Over the past two weeks in which I didn't share our favorite books, Makayla has still been hung up on the Two is for Twins book that I shared last time. I have to admit that it has grown on me. I'm sure it has everything to do with how much Makayla loves to read it to us.
Austin has also really started to enjoy reading. I've found him sitting down and reading books by him self a few times even. This kid doesn't sit still for anything, so it really warmed my heart the other day when I found him sitting against his stuffed frog chair and flipping through the pages of Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
. He was pointing at the pictures and mumbling something out loud, as if he were actually reading each page out loud. 
However, this week, Makayla has a new favorite. It's another one of the Baby Einstein books. All I can say is, these Baby Einstein folks know what they're doing! We are currently reading...and rereading...and reading, Baby Einstein: Language Nursery
. This isn't a book I would have picked out on my own, it was a hand-me-down. It seems a little boring at first glance. Simple, plain images, very few words, most not even in English. But Baby Einstien gets it right , every time! This book has a simple (but bold and easy to see for Makayla) image on one side of the page and on the opposite page there is a short sentence about the image and the sentence is written in about six different languages. I have yet to actually ready the other languages to them, but the back of the book says that hearing the different languages is good for children during their language learning years.
On the last page, instead of an image, there is a mirror. This is Makayla's favorite part. She is always so excited and surprised to find herself in the book! It cracks her up and she gets supper close to the mirror and kisses herself and giggles. We have mirrors for the kids to play with, but there is something about having in it the book that makes it SO much more magical!
One of my favorite things about the book is that it's taught Makayla the work "duck." Of course, now everything that isn't a dog or cat, is a duck...but she's learning!
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