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From: peg@linus.UUCP (Margaret E. Craft)
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Subject: Re: Early reading programs
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Date: Fri, 11-Nov-83 11:34:08 EST
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	The earlier babies know books the better.  A librarian friend gave me
a book called "Babies Need Books Too" which prompted me to start showing books
to my child much sooner that I would've thought reasonable.
	At 3 months she barely noticed them.  At 4 months she wanted to eat
them.  By 5 months she was recognizing stuff and trying to turn pages.  By 6
months she happily sat and looked through her own cloth and cardboard books.
Now, at 10 months, books are a daily part of our routine.
	I trace the big letters and numbers and, in some books, underscore the
words, as we go along, and she's started pointing them out too.  A connection
between the picture of KITTEN, the K, the sounds K and meow - all this is
definitely forming...

	If you haven't already been told, "Pat the Bunny" is a must for a 6
month old, though she won't do all the things until 8 or 9 months.  It has
Peek-a-Boo (the first of the activities my child did), smell the flowers (her
last), etc.  It's a bit outdated, with Daddy's unshaved face to scratch,
and Mommy's ring to put on, but still worth it.

	Anyone have other good books to recommend?

			Peggy