With more frequency lately, we are finding Jonah has a pulled a book off the shelf next to his crib to look at in the mornings before we go in to get him. We open the door, and he is sitting there quietly paging through the book. This morning he had Corduroy.
He was early in the book, and Michelle asked him what was happening. He said "Bear sad!" (When Lisa's mom tells her she cannot have Corduroy and they walk away). Then he turned the page and we continued to ask him what was happening in the story.
"Corduroy lost button!" (not prompted)
What did he end up on? "Escalator!"
What is he doing here? "Found button on mattress. Pick it up!"
What happened when he pulled the button? "He fell."
What happened here? "Knocked over the street lamp!" (It is actually a floor lamp)
He had a little trouble coming up with what to call the watchman.
Every once in a while he missed a page as he was turning. At this point, he ended up on the last page and said "Hug!"
Maybe it shouldn't seem as magical as it does, but it sure does feel nice to know that he is, in fact, following along with the stories when we read them, and that he is able to follow the story on his own when he is flipping through a book and that he isn't just looking at the pictures.
Along with reading when we get him up in the mornings or from a nap, Jonah likes to read when we are changing him. Here are a couple pics of that:
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| Getting a leg up on his reading. |
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| Thought this one might be of particular interest to Grandpa G. |
It's also remarkable the vocabulary and terms he remembers from the books we read. When narrating Corduroy to us this morning, he specifically used the term "yanked" to refer to Corduroy pulling the button, and he also used the term "mattress," rather than just bed. He's gotten really good at picking up phrases from books, even after just a few readings. For example, in the case of the Madeline book pictured above (which he received as a birthday gift), he quoted on his own - when opening the book - "in an old house in Paris all covered with vines," the opening line to the book. He correctly used the phrase "broke their bread" on the following pages, not exactly a phrase we use a lot to describe the act of eating. So amazing to see this happening!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is magical! We're learning as we go what skills develop around what age, but this seems pretty advanced for two years old. So great that Jonah enjoys his books so much!
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