Reading has always been an important part of our bedtime routine with Lily. Every single night after bath time, Lily chooses a book and we both snuggle in her bed to read. I am hoping this will encourage her to pick up a book on her own and eventually instill a love of reading.
I think one of the best things about reading is that it forces you to use your imagination. Unlike a movie where everything is laid out before you, books encourage you to picture what the murder scene looks like, or what the title characters are wearing. You have to imagine what their accent must sound like or how they wear their hair. What a great gift to give your child!
MomDot wants to help you promote reading in your own home by letting you know of an gigantic book release (literally!). DINOSAUR offers young readers an in-depth, gripping journey back to a time when these prehistoric creatures ruled the Earth! Each stunning spread features different fascinating species and provides the facts and meticulously researched details that dinosaur fans want to know.
Complete with beautiful illustrations and a design that captures the feel of an old, weathered paleontologist’s journal, DINOSAUR will captivate the imagination of dinosaur buffs and curious dino experts in-the-making.
The book also includes a tri-fold timeline outlining the key historic ages, mini booklets with little known dinosaur facts, and a giant foldout poster that includes various life-size dino footprints (and our relative mini-scale human size), this is the definitive dinosaur book for budding paleontologists as well as fans of every age.
Contest Details:
One (1) Grand Prize winner receives a ROARING Grand Prize Pack!
- A copy of the hard cover book DINOSAUR
- Five (5) additional young reader’s titles from the Little, Brown bookshelf including: Tumtum & Nutmeg, Rumblewick’s Diary, The Mousehunter, Daniel X, Ignatius Mcfarland: Frequenaut
Four (4) runner-up winners receive a copy of the new book
- A copy of the hard cover book DINOSAUR
Giveaway
To enter you can answer any (or all) of the following questions for 1-3 entry chances:
1) What do you are children like about reading?
2) Do your children like Dinosaurs?
3) Do you find it important to read to your children?
Extra Entries:
Every tweet or every time you tell someone about this giveway, you may enter again. We want to share the love of reading.
Please read MomDots policies on giveaways. Contest ends on April 24th
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Dinosaurs are very popular around here!
My kids find dinosaurs to be so fascinating, especially given that they no longer roam the earth.
1) Children like to read because I think they like the pictures, also it gets us closer together. (:
2) yes of course they do! They ask me tons of questions about them.
3) I think it is, it helps establish the relationship. (:
thanks so much for the chance, I hope I win! I`ll be keeping my fingers crossed!!!
My children love dinosaurs
My baby girl is brand new but i read to her all the time. i love that she looks at me while Im reading. That makes it important to me.
Dinosaurs are big around here. I love to read to the grandkids.
My granddaughter loves dinosaurs. We love reading because it takes us to wonderous places and journeys.
3) Do you find it important to read to your children?
I find it is so important to read to my children! It is so beneficial in so many ways. Besides the quality time shared together, it is great for the imagination…you can imagine you are anyone, anywhere, doing anything! That’s fun! It is also important for language development, reading, speech and picture recognition, as well as countless other developmental areas!
2) Do your children like Dinosaurs?
My son loves dinosaurs so much! We go to the Dinosaur Museum pretty frequently! My daughter likes them but really loves dancing and princesses…;)
1) What do you are children like about reading?
My daughter loves getting cozy either tucked in bed or sitting on my lap for me to read her a great book! She also loves going to the bookshelves and choosing the 5 books I’ll read to her before bedtime…during the day she also loves to choose books throughout the day for some quick cuddle time and a story. It is a special part of our day, quiet time spent together, not doing anything else but enjoying a story together.
My son likes dinosaurs and especially likes when we read enough that he learns the words
My nephew, Miles love “saurs.” I would give it to him.
I love to read to the children and watch the wonder and amazement in their eyes.
I have always loved dinosaur books when reading to my son, and now the tradition continues with my grandson. I would love to win this.
