A Little About My Family and Myself
I am the mother of two girls, ages 6 and 4, with one on the way. I am a former first grade teacher, and my children are in a French Immersion kindergarten program through our public school.
A favorite picture book from my childhood
A favorite picture book when I was a child was in a series of books. The title was The Value of Believing in Yourself: The Story of Louis Pasteur. Great pictures and an inspiring tale.
What I Did:
We read daily, which is very important because our girls are in French Immersion, so we need to expose them to English while at home. We have a very full library in our playroom with bean bag chairs and books displayed so that the girls can easily access them and browse the titles.
We also have a section in our library that is devoted to books that focus on our faith. We try and balance out our secular titles and faith-based titles and read from each regularly.
How I Did It:
Our girls could read book after book after book.
Current favorites include:
- Marvin K. Mooney by Dr. Seuss
- The Pinkalicious series
- Books that use photographs as the illustrations
Lessons Learned
- Children are sponges and love the attention when read to; make it special.
- For high energy children, read to them while there in the bathtub! I find my audience is a bit "captured."
- Don't worry about reading the same book 1,000 times; favorites are favorites for reasons.
