parent we know.
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