My son will be three in a few weeks and I'm worrying that he doesn't seem to have much interest in books and am wondering how to encourage him more.
When he was a bit younger he loved stories, but recently he seems more keen on just climbing on the furniture. If I start reading him a story he often loses interest and wanders off, so I only ever manage fairly short stories, if anything. I sometimes manage one when I'm getting him ready for bed or occasionally during the day. When we do manage a story, I often don't finish it because he's busy talking about the illustrations, but at least that means he's taking an interest in the story.
I have always loved reading and am told I spent a lot of time being read to as a small child, whereas DH is a much less avid reader. DH usually has to settle him at night, as I have to go off and feed his baby sister, and instead of having a story they watch YouTube clips of nursery rhymes.
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dogindisguise · 31/10/2013 21:49
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