My kids love dinosaurs and I think it’s important for them to see me reading and to read to them to foster a love of reading in them that will last their whole life!
3) Do you find it important to read to your children?
Yes! It’s very important, not only for them in educational terms but also for their imaginations, creativity and to introduce them to something that will help them destress and enjoy life more!
2) Do your children like Dinosaurs?
Yes! My daughter is especially big into dinosaurs
1) What do you are children like about reading?
Both my kids love books and the time we spend together cuddling on the couch or the bed together while we read. They are both very creative and imaginative so they love to hear stories of all kinds.
I think my children enjoy hearing about new places and different types of lives.
2. Do your children like dinosaurs?
I’m not sure yet, but I sure hope so. My older sister is pregnant with the family’s first grandchild, she and her husband have been trying to get pregnant for years, and at Thanksgiving they announced they were. It’s a boy, and I’m fairly certain I’m going to be the best aunt ever. He’s due in July and I have already spent entirely too much money on stuffed dinosaurs and tiny dinosaur outfits. He’s a boy, so of course he is going to LOVE dinosaurs, just like his Aunt Bai!
I think it is very important to read to my son. Reading to preschoolers is the best way to prepare them to read on their own. Thanks for the chance!
My son is a huge dinosaur fan! He loves to tell me that some dinos eat meat and some eat plants!
Right now my son cannot read on his own but he loves reading books himself anyway. He loves looking at the pictures and using his imagination. Thanks!
My daughter loves reading books, she says its because she wants to be the people in the books lol!
My daughter LOVES dinosaurs!
I think it is very important to read to your children!
My girls love dinosaurs and I know they would enjoy this book. Thank you!!
My girls like learning about new things through reading. They also just like the story, hearing about others and their lives. Thank you!
haha, We all actually went to the museum today, and saw dinosaur bones for the first time! It was a wonderful day, and we are going to go back. So yes, we love Dinosaurs.
lets go back in time
I think it’s early to start reading early and make it a habit.
Of course reading to my daughter is important, I hope it encourages her to read more!
My daughter likes dinosaurs as long as they’re not too scary.
It’s great to see my kids both reading now. At 10 and 7, they are doing great and I love to see the books grow in size every year. They both love dinosaurs, too! It is important to me to still read to them, I like the stories, too. We recently went through all of the Spiderwick books together. Thanks!
We all heart dinosaurs in our family!
Both my children like dinosaurs. They saw some at a science museum and were fasinated.
My Grandson is the one who likes Dinosaurs!!
Reading to my son is important, I hope it sets a foundation for a life-long love of reading!
My son loves dinosaurs! What little boy doesn’t?
My 4 kids love books that capture thier attention.My 6 yr old son is facinated by dinosaurs.I read 30 mins a day to the kids,as it is very important for them to have a love of knowledge and creativity. Thanks!
My son loves the fact that he can “escape” and go anywhere, anytime in his mind.
He does like dinosaurs- I think it is EXTREMELY important to read to your children
youngest loves dinosaurs, i think most kids go through that phase
Yes, the kids love dinosaurs! Isn’t that funny? They’re big and sort of scary but kids love them.
My son would love it, make him a winner!
My son loves dinosaurs, and he loves to read together at bedtime.
My older kids love the adventures that books take them on and they love learning from books, too. My younger two kids love dinosaurs. I think it’s important to read to kids until they can read really well themselves.
The kids love dinosaurs. Especially the taradactyl. Thanks for the chance
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I believe reading to our children helps develop recognition of words and verb tenses, sentence structure, creates relationship closeness, stimulates imationation; and different stories can be educational and/or fun in their own right.
What our children enjoy about reading would be getting caught up in the story, spending time with their parents, the pictures, and the imaginative components in the stories!
Our children are fascinated with dinosaurs. And, yes I find it very important to ready to the children, as does my husband . . . and our parents (the grandparents.)
just to cool
It’s so important. My husband and I take turns reading to my son who is in 4th grade and my daughters who are younger. If for no other reason, its time spent together.
