He's really been taken by Elmer and the Lost Teddy. After his pacifier i.e. "pah-pah" got lost, he hadn't really replaced it with anything. He was given a glowing seahorse for Christmas and it's become his sleeping security item, not that he really needed one. He told me today that if it gets lost, we're going to have to find it. He's planning to take it to Mimie's house this weekend for a sleepover with his cousin. Also, Elmer helps find his friend's lost teddy with the help of his cousin, Wilbur. As Eli's relationship with his younger cousin Clay deepens, it's fun to read a story about cousins adventuring together. Eli declared that Clay is Elmer and he is Wilbur in the story. I love children's books.
Dancing Feet! is a great book for guessing animals on the next page, much like Whose Nose and Toes? by John Butler. While Butler's book can be read to a young baby, Craig's is like one more step in the journey to literacy with rhyming lyrics. Of course, for my movin and groovin littlest man, he loves to think of his feet as "dancing" always.
Anyone have a couple favs to share for pre-readers or early readers?
Such fun books! I think we've gotten all three of those at some point or another. :-) The best part though is reading how Eli talks about things (like Clay). I still think of him as such a baby and it's so strange to even picture him saying things like that. Miss you guys!
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they would get along well :)