Share a Good Book!

Tip # 3 Take the time to read to your grandchildren. In this busy life style parents seem to sometimes forget that young children can't yet read to themselves and that sharing a good book with someone you love is an important part of being a child. TV can't replace sitting on Grandma or Grandpa's lap listening to your favorite story. Since I am a live in Grandma we get to read with our grandchildren every day. Right now the 2 year old loves books that are sung, like Wheels on the Bus, and Miss Mary Mack. The three year old likes stories like King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (Caldecott Honor Book) by Audrey and Don Wood  and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Classic Books) by Simms Taback.  Also, don't forget you can get those books you share with your grandchildren from the public library. If you take them on a little field trip with you to pick out the books you are going to read, then you are making "literature memories!"