All 3 of my kids love Dinosaurs.
I know for my daughter who has just learned to read, it makes her feel independent. She loves that she can do it herself. Reading takes them away to different places and let’s them use their imagination. Sometimes it’s just plain silly.
I think reading is one of the best things you can do for your child. It helps them with their vocabulary, learn about different subjects and also fosters a love of reading and books for when they get older.
My daughter likes dinosaurs. We like to read stories about them and have actually gone to the Hall of Science when they had life sized robotic dinosaurs. she loved that until they started to roar.
My daughter loves to read. It gives us a chance to do some snuggle time and to hear great stories and learn about all kinds of things.
my children love to learn
my son loves dino’s (got that from his dad)
Yes its important to read to the kids, shows them we care.
Reading to our kids is probably one of the most important things we do with them! Thanks for the chance to win some books!
The kids love dinosaurs, although I keep telling them most dinosaurs would love them, too….in their tummies! Thanks for the opportunity to win the dino books!
The kids love reading because they really get to use their imaginations. Every time we see a movie based on a book, it’s fun to see just how different everyone’s imagined character is from the character on the screen. Thanks for the chance to win such a great prize!
little ones love dinosaurs!
my son loves dinosaurs
My boys love dinosaurs. We just had a dinosaur carnival birthday party.
please let us win my grandsons would love the books
My kids like to read because it takes their imaginations in new directions! We do love dinosaurs at this house and frequently debate whether T Rex or velociraptors are more fierce! I love to read to my kids and with my kids because it sparks new topies of conversation – and we go to the library each week and pick out books on our current areas of interest!
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We just took my son to the museum for the first time, and now he wants to hunt for dino bones!
my son not only likes dinosaurs he LOVES them
3. Reading is absolutely important. Kids need a place to use their imaginations plus it’s a great way to learn new words.
2. It’s weird, last week my son out of the blue started talking about dinosaurs like crazy. So yes, I think he does. lol Him and a friend have been out playing in the construction site looking for dinosaur bones.
1. I like the close time we get together when we read a book. I always make sure to do it one on one so they each have that special time with me.
I think reading is one of the very most important things can do with a child. It enhances their ability to read on their own later if they already know the vocabulary, plus it teaches them the importance of sitting quietly to listen. We read nightly plus often during the day!!
Yes, my kids do like dinosaurs. I think almost ALL kids do!! Especially tyrannosaurus rex like the cover of the book.
My kids have ALWAYS loved reading. I think it’s just fun for them to learn new things and they rhythm of rhyming books plus of course it’s SNUGGLE TIME!!
My kids like reading a lot. They find it relaxing now that they are grown up. I thought it was so important to read to my kids that they spend lots of time reading to their kids (and so do I). I don’t know how my kids feel about dinosaurs, but my grandkids find them fascinating.
My grandson loves dinosaurs, and my daughter reads to him every day!
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I think it’s very important to read to my children. In fact, there was a story on the news the other day about how kids whose parents read to them have something like 32,000 more words in their vocabulary by the time they start school than kids who aren’t read to. That’s crazy! And my son LOVES dinosaurs.
I love to read books to my grandchildren. My 5 year old grandson loves reading about dinosaurs!
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Yes, very important to read. Bonding time and helps them understand pronouncing words.
Aidan loves Dinosaurs. HIs uncle gave him a couple of dinosaur toys last year and he still plays with them.
The twins are just beginning to learn to read. THey try so hard and it makes me smile when they get something correct.
I would love to win this dinosaur book. My nephew loves them so much.
My littleone looks forward to reading every! It brings us closer together-
Thank you for a great giveaway! I would love to win. I find it is very important to read to my children. Its nice to just relax with them and go exploring through a book. Thank you
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2) Do your children like Dinosaurs?
