Thanks to Yonit Kasten at TeachYourBabyToRead for sharing this with us:
I did the books on the square bit cards, made the letters nice and big 3-hole punched them and tied them up with yarn. So for example, some of the earliest books were things like:

Sima’s Breakfast
scrambled eggs
(picture of scrambled eggs)
Orange juice
(picture of a glass of orange juice)
bowl of cereal
(picture of a bowl of cereal)
Delicious!

That is just one example, we had them for going on a walk, her gymnastics class, her family…pretty much anything that was about her and interest her. And as I said, each of the words in the above story was also made into a word card for the baby, and dd would sometimes listen in. As she got into it more, I made the stories more complex and also not always about her. LOL

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Thanks to Tamsyn Spackman

Thanks to Tamsyn Spackman for sharing this:

I wanted to send a thank you note to the person who recommended making books with photo albums from the dollar store and couldn’t find out who it was. I went to our local second hand store and bought two photo albums and it made making books really easy, and they’re sturdy enough for my baby which is always a plus. A lot of people donate their old photo albums because they want to switch to acid-free things for their photos, but I think for a book with magazine clippings, etc, they work great, and it’s nice to recycle too. Anyway, I just wanted
to share in my excitement, and thanks again!

Tamsyn Spackman