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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie / If You Give a Moose a Muffin *NM* beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 21/04/2012 06:37:07 PM
It's never too early to encourage a love of books and reading in small children.

Our daughter Evelyn has a book she likes already - high contrast colours are good for newborns' eye development - but I'd like to be prepared for when she's old enough to pay attention to books with words.

So please tell me books your/friends' children loved when they were very small. Books to help learn numbers, colours, shapes, etc would be very much appreciated.

We already have a Hairy McLary omnibus, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, a touch & feel animal book, and a book of Bible stories in Norwegian.
I amuse myself.
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Books for very small children: suggestions? Rebekah - 20/04/2012 12:19:39 AM 1671 Views
Really, before 18 months you're wasting your time Tom - 20/04/2012 01:26:05 AM 1352 Views
I dunno. I really enjoyed books when I was that young LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 03:12:29 AM 1380 Views
At a year and a half? Nate - 20/04/2012 06:18:01 PM 1162 Views
I don't remember reading quite that young, but I do remember not long after that. LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 09:35:11 PM 1348 Views
Color me slightly skeptical. Tom - 21/04/2012 01:17:51 PM 1224 Views
my mother spent over 20 years classroom teaching, is an Ed.D... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2012 10:40:56 PM 1574 Views
So did my mother. Elementary school teacher from 1960-1990. Tom - 22/04/2012 05:24:44 PM 1173 Views
I double checked. I was confusing it with another event. I was about 2.5 *NM* LadyLorraine - 22/04/2012 12:19:09 AM 752 Views
That sounds about right. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2012 05:20:35 PM 613 Views
Similar experience here... DomA - 20/04/2012 07:04:51 PM 1477 Views
Yah, I was a bit like your niece LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 09:30:02 PM 1517 Views
Re: Yah, I was a bit like your niece DomA - 20/04/2012 11:48:12 PM 1373 Views
That's weird. Tom - 21/04/2012 01:22:24 PM 1267 Views
Re: That's weird. DomA - 21/04/2012 05:41:27 PM 1394 Views
Doesn't need to be an extended period of time, though. A few minutes is enough at the beginning. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:42:23 PM 1446 Views
No problem, if you just want to flush money down a toilet. Tom - 23/04/2012 02:29:57 PM 1139 Views
Re: No problem, if you just want to flush money down a toilet. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 03:32:22 PM 1298 Views
Look, it's useless to discuss at this point but let's have the discussion again in 2 years. Tom - 23/04/2012 04:39:47 PM 1551 Views
I'm really interested in the evidence for the crawling thing. Vivien - 25/04/2012 08:11:31 PM 1424 Views
I can't find actual scientific studies on the web Tom - 25/04/2012 09:56:14 PM 1170 Views
Re: I can't find actual scientific studies on the web Vivien - 26/04/2012 03:45:40 AM 1583 Views
anyone who thinks an infant sleeping on its stomach is dangerous is behind the times. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 01:51:59 PM 1442 Views
Yes, the SIDS indicia are all over the place. Tom - 26/04/2012 02:29:15 PM 1206 Views
If there was a big ad campaign in the UK about this then no-one told my medical team. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 07:40:48 PM 1272 Views
Hmmm. *shrug* I don't know. I trust this professor to have his facts straight. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 08:01:53 PM 1300 Views
Possible answer is difference between Scottish and English health systems. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 08:28:38 PM 1198 Views
weird. maybe trends have swung back the other way. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 10:01:01 PM 1281 Views
I hope you don't have it mixed up... Vivien - 26/04/2012 10:18:00 PM 1313 Views
blagh. maybe I do...I hope not. I hate it when that happens. let me pull out that notebook... LadyLorraine - 27/04/2012 12:01:47 AM 1283 Views
I'm very happy to hear that. Vivien - 26/04/2012 10:12:32 PM 1457 Views
Re: Look, it's useless to discuss at this point but let's have the discussion again in 2 years. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:39:25 PM 1156 Views
Yes, yes, of course. Everyone thinks they have the experience. Tom - 26/04/2012 02:25:10 PM 1280 Views
I understand where you're coming from LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 04:50:46 PM 1534 Views
I agree with that, of course. To a point. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 07:06:37 PM 1356 Views
OH! Another suggestion! LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 03:36:45 AM 1555 Views
I LOVE that book. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:44:08 PM 1234 Views
I...actually had a really long post at one point. I don't know where it went LadyLorraine - 23/04/2012 02:43:25 PM 1523 Views
Books by Ruth Brown wheelwright - 20/04/2012 04:26:18 PM 1144 Views
I loved books like that too. That had little "Easter Eggs" hidden in the pictures ^_^ *NM* LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 05:29:50 PM 681 Views
Re: Books by Ruth Brown Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:44:42 PM 1102 Views
Kama Sutra Dark Knight - 20/04/2012 06:57:27 PM 1200 Views
Re: Kama Sutra Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:45:43 PM 1326 Views
Mo Willems is awesome *NM* HousealThor - 20/04/2012 09:15:52 PM 612 Views
They look nice, thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:50:21 PM 563 Views
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie / If You Give a Moose a Muffin *NM* beetnemesis - 21/04/2012 06:37:07 PM 633 Views
Heh, cute. Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:50:47 PM 615 Views
Bright, tactile ones. nossy - 23/04/2012 09:04:53 PM 1226 Views
Yup. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:39:57 PM 1296 Views
You won't once you have it. nossy - 26/04/2012 04:07:14 PM 1329 Views
"Go The F**k to Sleep" Stephen - 25/04/2012 11:45:31 PM 1265 Views
Suspect that will hit close to home. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:40:50 PM 1284 Views
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