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Baby Loves Books « Find Personalized Kids' Books — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:51:42 +0000

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Comment on Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! by babylovesbooks

babylovesbooks — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:50:50 +0000

Wow, Sandhya!You sure know your Dr. Seuss books! It’s interesting how you pick out something special from each book…I found myself nodding along as I read your comment. You must have won many little hearts by giving ‘Are you my mother?’! So, are you or anybody you know planning a Dr. Seuss birthday event? What about children’s bookstores in your city? Do share!

Comment on Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! by sandhya

sandhya — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:33:29 +0000

I have read Dr Seuss books to my daughter since she was a year old. Our favourite books have been many. We like ‘The cat in the hat’ and its sequel for the pure mayhem and irreverence. We like ‘Fox in socks’ and ‘Oh say, can you say’ for its tongue twisters. We have spent a lot of time savouring the sheer pleasure of those words. I have put ‘Green eggs and ham’ to good use to make her eat something that she feels she will not like. We like ‘oh, the things you can think’, ‘McElligot’s pool’ and ‘Oh, the places you’ll go’, for the sheer imagination. ‘The lorax’, for what it teaches about protecting the environment. I could go on and on. Dr. Seuss is rocks. Our special favourite is actually a book by P. D. Eastman, also a part of the ‘Cat in the Hat’ series. It is a book called ‘Are you my mother?’ We have read it so many times since before she understood english. I would tell her the story in Marathi and the pictures did the rest. We have lost track of the number of children we have gifted this book.

Comment on Reasons to Read to Your Child in Your Mother Tongue by babylovesbooks

babylovesbooks — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:44:26 +0000

@Malarvizhi Jayanth – Thanks for your comment. Yes, when it comes to kids, there’s really no limit to how much they can learn and absorb. Most of the time, it’s a question of how much effort and time we grown-ups are willing to invest in them. I’m sure Tulika books make a great impact in this regard. I will definitely be checking them out for my daughter.

Comment on Reasons to Read to Your Child in Your Mother Tongue by Malarvizhi Jayanth

Malarvizhi Jayanth — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:01:01 +0000

How wonderful to hear that! Tulika brings out bi-lingual books and books in the Indian languages because we believe the same. While children are always thrilled by them, parents and teachers still seem to have a mental block when it comes to buying books that are ‘not in English’.
So it’s great to hear parents like you telling the world about the beauty of reading in the mother tongue. Thank you:)

Comment on Nurturing Compassion by Reading to Kids by babylovesbooks(Rupa)

babylovesbooks(Rupa) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:26:00 +0000

Hi Sandhya – Great to know that you’ve been using books as tools to teach your daughter. It makes our job a lot more interesting and easier. Also, when reading with kids, so many new questions come up that we both end up learning a lot together!

Comment on Reasons to Read to Your Child in Your Mother Tongue by babylovesbooks(Rupa)

babylovesbooks(Rupa) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:23:03 +0000

Hi Sandhya – Thanks for stopping by and writing such a perceptive comment. I know what you mean – since kids are exposed to English wherever they go and speak to their friends and outsiders in English, it’s easier for them to switch to it very often. They just start feeling naturally more comfortable with the language. Your idea of exposing her to Marathi songs and stories is great and seems to be working. That’s where audio books such as those from Karadi tales come to play and I think they’re the perfect way to hook kids to a language. Using music and stories is definitely among the best ways to teach kids pretty much anything.

Comment on Nurturing Compassion by Reading to Kids by sandhya

sandhya — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:04:47 +0000

I have an eight-yr old girl, and have been doing this for a long time- going to a book to explain something to her. Somehow I always felt it was easier to get across the topic at hand with a book. Your post validates this belief. Thank you so much.

Comment on Reasons to Read to Your Child in Your Mother Tongue by sandhya

sandhya — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:50:37 +0000

I fully agree with you. Our mother-tongue is Marathi, and I speak to my daughter exclusively in Marathi when we are not with company or if it is not something to do with her studies. However she seems to slip into English often at home too and I have to keep reminding her to speak Marathi. We stay out of Maharashtra and she does not hear our language elsewhere. I have tried to source Marathi books but do not find many by Pratham or Tullika. We have some books by Navneet, but they do not have the effortlessness of a normal spoken language; it is a very flowery Marathi not easily comprehensible to a child who has no formal exposure to it. I have also got cassettes, CDs of stories told in Marathi. She enjoys these very much. I feel that she should have a firm footing in our language to really have a firm footing in our culture. No matter what other language she learns.
Sorry for the long post!

Comment on How reading to your baby helps with temper tantrums, table manners and more by babylovesbooks

babylovesbooks — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:49:38 +0000

@ Burton Haynes – Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I’m in the midst of redesigning the blog – so hopefully in a few weeks, you’ll come back to a brand new trouble-free design.