Thursday, October 7, 2010
Books!
The little guy has weaned (sob), so our new bedtime routine involves reading some board books together. He's getting pretty good at turning the pages, but his sense of timing needs work.
It's a good thing there aren't a lot of words on each page and the plot is minimal because he rarely goes through the book the right usual way. He seems to randomly combine skipping a bunch of pages and going through the book backwards. For some reason I feel compelled to read each page out loud as he turns to it. It makes the stories a little choppy, and sometimes I really have to rush (or guess at what the page says). "Who says quack? Cows say moo. Not a hen. Look! A dog! Cows say moo. Cock-a-doodle-doo. Cows say moo. Who says quack?"
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Bittersweet--he's leaving babyhood behind, but you're raising a reader and he's using the bookshelf that his grandfather, father and uncle all used. I can't wait to read that hens say moo to him myself, as he turns the pages! love Grandma
ReplyDeleteHe'll be a hit at daycare ... "Owen, what does a cow say?" "Cock-a-doodle-do!"
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Ha ha. This is hilarious because Jude and I do the same thing. Why are we compelled to rush through and read the words on the page? Sometimes I get frustrated that he doesn't want to go through the book in order. I just don't understand how the book is satisfying that way!
ReplyDelete~Sarah
Reading books is so antiquated. You need to get Owen a Kindle!
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