We are a house of readers. Greyson signs for "book" now which I think is great. We sit on the twin bed and read before he goes to bed at night and often before naps. Michael is great at voices, I'm always surprised at how many different voices he can make during story time.
Greyson picks what book he wants read by thrusting it into our faces. He has some favorites and a few he claps for when we reach the end. It is amazing to me how well he listens and pay attention. It's not unusual for us to read for 20 to 30 min at a time. This from a kid who won't sit still and watch a video for 5 min unless strapped into his carseat during a roadtrip! But story time is different. I don't know if it's because he's reading with us, or if he just likes books better than TV.
Today Greyson and I headed to our local library and picked out new books for the week. I love our library. The children's section has blocks he can play with, chairs that are just his size, big foam shapes he can crawl on and a "hideout" that Greyson loves to climb in. He runs around and plays while I find books or just sit back and watch him have fun.
We also signed Greyson up for the summer reading program. The goal is to read 12 hours over the summer and every 3 hours he'll get a prize! At the rate we read, he'll have that done by July.
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I love that, and I'm going to steal and see if our library has a summer reading program.
Did it come naturally for Greyson to read? Isaac is just now warming up to books (like won't just shut them - he likes hinges) and I think this summer reading program idea might be great.
Isaac doesn't watch TV either, just constantly is moving and beating on things.
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