My 3 year old is obsessed with dinosaurs. I just bought a huge lot of dinosaur books on eBay to feed his insatiable need to read about them
It is incredibly important to read to your kids. Fosters together time, learning, intimacy that tv’s can’t compete with.
Yes, my little boy loves dinos!
My little boy loves turning the pages to enjoy the book at his pace.
I always read to my children, and am now reading to grandchildren. It is an important part of loving and learning.
My oldest grandson has been a dinosaur fan for most of his life, and that has led him into studies of herpetology as well.
The first question was a little unclear, but I thing you are asking what I or my children like about reading–it allows us to learn about different cultures, locations, and imagined worlds without having to leave our own comfortable reading spot. I myself have been an avid reader my entire life.
My son is a dinosaur fanatic – Prehistoric Planet is his favorite show. We got to the library weekly to get more dinosaur books. He can even name the top 10 and he’s only 4!
it is very important to read to your kids.it helps them learn and do well in school.
Yes, reading is very inportant, my children LOVE dinosaurs, they love learning new things.
reading is very important, my kids love to read and it is a great way to foster imagination
We like reading because it is time we can spend together. My son loves dinosaurs. I feel it is very important to read to my children.
I’m a retired kindergarten teacher. I can’t even count all the reasons why reading to children is important.
My nephew does like dinosaurs.
My nephew loves the Curious George books.
One of my grandchildren loves to read because he wants to learn about everything. Another grandchild loves to read because she thinks she can extend her bedtime if she is reading. I guess there are many reasons to love reading.
My grandson love dinosaurs. He has miniatures all over his room. He would be fascinated with this book.
I think reading is one of the most important thing you can do for children.
I don’t have children, but some of my siblings and many of my friends do. I love reading with them because it is such a friendly, fun, experience.
One of my good friends has a son who loves dinosaurs, and since I do too (I considered becoming a paleontologist) we talk about them a lot.
I think it is very important to read to children. I’ve been reading to my kids since they were infants. My kids have a love for books, and are very strong readers. It helps them out in so many ways…not just academically.
My son really likes Dinosaurs. The Easter Bunny actually gave him some foam dinosaur models that he made me put together about 50 times. He kept making them eat eachother, which consisted ‘RAWR’ing and smooshing them to pieces…which I then had to reassemble. =)
My kids love to read. My 2 older children like to write & illustrate their own books, and my 2 younger ones pretend they are reading daily.
My boys LOVE dinosaurs, it’s the favorite book topic my 5 year old brings home from the library and they watch dino movies and play with dinosaurs everyday!
Yes, I find it important to read to my kids because it helps them know about the world and strengthens their vocabulary.
My children haven’t really been exposed to dinosaurs but I bet they would. They like animals.
My children love the pictures in the book right now and love turning pages. I love that it helps them learn words.
I posted about this giveaway! Here is the link: http://angeleyesadventures.blogspot.com/2009/04/dinosaurs-everywhere-i-turn.html
Do my boys like dinosaurs? Hmm….They have about 100 plastic ones laying around for the dogs to chew and me to step on in the dark. We own about 50 books JUST about dinosaurs. We went to Walking with the Dinosaurs and that is all I hear about. If you get a chance to see it, it is a MUST!
My boys like to read to me! It is easier for the 7 yr old but I love it when my 4 yr old “reads” aka makes up stories. They crack me up!
I find it extremely important to read to my boys! I feel it makes them appreciate and love reading from a young age and will help them succeed in school!
I do find it really important to read to my son. We read no less than 30 minutes a day. He’s learned so much from it and we both enjoy the quiet time together.
My son loves dinosaurs!
My son loves reading because he always wants to learn more. He also really just enjoys it and seems to find it relaxing.
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3) Do you find it important to read to your children?
Yes!!! I feel it is very important to read to your children. I think reading is a good thing to do with your children. As they get older-I think it’s good for them to read to you.(This also encourages them & builds there reading skills too)
2) Do your children like Dinosaurs?
