Do you remember the days when you read 10, 20 little books a day to your child? I fondly remember those days with Cate and now I find Silas wanting the same. I read to Si all day long. He is demanding. And like his sister, his first two word phrase was "read it" and his first three word phrase "read to me." I'm still questioning the sanity of moving the Dr. Seuss books to his room. I read "Sam, I Am" (as we call it) four times yesterday.
Cate is reading a lot on her own. When I read to her it tends to be from longer storybooks or our current read aloud. I feel picture book reading slipping from our lives. So, I've started a little project, 1000 picture books for 2009. It sounds like a lot of reading but really it is only three books a day with a bit of wiggle room for off days. My plan is to lay out three picture books (some we own as repeats, and many new books from the library) each morning. Doesn't that sound easy? I'm going to record our weekly reading in a tucked up weekend post if you are interested in the list.
For Today
