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Speaking of Boynton and memorized, I have Moo, ...

2010-02-05T12:30:12.643-08:00
Speaking of Boynton and memorized, I have Moo, Baa, La la la memorized. :) It was a favorite of a baby we babysat for, so I knew I needed it for Mikko. We've gotten some others as gifts that I will have to break out again, including some of the CD sets. I haven't seen the BBKing music video, though!

Man, this is so timely for me! I'm always stu...

2010-02-05T12:25:46.114-08:00
Man, this is so timely for me! I'm always stumped as to what are good kids' books these days! We have another in the "Bear" series called "Bear wants more" and it's great. We also have "Love you through and through." At one point I had the whole book memorized and it was one of several I'd recite to Hollis when we were breastfeeding.

Thanks again for the ideas!!

Ah, yes, Boynton is great! Has anyone seen the BBK...

2010-02-05T10:24:16.501-08:00
Ah, yes, Boynton is great! Has anyone seen the BBKing/Boynton DVD/book? It's great. It's a short music video with BBKing about how he's lost his shoe. Too cute.

I love Peter H. Reynolds. So far I've only rea...

2010-02-04T14:19:16.330-08:00
I love Peter H. Reynolds. So far I've only read 'ish' and 'The Dot', but both are excellent books about our own innate artistic abilities. I would say they're good starting at around age 3 or so.

And my toddler loves Sandra Boynton. Anything Boynton makes him laugh out loud.

Thanks, Molly! That helps put it more in perspecti...

2010-02-04T11:24:27.189-08:00
Thanks, Molly! That helps put it more in perspective. I think it was that people were staring at us staring at the firefighters, and I wondered what they were thinking. (I should stop doing that — ha!)

I was thinking that one reason we (cultural we) emphasize firefighters and police officers and doctors and such is to familiarize kids with them, so that they're not afraid to accept help from them. For instance, a firefighter came to Mikko's school to show the kids how a firefighter looked in all his (scary) gear and face mask, so that kids wouldn't hide from him in a fire. So it makes sense in that way, but I couldn't help but worry about whatever poor soul had a medical emergency that that particular fire truck was attending, and here my son was just pointing and smiling. Oh, well! I think next time we'll chat about how the firefighters are helping someone; I like that.

P.S. A friend of mine just had an unexpected home birth attended by 5 EMTs, so maybe it was someone going through something joyful. A girl can hope!

Dear Zoo is one of our fav's, too, and I'l...

2010-02-04T10:53:41.029-08:00
Dear Zoo is one of our fav's, too, and I'll have to check the rest out.

Wanted to weigh in on the fire engine lights, though - we live by a fire station so we see fire engines go by all day (and night) long, and she has been fascinated with them from the very beginning. And, my husband's dad is a retired fire chief, so there's that. We always grab her up to look over the fence at the lights and say, "There go the firefighters, off to help somebody who is having an emergency!" So don't feel bad about fascination with pretty lights. Fire trucks are fun and fire fighters help people; what more can you ask for? :)

Thanks for all the great book recco's!