Feed Me Books Friday: Changing the Bedtime Routine, Again
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Make room!
My husband and I were marveling the other night at the
180 degree shift T has made in his attitude toward books. Where we once couldn’t
pin him down long enough to get through a wordless board book, we now have to
set a limit on stories before he pulls every title off the bookshelf (and not
just for the fun of the mess). It gives me great joy to say T has become a book
lover. I even had to have J bring half a dozen books from home for T’s recentstay at the hospital. We read them so many times I think I’ll have to hide them
for the next couple of months just to give myself a break! With T’s growing
interest in books, we’ve made an adjustment to the bedtime routine, namely,
making room in B’s bed for T to listen to books, too. Now, each boy gets to
choose a book for Daddy to read. T usually insists on positioning himself in
the middle rather than letting J hold the book between the boys – which is odd –
I guess he likes the cuddle factor as much as he enjoys the stories.
Sibling Sweetness
The combination of my existing fondness for warm andfuzzy bedtime books and the glow I’m basking in thanks to T’s newfound love of
reading led to a special affinity for Goodnight Me, Goodnight You, by TonyMitton. I stumbled upon this gem at the library, but I’ve already put it on my
Amazon wishlist because I found the soothing text and vibrant but still mellow
illustrations so pleasant that I’m sure we’ll need (and enjoy) repeated
readings. The story, written in rhyming couplets, follows the bedtime routine
of a sister and brother as they bid goodnight to their day, their surroundings,
and the world. It concludes with the siblings telling one another goodnight and
settling into bed. While T and B are certainly not going to put each other to
bed, it is a treasured feeling to see them cuddling up together to foster
literacy as well as emotional bonds.
Appropriate for toddlers, preschoolers, primary grades.
Read more...
