The overnights are in...
and all I can say is, "Let the wild rumpus start!" Ministry pal and certified smart dude NDR discussed children's books a little bit ago, and what he's been reading to his son. Our sons are pretty close in age (mine turned two last week), and I was not surprised to find similar behaviors and interests between them. While I read to the Li'lest Lethal at night primarily, we still play games and such when appropriate during the day. We'll point out letters on signage, for example, or play with his little foam letters during tub time. As with NDR's boy, mine will follow along as best he can remember. S'funny the stuff they remember; I'll never fathom why certain bits are worth the storage space in the mind and some aren't. Eh, same with everybody I guess- I can recall a lot of minutiae about Jimi Hendrix, say, but have largely forgotten what little trigonometry I ever knew. Anyway, here's what's in heavy rotation at my house:
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My boy liked Where the Wild…
My boy liked Where the Wild Things Are - but, now at age 4, we're reading The Wizard of Oz for the second time. I tried to read him the second Oz book from a Gutenberg download on my laptop, but he was having none of it. The book is now on order from Amazon.
Happy Birthday to Boy Lethal!
Sendak's books really capture something about being a young boy. I can't imagine that my parents didn't even know about Wild Things when I was E.'s age. Someday I'll have to teach you the tune to the "rumpus" section of the book that I made up--it's an obvious riff on a minor chord, but it makes the textless pictures more interesting.
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Why not? He already mimics the actions during the rumpus- when the monsters are dancing, he dances; when they swing in trees, he jumps up and down, etc.
Might as well have music, too.