Read to me.
They tell me reading to your kids helps them develop reading and language skills. They also say it's important for your kids to see you reading.
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| E-readers count, right? |
I grew up in a house full of books, watching my dad read in every free moment. My mom isn't as voracious a reader as he, but she too loves books, especially biographies and of course the Bible. She read to us often and loved taking us to the library. She also taught us to look for words everywhere, on signs and the sides of vehicles and the backs of cereal boxes. I'm trying to do the same with Silas, and even Ezra looks very intently at the pictures while I'm reading to Silas. I would show you a picture of this, but there's no good way to juggle a camera along with a three year old and a nearly five month old and a book.
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| Ezra devouring a good book |
I still like to be read to, as my love of literary podcasts and audiobooks will attest. I hope my kids will let me read to them for a long, long time.
Books that Silas loves for me to read to him:
This Train
The Little Red Caboose
Moonpowder
Go, Dog, Go!
What Do You Say when a Monkey Acts this Way?
The Foot Book
Oh, how many, many, feet you meet. - I read books. Hubby reads newspapers and magazines. I read to both my children when they were young. Many of the books were mine when I was a child. And now I have the privilege to read to my grand daughter.
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