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Books for very small children: suggestions? Rebekah Send a noteboard - 20/04/2012 12:19:39 AM
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.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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Books for very small children: suggestions? Rebekah - 20/04/2012 12:19:39 AM 1474 Views
Really, before 18 months you're wasting your time Tom - 20/04/2012 01:26:05 AM 1114 Views
I dunno. I really enjoyed books when I was that young LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 03:12:29 AM 1144 Views
At a year and a half? Nate - 20/04/2012 06:18:01 PM 996 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 1107 Views
Color me slightly skeptical. Tom - 21/04/2012 01:17:51 PM 1021 Views
my mother spent over 20 years classroom teaching, is an Ed.D... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2012 10:40:56 PM 1318 Views
So did my mother. Elementary school teacher from 1960-1990. Tom - 22/04/2012 05:24:44 PM 1000 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 593 Views
That sounds about right. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2012 05:20:35 PM 505 Views
Similar experience here... DomA - 20/04/2012 07:04:51 PM 1276 Views
Yah, I was a bit like your niece LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 09:30:02 PM 1255 Views
Re: Yah, I was a bit like your niece DomA - 20/04/2012 11:48:12 PM 1210 Views
That's weird. Tom - 21/04/2012 01:22:24 PM 1104 Views
Re: That's weird. DomA - 21/04/2012 05:41:27 PM 1211 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 1247 Views
No problem, if you just want to flush money down a toilet. Tom - 23/04/2012 02:29:57 PM 973 Views
Re: No problem, if you just want to flush money down a toilet. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 03:32:22 PM 1137 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 1348 Views
I'm really interested in the evidence for the crawling thing. Vivien - 25/04/2012 08:11:31 PM 1212 Views
I can't find actual scientific studies on the web Tom - 25/04/2012 09:56:14 PM 1012 Views
Re: I can't find actual scientific studies on the web Vivien - 26/04/2012 03:45:40 AM 1404 Views
anyone who thinks an infant sleeping on its stomach is dangerous is behind the times. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 01:51:59 PM 1182 Views
Yes, the SIDS indicia are all over the place. Tom - 26/04/2012 02:29:15 PM 1028 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 1091 Views
Hmmm. *shrug* I don't know. I trust this professor to have his facts straight. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 08:01:53 PM 1062 Views
Possible answer is difference between Scottish and English health systems. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 08:28:38 PM 1020 Views
weird. maybe trends have swung back the other way. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 10:01:01 PM 1020 Views
I hope you don't have it mixed up... Vivien - 26/04/2012 10:18:00 PM 1122 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 1013 Views
I'm very happy to hear that. Vivien - 26/04/2012 10:12:32 PM 1267 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 981 Views
Yes, yes, of course. Everyone thinks they have the experience. Tom - 26/04/2012 02:25:10 PM 1107 Views
I understand where you're coming from LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 04:50:46 PM 1279 Views
I agree with that, of course. To a point. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 07:06:37 PM 1186 Views
OH! Another suggestion! LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 03:36:45 AM 1308 Views
I LOVE that book. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:44:08 PM 1089 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 1276 Views
Books by Ruth Brown wheelwright - 20/04/2012 04:26:18 PM 960 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 531 Views
Re: Books by Ruth Brown Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:44:42 PM 923 Views
Kama Sutra Dark Knight - 20/04/2012 06:57:27 PM 1046 Views
Re: Kama Sutra Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:45:43 PM 1149 Views
Mo Willems is awesome *NM* HousealThor - 20/04/2012 09:15:52 PM 513 Views
They look nice, thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:50:21 PM 488 Views
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie / If You Give a Moose a Muffin *NM* beetnemesis - 21/04/2012 06:37:07 PM 542 Views
Heh, cute. Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:50:47 PM 525 Views
Bright, tactile ones. nossy - 23/04/2012 09:04:53 PM 1053 Views
Yup. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:39:57 PM 1115 Views
You won't once you have it. nossy - 26/04/2012 04:07:14 PM 1156 Views
"Go The F**k to Sleep" Stephen - 25/04/2012 11:45:31 PM 1072 Views
Suspect that will hit close to home. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:40:50 PM 1116 Views
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