Reading to your baby

I love reading to my baby and have been since she was first born. Now I don't always read to her every night. It sometimes goes in waves right now until we get a better schedule togther. I prefer to read to her during the day. So sometimes in the morning or afternoon I will read her a couple books.

What I have also started to do is let her play with the books. I let her turn pages and enjoy the book. I think this is also an important thing to do. I go in knowing she will chew on the books so I ake sure the books in her read are safe and are approriate for a 6 month old to attempt to eat. I get a lot of joy ut of sharing my love of books with Penelope and seeing her start to take an interest in them.

So don't beat yourself up and do as much as you can. It is just like any reader, if you skip a day it is fine. I sometimes read a bunch of books in one sitting and sometimes we do one. It depends on your baby and the time you have.

Baby Lit Books Post #1

I love classics. When I was in middle school and high school that is all I read. I was "that" kid and am actually still proud of that. So when a friend told me about a book series for babies based off of classics I had to check them out. I got the five I am going to talk about from my baby shower. If you have read the classic reading the board book to your child is highly entertaining. The series is called BabyLit Books.

First up is Frankenstein An Anatomy Primer. This one goes through the parts of the body. Which is fantastic. Pride and Prejudice is a Counting Primer. This board books uses elements from the book to teach counting. It uses locations, characters, and plot points. Little Women A Playtime Primer teaches different activities such as drawing, writing, and playing the piano all activites the sisters do in the novel. Each activity also has a quote from the novel. Which is a really nice touch. Dracula A Counting Primer is adorable. This one is layed out very much like the Pride and Prejudice one. It uses characters, plot points, and locations to teaching coutning skills. The last one I will talk about is Alice in Wonderland A Colors Primer. It selects elements of the story and highlights different colors. It is well done and very cute. All these books have great colors and interesting for both baby and parent.

It is a great way to expose children to classic novels. I feel there is a play for classic works and while we are currently working to expand that definition. Historical novels have an important place on understanding our past.