Yes. My son loves dinosaurs & likes to learn more about them.
My daughter likes them but not as much as my son does
1) What do your children like about reading?
My children like to read to learn more facts about animals & places
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Obviously I think reading to children is important. I review a lot of children’s books on my blog and believe that the books enlarge a child’s world and spark imagination and creativity.
Is there a child that doesn’t like Dinosaurs? We like stomping around the house pretending to be dinosaurs like in Laurie Berkner’s song, “We are the Dinosaurs.”
My children like reading all books. We read before naps and bedtime and they try to drag it on as long as possible. I think one aspect they really enjoy is the exclusive mommy/daddy time that comes with reading.
Here’s my tweet … http://twitter.com/MACMOMof3/status/1488948782
I find it extremeley important to read to my children every night. Before I became a SAHM I worked in Psychology and all my studies found the more children read and the more books they have at home the higher their I.Q. and test scores.
My son likes Dinosaurs a lot. My daughter she watches movies with dinosaurs in them and sometimes reads about them. The littlest he likes to watch Barney on TV and he’s a Dinosaur, but he’s to young to read yet he’s 6 months old.
Mu daughter likes to read about anything and everything. She likes Disney Books and Spongebob Books the best. My son likes to read about Cars, Dinosaurs, and anything funny like JOKE books. THANKS
My little man loves reading about animals… he’s a fan of the zoo! Thanks for the chance.
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/wondermomma/status/1476801833
I definitely think it’s super important to read to your children! It’s a time of bonding and sharing how wonderful reading is, it helps them take an interest in learning to read books themselves.
I have three boys and yes, they ADORE Dinosaurs!! We have all of the Land Before Time movies and they have a rubbermaid tub full of toy dinosaurs. They would LOVE this giveaway!
My boys love reading and being read to! I think they just love the fantasy of it all, you can go places in books that you can’t IRL and that’s so fun for them!
I find it very important to read to our kids. It encourages their love for books and stories, and reading is one of the most important life skills we can pass on to them.
Audrey loves reading, and most of all she loves to make up her own stories about the pictures in the books.
Audrey has a new found love for dinosaurs!
3) Do you find it important to read to your children? I feel that Reading is an absolutely integral aspect of learning and discovery, and my DH and I have always lead by example (kids always see us reading). Our kids are thrilled to be able to spend the day with us at our local Library or Barnes and Noble bookstore.It never gets boring!
2) Do your children like Dinosaurs? My 4 younger children are obsessed with Dinosaurs (species,history,artifacts,etc.) They are begging to go back to Washington D.C. this summer to “visit” T-Rex.
1) What do you are children like about reading? My kids LOVE to read and learn about new things, and then matter-of-factly recite their newfound knowledge to all available ears in our house!
Do you find it important to read to your children? Absolutely. It teaches her new words and increases her vocabulary. It also helps her imagination and thinking skills.
Do your children like Dinosaurs? Yes. She loves the “How Do Dinosaurs” series.
What do your children like about reading? She likes the quality time we spend together, being taken to different places by the story, and learning new things.
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It is very very important to read to children. Its the start of having them truly enjoy it. Just as important is having them to read to me.
My 7 year old grandson is totally into dinosaurs. We go to the library and he will check out 5 books and you can bet that every one
of them are about dinosaurs.
My grandkids love to read because they are so proud when they learn to pronounce the words. Its such a great learning experience.
I think it is important to read to children. When you start early, they can really develop a love for books and reading!
My boys LOVE, LOVE, LOVE dinosaurs, which is why I am hoping to win!
What my children like about reading are the stories. They love to hear what’s going to happen next and they like when their mommy and daddy read to them so they can spend time with them!
1) What do your children like about reading?
W/out asking him I’d have to say that he uses his imagination .. he’s always stopping me to tell me things about the story.
2) Do your children like Dinosaurs?
He l♥ves them!
