Recommended Books for Filipino Storytime Age 0-5

Hello everyone! I'm so excited that there's a lot more interest in teaching kids Tagalog in our community. I have been doing Filipino Storytime with my daughter since she was born and even though books are very useful, for younger kids, I use songs as the main medium in which to teach Tagalog.

Singing and music play an important role in our culture. For our Filipino Story time, we sing a lot of songs because toddlers love to listen to music and love sing to themselves. They can recognize the melody of a song before they can actually speak the words. I also love rhyming phrases and games. I think the Filipino language has certain poetry to it that works well when spoken or read aloud.

Here is a list of books that we have used in the previous Filipino Storytime with children ages 0-5.

Antukin Philippine Folk Songs and Lullabyes by Felicidad A Prudente PhD.

Masaya Ako by Yasmin Doctor (board book)

Tagalog Toddler’s handbook

Ay Naku by Reni R. Rojas and Sergio Bumatay III

Tagu-Taguan by Jomike Tejido

Cora Cooks Pansit by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore

Bahay Kubo by Hermes Alegre

Florante at Laura at mga Kulay by Eisen V. Bernardo

Noli Me Tangere Aklat ng Hugis by Eisen V. Bernardo

Library Books:

Si Emang Engkantada at ang Tatlong Haragan

Ang itim na Kuting by Viscarra Natasha

Ang kapuri-puring kuting by Evasco Eugene Y

Bulanglang by Ortiz, Will