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| The kid listened to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz on audible, while coloring and writing at night. Finn especially loved it, but Layla really enjoyed it as well. I think it very much helps for them to listen to audio books that they already know the story line to, or the general plot. We listened to the audio version narrated by Anne Hathaway, and she did a fantastic job with voices. I'd recommend it for sure. |
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| After we finished the Wonderful Wizard of Oz on audio book, we started Peter Pan. Again, both kids were highly invested in this book. I'm so grateful for good audio books available to us, and for readers who do a far better job of reading some books than I ever would! Thank you, professional readers and actors, for making my life so much easier right now. :) |
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| This is a book I wish I had maybe waited 1-2 years more before reading. I have friends who swore their kids loved it, especially boys, when they were ages 4 and 6, so I thought it might work well for my kids. I think they thought it was "fine," but it was LONG, and I think they checked out a bit somewhere in the 350+ pages. It would have been wiser of me to stop and go on to another book, but it's hard for me to stop books that *I* am interested in right in the middle. So, live and learn! It's a good book, just maybe not right for my kids right now. |
I've also been trying to read a LOT more picture books lately. I finally bit the bullet and am checking out lots of them from the library every week, to help balance out the annoying disney stuff that Layla and Finn like to bring home as well. That's going splendid, and I read *my* books out loud to them during breakfast and lunch. Picture books are so wonderful, and so I'm trying to keep the great ones coming through our house often as my kids are still so little, and it's one good way to entertain Cora during read-aloud time, rather than trying to find something for her to do.
Two books we've started recently.
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| Jonas is reading a chapter of My Father's Dragon out loud after dinner most nights. I really want the kids to hear HIS voice too, and see him valuing reading as much as I do. :) |
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| We've started this at bedtime and are just 6 chapters in now....it's a childhood favorite of mine for sure! |