3) Do you find it important to read to your children?
Definitely .. we can sit & read for hours .. I l♥ve that!
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3) Do you find it important to read to your children? Definitely! I started reading to each of them long before they were even born. All of my kids have loved to be read to. Even after they can read on their own, they still curl up around me to be read to. I’m sure it’s quite a funny sight to see me and 5 kids (ages 2 – 13) piled up on the couch reading “Big Red” which is the two youngests favorite.
2) Do your children like Dinosaurs? Absolutely. Right now we’re watching “The Magic School Bus the Busassarurus”. Wyatt is home sick today and when he spotted it on the channel guide begged to watch it because he had the same book from the library last week.
1) What do your children like about reading?
I asked my kids…
Wyatt likes that he can learn about different places when reading.
Lucas likes that he can learn about firetrucks, dinosaurs, and zoo animals from books.
Logan yelled “book” and took off to find one. I think his favorite part of reading is snuggling
I think the love of books and learning is one of the best gifts a parent can give a child – one that lasts a lifetime. That’s why reading together is so important.
My preschooler loves dinosaurs – thinks they are magical!
Reading is by far our favorite at-home activity. We read books every day, and my kids cannot get enough of it.
I love to read to my kids. Even the older ones will gather round when I read to the little one. I have been a reader all of my life and encourage my kids to read, too. I love it because the character can look anyway you want, and you can relive the story in your mind over and over.
My two youngest boys love dinosaurs. There is a dino poster in their room and they have cards with all sorts of information about dinos.
I read to my 4&6 yr olds everynight. We all love dinosaurs, my 6yr old is reading about them in school this month.
I tweeted. http://twitter.com/susanlanai/status/1461460448
Yes, reading is a daily must do!
We like dinosaurs!
Reading together is a special time because we enjoy the stories but more so we enjoy the closeness of one another.
I think its sooo important to read to them that is how they learn. My daughter copies what I read to her so I know it’s helping.
My daughter loves reading about animals. their her favorite.
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my daughter loves dinosaurs.
It is very important to read to your children
My children do like dinos, we have a magnet dino set and one dino book
I like watching my daughter sit and read to herself, she’s so cute pretending to read
Of course it’s important to read to my kids. It fosters imagination and a future love of reading and knowledge.
My boys’ room is decorated in Dinosaurs! So, YES, we love them!
My boys are little, but they all love to hear the stories and see pictures in books.
Reading is very important to me. It is important to pass this love along to my boys! We visit the library every week to find new books to check out.
My son LOVES dinosaurs! He would really enjoy this book.
My sons love the closeness of reading with mommy.
My children like the adventure of each book …. yes my son LOVES dinosaurs.. yes it is important to read to my children
My son loves dinosaurs!
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I love watching and hearing my DH read certain Thomas The Train books to our son because when DH changes the wording just a little and DS corrects him! The other best part is the bonding that happens during story time.
Yes, reading to your children is very important. We try to read one story a night to our son. It’s a bonding process and a teaching tool.
My son just LOVES dinosaurs, he’s got so many of them it’s scary! He likes them so much that we all have our own type of dinosaur, I’m “Mommyasaurus”, DH is “Daddyasaurus”, and DS is usually the “Dinosaurus Rex”
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I think it’s very important to read to children – it gives them an appreciation for it, teaches them to use their imaginations, and shows them that they can be entertained other ways than just TV.
I don’t think my daughter has a particular preference for dinosaurs, but she’s not really old enough yet.
I loved dinosaurs and dragons growing up so I’m sure she’ll have an appreciation for them!
The pictures, the attention, being able to grab the book and throw it, then hand it back… lol She’s 11 months old.
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I feel slightly stupid because I can’t figure out how to show my tweet – status page? Is this because i tweeted in tweetdeck, maybe? Anyways I did tweet it.
1) What do you are children like about reading? My son loves to read and tells us all the time how he goes inside the books. How cool is that?!
