HappyMama

A favorite activity of our 2 & 4 -year-olds is to listen to books on tape/CD.  You know, the kind where you hear a beep and it’s time to turn the page.  Any adult out there could cheaply make some of these tapes for the little kids in your life.

We borrow some from the library, but the most-loved ones are the tapes that grandpa has made for us.  Aunt Jill is also on one of the tapes.  They used a little bell to make the beep sound.  Ideally, I’d love to have dozens of books on tape, read by all of our beloved friends and family members.  I’ve even thought of keeping the tape recorder all set up and ready to go for anyone who happens to come visit!  It would be better if we recorded the books digitally, so we could burn several copies of them, and share with all the cousins.  We need to work on that.

Frequent reading of favorite books helps build vocabulary and speed up learning to read.  And hearing a beloved relative’s voice is a treasure for their emotional development.  And finally, it gives mom and dad a break from those books that after 100 readings really start to get, well, irritating!