Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things.
Reading has been by far our favorite thing to do together. I remember reading Isaac his very first book when he was 3 months old. By age 9 months, I could leave Isaac in any corner of the house with a stack of board book and find him flipping through them when I returned 15 minutes later.
I slacked a little with
Ziva when she was a new born. But in the last year made up for it by
reading to her books from Isaac's age group. She used to be a poor
listener but now has patience of a 5-year-old listening to books I read
to Isaac and answering questions I ask him.
Every day is read
to me day. With Isaac now reading, I occasionally find him pouring
over pages trying to figure out words and put together sentences. But
we still sit together and devour books. I love the books as much as they do.
But
I can never forget where we started. There were those first few books
that got me started and kept me going. I love reading and have read
several books more than once. But in the past 5 years there have been a
few books I have read a few million times plus or minus a few
thousands here and there.
Its the books that would calm the cranky sick baby.
Its the books that would keep the wriggly wiggly baby calm in my lap as I sat through church.
Its the books that would make an impatient toddler settle in his car sear for a six-hour drive to Timbuktu.
Its
the books that would keep the little one sitting still on the potty
with a mommy sitting close by with fingers crossed hoping that today
would be the day that her little one would finally get trained.
Its the books that made nap time easier and wake up times happier.
These
are my list of favorite baby/toddler/ pre-schooler books. I still have
these, my fiver year old still ravages through them and so I am not
sharing!!!
Good night moon by Maragret Wise Brown
The
silliest little rhyme there is to be found. But the loveliest little
lullaby to put both mommy and baby to sleep. This was the first book I
ready to Isaac. We still read it and we still love it! When I read it to
Ziva, I found a new perspective : ' Look for the mouse in each page'
and just like that I the book found new meaning to my second born. Love
it
Runaway bunny by Maragret Wise Brown
Another
lovely book by the same author of Good night moon. This one makes you
want to hug your little toddler closer as they look to runaway! Both
Isaac and Ziva loved listening to how I would run and catch them where
ever they went!
Big Red Barn by Maragret Wise Brown
Again
from the author of Good night moon comes a story about all the barn
animals. Lovely little rhyme about the farm from dawn to dusk. Lovely
little wake up son or lullaby!
Barnyard dance by Sandra Boyton
This crazy book, could possibly be Isaac and Ziva's introduction to a rap song! A fun book to rhyme and rap and dance with.
The going to bed book by Sandra Boyton
Another
book form the author of Barnyard Dance and a perfect glance into the
life of the animals in Noah's Ark. Love the imagination of the author on
what all the animals must have done on the Ark before they went to
sleep.
Time for bed by Mem Fox
The
sweetest way to say good night to my little ones. A sweet way to
convince them to close their sleepy eyes and hug and kiss mommy
goodnight.
Hush little baby a folk song
This is Ziva's favorite. From age 18 months till recently every night Suresh would sing this song to close the day.
They
say its never too early to sing or read to a child and I would say its
never to late to read these books to your little one. To all the
mommies who read the same book millions times - I salute you!
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