Addicted to books

[PY]

We went today to our friends house(they have a little 2 year old boy...who is adorable)Anyways when we got there, they were at their backyard  enjoying gardening, so Catalina ask them for books as soon as we came in. She sit in the table and  look every single book they have for kids at the bookshelf(she couldn't read them, those books are in japanese...because our friends are japanese)but she was so entertain there for a while....I asked her couple of times if she wanted to go enjoy her little friend at the backyard but she said..."no thank you I want books". After she finished looking every single book she could found at the book shelf ,she decided to play with some puzzles and when she was done with puzzles she went back to look over again the books.
I don't complain the fact she loves books so much..I think it is fun .
 I just put her to sleep, I read her 4 books and she was upset because she wanted to read more...which I tell her "I understand you want to read more books...Tomorrow we will read some more books..it is ok. so she is trying to get the idea of "tomorrow" (I actually deal with this evry night when I have to put her to sleep...and I said the same thing...so she stops being upset and says Ok mommy tomorrow more books.

[tatianna]

your little one sounds so sweet
it's great that you raised such a avid reader
hope my little one enjoys reading as much
just hope they keep it to the daytime

[2010BEBES]

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I don't complain the fact she loves books so much..I think it is fun .
 

PY it is not only fun but mainly being a vivid reader will open her many doors.
How is her day, does she goes to preschool or stays with you.
 My grandson was told that requiered more physical activities May this be her case too?

[khatty]

Karma to you PY.
I almost understand your problem, but I think you have it worse than me.  My dd also loves books.  She sounds at about the same reading level as your child.  She will/can read YBCR books and other simple books which have been read to her before.  She will read those on her own, but also LOVES for me to read to her.  Most days I am convinced I spend 50% of my time reading. We read for about an hour every morning after she wakes up.  She insists on a few books before she eats lunch.  Then of course we have a big reading session every afternoon.  My dd doesn't nap but we do spend an hour or two every afternoon on her bed reading.  She will read some books and I will read the rest.  Of course we read a few books after dinner.  Her bedtime routine usually includes about an hour of reading before she falls asleep.  And Yes, many many nights she wakes up at 3 am asking for a story.  I too think it is great that my dd loves books, and yet somedays I am convinced I am going to go batty if I have to read another kids book.

I do hope that as she learns to read more and more on her own that my reading time with her will be reduced.  Yes, my house is a disaster because for the moment I have decided reading is a priority.  One day she won't need me to read to her at all, nor want me to.  That thought sustains me through the 100+ books I read in a day.

So, I have tried a few strategies.  A few have been mentioned already.  I do own hundreds of books that I rotate so that they are not all out at once and can be 'fresh' again a few weeks from now.  Thankfully we have a library that lends 100 books at a time, and yes the library is better than the candy store.

I have started to read longer classics to my child.  We have been reading our way through 'Little Women' the last week, but we have also done the 'Wind in the Willows' and 'Secret Garden'.  I have been reading abridged small chapter books of these classics.  I find a small chapter book means that I might only have to read for 30 minutes instead of 60 minutes of 20 smaller books.  Also, the classic chapter books keep my interest a little better so that helps with my sanity.  There is a great post on brillkids somewhere regarding classic books for kids.  I am slowly working my way through the list.

I have tried the strategy of reading a book that has activity in it and then trying to get her involved in that activity again.  Such as reading a book about baking a cake then sometimes I can get her to bake with me instead of reading.  I admit this doesn't always work, but at least sometimes it does.

For the 3 am reading sessions, I do try to focus my reading on books that end in sleeping or are about sleeping.  I have also tried 'telling her story' vs reading a story.  I will just make up a random story, again I try to stick to sleeping themes and making my dd the center of the story.  Again, this doesn't always work, but it saves my sanity when it does.  The advantage of telling a story over reading a story is that telling a story you can do in the dark, the child doesn't need to sit up and look at a book, and hopefully you can rub their back to sleep.

