Books!

I am pleasantly surprised at how much Jonah loves reading (well, me reading to him). I saw on a Nick Jr. commercial that parents should read to their child 20 minutes a day to encourage a love of reading and school. Ever since I saw that commercial a couple months ago, I decided that this must be implemented into my daily routine with Jonah. So, I normally read him a short little story as he wakes up (about 5 minutes long). But when I put him to sleep for naptime in the afternoon is when most of the reading gets done. He knows that when its time for a nap I would read him a long story. Some of the books I prefer are the classic fairy tales (Snow White, Aladdin, etc) or the Nursery Rhymes, and also Lion King. We have tons of books but some of them are really too short. I don't know of many places in Belize that would sell good children books; I need to do some research on that. But for right now, my little collection is enough.

Jonah enjoys the reading, I'm sure of it. He always chooses the book himself and brings it to me. When the story is done, he sometimes gets upset. I dont know why, because he should know that if he wants, I am very willing to read another one!

But all in all I'm happy that he enjoys reading right now. I hope thats a positive sign for the future. I hope Jonah is as studious as I am!

xx
Mommy