2) Do your children like Dinosaurs? OMG, Yes!
3) Do you find it important to read to your children? I read to my son while I was pregnant with him and either my hubby or I have read to him every single night of his life. We are a family of avid readers!
I tweeted about this giveaway!
http://twitter.com/_Karen/status/1458775397
I do find it important to read to our children. Not only is it bonding time, but books bring up topics that do not come up in their everyday lives.
My 5yr old really likes dinosaurs. He does not see them as big scary creatures yet though. One of his favorite series is How Do Dinosaurs (such and such?). We have several of those books in our home library.
My children like reading because it means one on one time with either me or my husband.
I tweeted http://twitter.com/primamomma/status/1458284952
1) What do you are children like about reading? Snuggling with me as I read to him.
2) Do your children like Dinosaurs? Yes, big dino fans here.
3) Do you find it important to read to your children? Yes, it is great for us to spend the mostly quiet time together, it is great to help him wind down at nap and bed or if he is anxiously waiting to leave to somewhere, and it is great to get his imagination and vocabulary going.
I find it very important to read to my son because it introduces him to vocabulary he may not necessarily hear. My son loves learning about new animals, fish, dinosaurs etc. so we tend to get him a lot of those kinds of books. Thanks for the chance.
I definitely think it’s important to read to kids. I know it’s helped to develop my son’s vocabulary and imagination. And, I like the cuddle time that comes with reading a good book.
My little guy LOVES dinosaurs. And “roar”-ing like dinosaurs. All. The. Time.
I find reading so important. We are giving the opportunity to teach our children. My daughter likes to count things on the pages, and she learns more words. She is only 2, but pointing out different pictures on the page and reading the stories has helped her vocabulary. I think Reading books to my daughter is Wonderful!
My daughter has watched a couple of movies about dinosaurs, one with Elmo and one with Diego and she was fascinated by them. She sat so quietly and watched with big eyes.
(On my last comment I meant to say that reading calms our day not “clams”)
I love to read with my daughter, because it clams our day. She will sit on my lap and listen to me. Sometimes she will ask questions and it is just a perefect opportunity to sit together and enjoy each other.
Oh my goodness….
1. My daycare kiddos love for me to read to them. They love the different stories and after I finish the book, we talk about things that happened in the story.
2. Do my kiddos love dinosaurs? For me that is a silly question. I have two daycare boys that only want to play with dinosaurs. They are 3 and 5 years old and they can tell you the real names of a bunch of them.
3.I KNOW that reading to children is VERY important. It teaches them so many things.
I think its very important to read to my baby. She’s only 3 months old but its never too early to start
I love reading to my girl because its relaxing at bed time, fun at play time and always good bonding activity.
As I kindergarten teacher, I know the importance of reading to children when they are young!
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They love dinosaurs!
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I think they really like the snuggling with a book – any book! LOL
It is very important to read to your children. It helps them focus on tasks…you may have to let them be choosy to get them to listen…but you can normally find something that they will be interested in.
Yes my kids like dinosaurs. Zach just had dinosaur week at school…and you should hear them roar during the dinosaur song on laurie berkner dvd.
My children love the entertainment factor out of reading. They love silly/dramatic effects in books.
I 100% think it is important to read to your kids, and when they are old enough to read i think it is equally important to also have them read to you. As parents we need to be working on the same team as our children’s teachers!
all 3 of my boys love dinosaurs and we have a huge bin in their room busting at the seams with dinosaurs!
My oldest loves to read. He is actually AP in his class. I adore seeing him sitting in his room or on the sofa reading a book, especailly since I love reading so much as well
We read with our boys every day, but my favorite time to read with them is to snuggle up right before bed and dive into story after story.
All of our boys like dinosaurs, they’re boys, but our youngest son LOVES them. He would go nuts to have this big book!
Our boys LOVE reading, they love to slip into the story and they truly believe they are a part of each book they read.