I try to read to T everyday before bedtime. I love reading and I really hope she will too. I spent quite a bit of time every month choosing suitable books. Choice of books is crucial. Level of difficulty must be right and theme should appeal to T. It is really exciting exploring different books every month. Sometimes, she likes the books so much that I will renew them so that she can hold on to them for a longer time. A question has been nagging me for a while...better to borrow or buy? For now, I buy some, borrow more. Hope she will be able to choose her own books soon...for now, she just grab whatever she can from then library shelves (Malay and Tamil books included) and stack them high high on the table.
Here are our loot for this month...
《玩具国王》：Dingding dreams of being a valiant king ( his people being his toys ) who killed a sea snake and saved his people.
A simple and imaginative book which T enjoys a lot. She made a sword using her Lego that day and we linked it to the one Dingding used to kill the enemy in the story.
《树爷爷》：Shu Ye Ye is an old bald tree who is relished with a new life after protecting the princess and garden from the storm.
This book is kind of wordy and difficult for a 3-yr-old but I am really surprised that T loves this book and wants me to read it every night. At times, she will be distracted (because it is really wordy) but she is actually still paying attention as she can answer my questions while I read the book. I hope the value of selfless sacrifice seeps into her.
Where's Spot?
This book is rather simple and is basically teaching prepositions of place for instance behind/above/inside etc. T likes flipping the little flaps so quite a good book to expose her to more vocabulary and also keep her engaged.
That's not my piglet
This series of "touchy-feely" books is more suitable for children below 3 but I cannot help but always borrow one every month because T really loves them. Good to include the sense of touch during reading.
Dora Helps Diego : Dora helps Diego find the missing Baby Jaguar.
This is probably the best book I borrowed this time. I really really want to buy this series but can't find it anywhere! Difficulty level just right for a toddler learning to read and it's quite engaging. T wasn't interested in the cartoon so I am pleasantly surprised she likes this book.
Here's a video of her trying to read to me. Pardon her broken Engrish and look out for cuteness overload at around 1:00. (BTW, took me a long long long time to figure out how to compress and upload -.-)
We really enjoy our bedtime reading sessions. It bonds us together and is a really good opportunity to teach values. T is still far from being able to read independently but she always tries to read to me (by remembering some of the key words) after I finished reading the book to her. I believe it is a good start for her. Looking forward to the day when both of us sit at a cafe (with coffee and chocolate cake) for hours, reading our favorite books.
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