Reading to your babies

The previous article I posted supports what you are doing with your babies. Language comes from reading to your babies not watching videos. I am so grateful for the time we had together reading late into the night. There were some memorable books: So Far From the Bamboo Grove, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Little House on the Prairie (the whole series), etc.
This week I finished reading Holes to my class (they follow along with their book and every once in a while I randomly ask a student for the next word in what I'm reading). When we were finished, my high-risk readers--kids who hadn't ever completed a book--they were the most excited as we finished a book. They clapped. They were so excited. The funny thing is, I got choked up at the end when Zero finally found his mother. I'm such an old softie.