Once you have started your reading routine with your child you will realize that it is not as hard as you thought it would be to get 20 minutes of reading in each day. Most infants love to look at books, whether it is with you or just them sitting on the floor alone looking at them.
Soon your infant will want to hold the book or help turn the pages. This is great. Let them. It is another way for them to enjoy reading time. When you notice that your infant has taken to turning pages, you will want to invest in some lift the flap books. Now, here is the one thing I do not like about the lift-the-flap books. You will have to be a kind and patient parent and have lots and lots of tape, because the flaps are not that sturdy. Remember, you child is learning too, and then sometimes don’t know their own strength. Flaps are easily fixed with tape.
Touch and Feel books are great too, for this age. It is a new sensation and it helps them learn and identify new words, like, soft, rough, smooth, etc. If you are worried about your child eating the books or you just can’t take it. They have cloth book and bath books, which are floatable, some are even non-toxic. I always carry several cloth and tub book in the car with me so that I don’t need to worry about my son eating or hurting himself with the book.
Here are some of my favorite books and authors for older babies.
Authors
Karen Katz (Where is baby’s….)
Sandra Boyton (Moo, Baa, La, La, La,)
Margaret Wise Brown (Goodnight Moon)
Helen Oxenbury (Clap Hands, Tickle, Tickle)
Eric Carle (Brown Bear, Brown Bear)
Books
Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt
Sleep Bunny (Pat the Bunny Cloth book)
Peek-A-Who by Nina Laden
Guess How Much I love you by Sam McBratney
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
Jamberry by Bruce Degen
Big Little by Leslie Patricelli
I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak
One Yellow Lion by Matthew Van Fleet
Mole and the Baby Bird by Marjorie Newman
Global Babies
Usborne Books series That’s Not my…. (Car, teddy, dog etc.)
Usborne Baby Board Books 1 2 3
First Mighty Movers by Hinkler Books (www.hinklerbooks.com) they have great books on their website for little ones.
