Creative ideas for reading to babies?
Do you read a few of the same books over and over again, or read many different types of things?
Right now I read whatever they seem interested in. Brown Bear is their favorite.
2007-02-20 07:24:35 · 15 answers · asked by a280baby 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Read whatever you have around you! I enjoyed reading silly rhyming stories to my son, and now at 2.5 he loves them and can tell me all the stories from his memory, too cute to hear him recite nursery rhymes.
While they are small it's harder to keep their attention on anything you read, but it's important to do it anyway..no matter how frustrating it is. I kept a lot of hard board books around and short books. Not a lot of words on each page, but just discussed the pictures, etc.
I read the same ones over and over.
2007-02-20 07:30:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reading to your children is really giving them a life long gift - so good for you! All small kids love to hear their favourite stories over and over again. Because they know what is supposed to happen next and can anticipate this. But it can get to a point where, as an adult, you're ready to scream if you have to read that one book one more time :o) When my kids were small they would get 3 stories every bedtime - one book they had each picked out and then one I would pick out. This way they would get to hear their favourites and I could continue to introduce them to new things (and as they're getting into the pre-school years then it makes it an easy transition to chapter books).
My kids always loved any books by Robert Munch and the Sesame Street book, "The Monster at the End of the Book" (with Grover trying all kinds of things to stop the child from turning the page - very funny). Of course, these stories had to be read in funny voices too! Whatever you read to your kids - have fun!
2007-02-20 07:51:12 · answer #2 · answered by zenobia2525 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is 6. I've read to him since he was a tiny baby. Since he is in school now, it ends up that I read to him while he eats dinner (my husband gets home late). He loves it. I try to emphasize points and sound as goofy as I can, depending on the book. He also still asks for many of the same books over and over. He is on a kick of the "Froggy" books such as Froggy Goes to School, Froggy Bakes a Cake, etc. They are really kind of funny!
Keep reading! If they like the same ones over and over, think of what a great job you must be doing!!!!!
2007-02-20 07:31:11 · answer #3 · answered by Bun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read books with lots of bright coloured pictures and easy stories in that they will remember. As they get older they will develop favourites. My 2 year old loves 'the very hungry caterpillar' and even repeats the words on her own now. At the end of the day the more you can read to children the better.
2007-02-20 07:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by cutiepippin 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We read everything to our 20 month old. Newspapers, magazines, whatever.
Also I switch back and forth between just naming the pictures, to reading word for word, to making up crazy stories. But I think this is more to keep me from going crazy reading the same stories over and over.
She has many favorites and recently her favorite book is to look at the pictures from the baby shower until about 9 months of age. She loves her "me' book...lol
2007-02-20 07:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by Gem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever he wants. He usually likes those Sassy books that put the story to music. So, you can sing twinkle twinkle little star, rock a bye baby, or fiddle diddle, or the teapot song. He loves that and claps and dances for them.
Other times he likes the Mommy and Daddy board books, the ones that show all kinds of animals. Today he wanted me to read the newspaper, lol.
2007-02-20 07:29:19 · answer #6 · answered by Baby #3 due 10/13/09 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-30 20:35:08 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read many varieties of books, not just "hop on pop" but classics also, like "anne of green gables"(children's edition) (if you have a girl), I think my favorite was "The rainbow fish" and the Carl the dog books.
You should start reading to them as early as you can. It helps on vocabulary skills.
2007-02-20 07:35:19 · answer #8 · answered by PrInCeSs ChElZ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My 17 month daughter always brings me her books to read, and even though she has 3 shelves full it always tends to be out of about 10 favourites.
I also read her fairy tales at bedtime and sometimes I read aloud whatever I am reading, like the Hobbit or something:)
2007-02-20 07:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by cigaro19 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are babies, it really doesn't matter what you're reading as long as the pictures are colorful and vivid enough to keep their attention.
Like I said, it doesn't really matter so you can read the same book 100 times or read 100 different books..they'll love it either way!
2007-02-20 07:29:16 · answer #10 · answered by CelebrateMeHome 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