Bedtime stories for 2-1/2 year old
land...@aloha.com
anyone have a suggestion of chapter books I can start reading to him?
Also are there any books out there about little boys who bite, and learn
not to because it hurts people. We are having real trouble with him
biting us and I thought a book about a child who learns not to bite would
get the point accross to him. Heaven's knows we've tried everything else!
Mahalo
Alan Stewart
>I read my son a couple of picture/story books each night before bed, does
>anyone have a suggestion of chapter books I can start reading to him?
books to very young children. There are so many wonderful picturebooks that
givelanguage to the world that the child is experiencing, experiences he often
doesn't know the word
s for until he hears it in a story. Keep reading the great,
the best picturebooks, just read 6 or 8, or 2 over and over. RIF recommends
that the child hear a thousand books a year! Sincerely, Leslie and Alanna
- just me -
dauerba@gwdgv1
Rather let him test his brand new teeth on lots of other things. The younger
you start using books as manipulative tools the sooner he'll see through
that trick, the sooner he'll be suspicious of all educators. David Auerbach
P.S. that doesn't mean you should read the childrens' version of Silence
of the Lambs!
D. Beagley
Rebecca, the feral toddler, really loves "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" (Eric
Carle), any of the "Spot" stories, any of Lynley Dodd's "Hairy McClary" or
"Slinky Malinkey" tales - these are all in verse and this seems to be a big
hit. The word repetition and rhyming encourage participation and language
exploration - and, I suppose, anything with recognizable objects and
situations that can then lead on to imaginary worlds.
David in the Learning Resource Centre
La Trobe University, Bendigo
Victoria, Australia
beagley@redgum. ucnv.edu.au
awagner
It is very likely out of print now, but should be in the library.
It's a short chapter book. I loved it as a kid (still have my copy),
and my kids loved it too.
Anne
Garion
Bite your tongue, Anne! NO FIGHTING, NO BITING is a best-selling classic
for HarperCollins. It's part of their I Can Read series. It's available
in both paperbakc and hardcover.
- Garion
pixie child
: In article <Cvxr5...@geomatics.on.ca>, den...@geomatics.on.ca (- just me -) writes:
: >In article <34oaum$6...@mango.aloha.com>, <land...@aloha.com> wrote:
: >>I read my son a couple of picture/story books each night before bed, does
: >>anyone have a suggestion of chapter books I can start reading to him?
: >>Also are there any books out there about little boys who bite, and learn
: >>not to because it hurts people. We are having real trouble with him
: >>biting us and I thought a book about a child who learns not to bite would
: >>get the point accross to him. Heaven's knows we've tried everything else!
I suggest you to find some books on parenting for yourself. For a child
2 1/2 years old, teething and biting is very normal and it serves a very
important psychological need. You have to let him be a child and not try
to "make him grow older than he really is."
A child this age is NOT GOING TO learn lots of lessons from books and
trying to TEACH lessons through books might spoil his future interests in
books I'm afraid!
Try those Sandra Boynton books: _Moo Ba La La La_; _The Going to Bed Book_;
_A to Z_; _Horn to Toe_; _Doggies_, and others. They are published by
Little Simon and are very sturdy board books... good for teething and
biting. Also, the four Maisy books (_Maisy Goes to Bed_; Maisy Goes
Swimming_ and two others.) by Lucy Cousin are lots of fun. You can
definitely enjoy them as much as your son does.
Wendy E. Betts
pixie child <fair...@phantom.com> wrote:
>A child this age is NOT GOING TO learn lots of lessons from books and
>trying to TEACH lessons through books might spoil his future interests in
>books I'm afraid!
Bravo! Bravo! I didn't even bother to answer this post, because
everytime I've responded to similar posts in misc.kids I've been
shouted down. But trying to use pictures books as a way of modifying
behavior is one of my pet peeves...what they need to be learning from
them is to understand and love language.
You also never really know how kids are going to take a message from a
book...one of the reasons books with messages are such tricky things.
When _Leo the Late Bloomer_ was reprinted this year, I was stunned to
find it truly horrifying as an adult...
--
Wendy E. Betts, Editor "The WEB: Celebrating Children's Literature"
*for more information about The WEB, finger w...@deeptht.armory.com*
"Personally I just let fashion go...if I wash behind my ears and don't
slouch, that's about as far as I care to go." _Freddy the Pied Piper_
land...@aloha.com
: Try Maurice Sendak's NO FIGHTING, NO BITING, which he also illustrated.
: Anne
Hey thanks for the tip, I went to the library and got the book. Funny
thing is that, now, I remember that book from little kid days. I vividly
remember the picture of the big alligator with his mouth open wide trying
to talk the little alligators, Light-foot & Quick-foot to climb into his
mouth and count his teeth
And an even better discovery was the Little Bear books by the
same author. I recognize the illustrations and the stories, but I don't
ever remember being read these books, I just have flashes of them being
my favorites and looking at the pictures alot. I must have been
really little. My son loves these books. Especially -Father Bear Comes
Home- and Little Bear, hen, duck and owl go to see the mermaid he has
brought home.
No Fighting, No Biting! and the Little Bear books were written by
Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. I has always
associated Sendak with -Where the Wild Things Are & The Night Kitchen- it
is a real treat to see his other work, which is totally differant and oh
so similar.
Sorry to ramble like this, its just so neat to have this blast
from the past. I grew up loving books and I want to pass this on to my 2
1-2 year old. And thanks to your suggestions I stumbled on to some of my
roots!
Mahalo & Aloha
Laura Andrews