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From: Maia <maia>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:04:58 -0400
At 16 months, my daughter is most fond of books that allow her to do or say something or mama and dada to make funny voices/sounds. For such young children, I think it is important to encourage them to be a part of the story, to apply to the story to the familiar, and to play with words or sounds. Here are some of the books we enjoy daily:
Sandra Boynton's : she barks along with the various dogs, and is particularly fond of the midnight howl; Boynton's A to Z: with some of the letters she participates, kissing when the kangaroo kisses and saying "Bye" when the lion leaves; <Horns to Toes and in Between> -- she does all of the motions; and <The Going to Bed Book>, where she seems to enjoy the familiar activities, especially brushing her teeth.
Maurice Pledger's two board books are some of her "particulars", with the animal A to Z (Bobby Bear's A to Z) we point out each of the animals; for some of the letters, she goes and searches for the matching stuffed animal (e.g. the frog and the monkey). With the numbers book (Billy Bunny), we put our right hands together and count out the ducks, frogs, bees, etc.
Dr. Seuss. Well, enough said. She loves Dr. Seuss. Most especially , (at one point she insisted on <The Foot Book> close to twenty times a day) -- we play with her feet all through, lifting them up and down, high and low, and contrasting little feet (hers) with bigger feet (ours). <My Many Colored Days> is another excellent book; the voices are great fun to do, and it gives her a chance to see us expressing all of those emotions! She also does many of the voices in <Mr. Brown Can Moo>; I think her favorites are the cow, the door, and BOOM BOOM!
She definitely enjoys alphabet books; she and I also work on ASL while we read. is an A to Z with beautiful illustrations, (and my daughter loves bunnies.) She does like the Seuss A to Z, though she has a hard time making it all the way through. (I think the reason here is that it is just _too_ unfamiliar; she doesn't see animals that match those animals, or people that look like those people, and she is young enough to enjoy moments of recognition.)
allows her to direct mama; we read the whole book, and then on the last page, she points at each of the animals and mama has to do the voices (ribbit ribbit NEIGH growl swish swish...)
Of course, my daughter loves these books because she has two people willing to read to her and to play ridiculously while they do. I love these books because they encourage that side of us, giving us the opportunity to growl and meow and boof, and tickle toes and bellybuttons and ears. I think that for very young children it is as much the reader as the book that defines the experience; my daughter will now read books to herself -- a beginning bibliophile! -- but it is still mama and dada who initially translate the text for her understanding and enjoyment.
Maia
-maia at littlefolktales.org www.littlefolktales.org the Spirited Review: www.littlefolktales.org/reviews.html
Received on Fri 12 May 2000 07:04:58 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:04:58 -0400
At 16 months, my daughter is most fond of books that allow her to do or say something or mama and dada to make funny voices/sounds. For such young children, I think it is important to encourage them to be a part of the story, to apply to the story to the familiar, and to play with words or sounds. Here are some of the books we enjoy daily:
Sandra Boynton's : she barks along with the various dogs, and is particularly fond of the midnight howl; Boynton's A to Z: with some of the letters she participates, kissing when the kangaroo kisses and saying "Bye" when the lion leaves; <Horns to Toes and in Between> -- she does all of the motions; and <The Going to Bed Book>, where she seems to enjoy the familiar activities, especially brushing her teeth.
Maurice Pledger's two board books are some of her "particulars", with the animal A to Z (Bobby Bear's A to Z) we point out each of the animals; for some of the letters, she goes and searches for the matching stuffed animal (e.g. the frog and the monkey). With the numbers book (Billy Bunny), we put our right hands together and count out the ducks, frogs, bees, etc.
Dr. Seuss. Well, enough said. She loves Dr. Seuss. Most especially , (at one point she insisted on <The Foot Book> close to twenty times a day) -- we play with her feet all through, lifting them up and down, high and low, and contrasting little feet (hers) with bigger feet (ours). <My Many Colored Days> is another excellent book; the voices are great fun to do, and it gives her a chance to see us expressing all of those emotions! She also does many of the voices in <Mr. Brown Can Moo>; I think her favorites are the cow, the door, and BOOM BOOM!
She definitely enjoys alphabet books; she and I also work on ASL while we read. is an A to Z with beautiful illustrations, (and my daughter loves bunnies.) She does like the Seuss A to Z, though she has a hard time making it all the way through. (I think the reason here is that it is just _too_ unfamiliar; she doesn't see animals that match those animals, or people that look like those people, and she is young enough to enjoy moments of recognition.)
allows her to direct mama; we read the whole book, and then on the last page, she points at each of the animals and mama has to do the voices (ribbit ribbit NEIGH growl swish swish...)
Of course, my daughter loves these books because she has two people willing to read to her and to play ridiculously while they do. I love these books because they encourage that side of us, giving us the opportunity to growl and meow and boof, and tickle toes and bellybuttons and ears. I think that for very young children it is as much the reader as the book that defines the experience; my daughter will now read books to herself -- a beginning bibliophile! -- but it is still mama and dada who initially translate the text for her understanding and enjoyment.
Maia
-maia at littlefolktales.org www.littlefolktales.org the Spirited Review: www.littlefolktales.org/reviews.html
Received on Fri 12 May 2000 07:04:58 AM CDT
