Day 10: Reading!
We are big on reading in our house! I am a strong proponent of book therapy where we can use children's books to help explain problems or changes in life. We read Everyone Poops and some other books to help with potty training. I'm a Big Brother helped us prepare for Little Miss' arrival! Of course, we love Hoppin' Snake and it is a wonderful tool to explain what family is. Even when families don't look the same it shows that looks don't change the love of a family.
During our homeschool week we had a Mommy and me book club. Where we read G man's favorite book each day and all of our work centered on its theme. Goodnight Moon has been our favorite for a long time. G man knows the book by memory and says it with me as I read it to him. We had fun using it in our school day and G man loved learning about pairs and singles. He did think he would trick me and brought me a pair of shoes and a single sock and then asked me which was the pair and which was the single!! Love that boy!!
My husband's favorite books from his childhood are the Hank the Cowdog books. Cory and G man have been reading it together at night now and they are both enjoying it. I love that G man at age 4 can listen to a chapter book and he doesn't need the pictures to spike his imagination. Cory loves that he gets to share this book with him!
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