Reading to Katie

[billroper]

Katie has books. A great many books. At any given moment, any one of these can be her favorite, but there are a few that drift frequently to the top of the list: the Clorinda books; Boynton's Pajama Time, Barnyard Dance, and several others; and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. We have large chunks of these books memorized. Apparently, so does Katie.

The other night, I was reading to her from One Fish and got to the two page spread with Joe. Joe's feeling rather unpleasant about his phone. I find him reminiscent of Ned. And when I finished the text on the page, I continued:

"I think Joe is a friend of Ned.
You remember Ned and his little bed?
They're both in quite a foul mood
And each is being rather rude."

Katie turned around and gave me this dirty look that I roughly translated as "And this appears in this book exactly where?"

Of course, that's nothing compared to when daisy_knotwise picks up the second Clorinda book and proceeds to quote the now-memorized text from the first book. That gets the book forcibly ripped out of Mommy's hands...

Comments

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how it happened... but when Alex was younger (What a weird concept to be using with a 2 year old) I started intentionally changing the words on the last page of Boynton's "Moo, Baa, La La La." Now when anyone tries to read the book as written he gives this look that can best be summed up as "What cho talkin bout Willis?" Really threw the babysitter the first time she tried to read it to him to go to bed.

[qnofhrt.livejournal.com]

Apparently, so does Katie.

My mother tells the story that at approx. age 3, I also had many books memorized and would pretend to "read" them. The game was up when I'd hold the books upside down.

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

I can still quote _Goodnight, Moon_ from memory from those days.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. Parents violate the "rules" of "ritual" at their peril.

[smoooom.livejournal.com]

One of the funner stages of child development.

[jennlk]

Lexi was very fond of The B Book, and to this day John and I can still recite most of it. Red Fish, Blue Fish was also popular, although she won't let me buy the TShirt. I'll have to buy one when she's not with me.

I think she can still recite Barnyard Dance (she turned 16 last November....)

[kizoku42.livejournal.com]

Been there and done that. From both sides. Child and parent.

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

I remember at about 4 being told by my mom, "Don't tell me the story; read me the words."

      Oh... is that what's going on. Ok, I can do that...

[starmalachite.livejournal.com]

My grandmother used to tell me that my favorite "book" when I was about 3 was a Superboy comic with spaceships and aliens. (Even back then, I had taste.) And I would correct her not just if she left out a sound effect, but if she said them in the wrong order.