In my new job as a stay-at-home mom, I am amazed daily at how fast my daughter (now 1) learns new things, repeats the sounds I make, analyzes her toys, and every other little thing she does.
One of her favorite pastimes is reading. One might think that a 1 year-old couldn't possibly know how to read yet, and I know she doesn't, but it's amazing to watch her as she pretends to read. She has a few activities with books. The one that came first was to take all the books off the shelves and bury herself in them. She then learned to turn the pages as I read books to her. Now that she's more mobile, she will grab books and bring them to me with a grunting "please read this to me" sound and gesture. When we finish, the pattern repeats. Go get book. Bring to mommy. Grunt and hand her the book. Mommy reads the book and puts her down to get another. With books that she has read many times, she points to pictures. In exciting books with busy pages, she squeals and squeaks and points (usually to dogs, her animal of choice). Lastly, before and after she naps, she reads in her crib, turning the pages and talking to herself.
It seems to me that she is on her way to become an avid reader. When she's upset, reading calms her down. When we go to storytime at the local library, she becomes lost in the books. I wonder what crazy thing she'll learn next that will amaze me.
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