When you walk into our home there is a bookshelf to your immediate right which has about 30 different children's books and various toys. No toy has gotten as much attention as "Are You My Mother", "I Love You Through and Through" or "A to Z" (just to name a few of his favorite books). There comes a certain time of the day when all Owen wants to do is read. He walks up to us carrying books and grunting. He does not let us finish what we are reading before another one is plopped into our laps.
The crazy thing is that now he knows most of the titles so if I ask him to get me a certain book he just walks over to the pile and pulls it out. About 2 weeks ago he started to go into his room and look through other books all by himself. He just sits there and looks at each page individually and sometimes points and makes the animal noises. :) To cute!!
You can see the little wheels in his head turning all of the time as he is trying to make sense of things. What a fun age!
6 comments:
books and children are an awesome combination! keep cultivating that!
you're right - it IS a fun age! and wait until he is able to finish your sentences because he has the book memorized. i LOVED reading to my kids....except when i was in the middle of making dinner. but that's what dad's are for, right? (you can choose your own interpretation of that last ambiguous statement:)
how fun!!
It's SOOO nice when kids start playing on their own! I'm thinking my mom had the right idea when she got us a bunch of kids books on tape (there was a little jingle when you were supposed to turn the page). Keep reading to him . . . one of these days he'll be reading Calvin, Ryle & Piper. :-)
sounds like my little noah! it is wonderful to see them connect to things like books! i fail with keeping it going on a regular basis. we use to read every single night, but any more it seems like i don't take that opportunity! keep going with the books, jodi! love ya, sister!
Bob and I were just commenting the other day that we could not imagine NOT reading! Most of what we send or carry back to the DR when we are in the States is books!
ENJOY those times reading together!
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