Big books,
Little books,
Fat books,
Skinny books,
Books, Books, Books!
"I need books!" screams my youngest granddaughter as she runs through the front door. She heads right for "her" room and grabs books off the shelf. She carries them into the kitchen, slaps the floor and yells, "Sit! Baka!". How I got the name Baka is a whole story in itself. Sometimes, we are lucky to get one page read and turned before she jumps up screaming, "I need books!" She jumps up, runs to "her" room, and grabs another book off the shelf. Before she finally finds the one book she will sit still through, a pile of twenty books can accumulate on the kitchen floor.
Presently, I put only the board books on the shelves in "her" room (whichever grandchild is in the house, it is "his/her" room). I don't want to have to say: "No, don't tear the pages"; "No, don't bend the book"; and "No, we can't finish the book because pages are missing." Similar to the letters, I want them to explore books in a friendly, nonthreatening way. I want them to run with them, drop them, throw them and even put them in their mouths.
If, in the beginning, they are constantly told no when handling a book, how can they develop a love for books?
Presently, I put only the board books on the shelves in "her" room (whichever grandchild is in the house, it is "his/her" room). I don't want to have to say: "No, don't tear the pages"; "No, don't bend the book"; and "No, we can't finish the book because pages are missing." Similar to the letters, I want them to explore books in a friendly, nonthreatening way. I want them to run with them, drop them, throw them and even put them in their mouths.
If, in the beginning, they are constantly told no when handling a book, how can they develop a love for books?
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