I do hope my dd establishes a lifetime love of reading.  In the meantime, just trying to keep sanity!  Good Luck to you PY.

[PY]

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I don't complain the fact she loves books so much..I think it is fun .
 

PY it is not only fun but mainly being a vivid reader will open her many doors.
How is her day, does she goes to preschool or stays with you.
 My grandson was told that requiered more physical activities May this be her case too?

I think my daughter sits still only for reading,LR and flashcards time  otherways she keeps hemself really busy all day, she loves dancing, yoga,playing outside, whenever I want to do coloring or any other work in the table she doesn't seems so interested, she gets bored very easy. Since my perspective I will say she is an active little girl.
She cames to work at the school with me since she was 6 months old, counting that I worked during all my pregnancy too. She is around other children five days a week.On weekends we take her to do so much fun stuff(we don't stay at home)zoo,library,pet zoo,parks,to see the ocean,kids playgrounds...etc. I will say she does quiet of exercise during the day.

[rugrat]

PY, Your daughter sounds so cute, what a lovely dilemma to have.

I will be using some of the above tips for my son as he's already started to ask for more books especially around nap time and sleeping time, he'll rather have a book read to him then sleep and if I refuse to read more he would just yell and cry until I give in.  I've started to buy him more simple 1 or 2 word per page board books so he can learn and read those on his own, I would give him about 8 books to read on the floor, this will last for about 10/15 mins which is enough time in the morning for me brush my teeth and wash my face.

[PY]

We also keep the books in the house wherever she can reach them, we have books in the bathroom(we also read at bath time),in the kitchen she has a drawer for her books,in my bedroom,in the toy room, in the car and of course in her berdroom.
I think that help a lot too, giving her the chance to have easy access to her books since she was a baby, she could see books all around her.

[2010BEBES]

My grandson has most of his books in his bedroom where he can access them easily (in his fathers house) and in my bedroom where he knows I keep new books that are not yet for his age but I bought for the FUTURE. It looks as if I am 'Book Addict'.
Also on my living room we have a big shelf (biblioteca or library) where we have all type of books (short stories, novels, encyclopedias etc) for every age some of which we used with my sons. Sometimes he asks for some of them too.
When he was smaller we read to him from plastic books while taking a bath.
i agree, access to books may help in love for reading

[khatty]

Now PY I can relate to the books in every room - thank you for making me feel like I am not alone.  We have a bookshelf or drawer or bin or pile of books in every room of our house.  My daughter is pretty good about booking her books away most of the time, but it still seems I spend an hour every night putting books away.

Right now she is really into pulling out all my textbooks and novels off my nightstand, and she can't reach them to put them back.  I'm off to clean the pile of books before I go to sleep.

[kmum]

Odd was like this.  I tried to rotate books for my own sanity, but I have to admit that I donated one of her favorites to charity because neither myself or my husband could stand to read it ever again!

[PY]

Now PY I can relate to the books in every room - thank you for making me feel like I am not alone.  We have a bookshelf or drawer or bin or pile of books in every room of our house.  My daughter is pretty good about booking her books away most of the time, but it still seems I spend an hour every night putting books away.

Right now she is really into pulling out all my textbooks and novels off my nightstand, and she can't reach them to put them back.  I'm off to clean the pile of books before I go to sleep.

My daughter is sick(she got a stomach flu)so we spent yesterday all day reading books in the living room, at the end of the night I couldn't believe how many books were in the floor...a lot! I worst part is that my daughter is sick, she didn't feel like picking them up(most of the time ,she does) AND i WAS SO Exhausted that at the end my husband had to pick them up.
That is right, most of the time puts them away without me asking her, she knows her routine, but sometimes gets too late at night that I have to do it because there are books all over my bedroom I can't even walk.I agree with you!
I also rotate the books every week from place to place like you said, that creates more curiousity on her, I guess.

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