how do you sound?

[yossi]

The small one loves Seuss. The Seuss is all packed away.

In lieu of "replacing" the stray cat that wasn't mine when I moved, I got her concurrence that fish would be acceptable. I got not just one fish, but two, one happened to be red, the other blue. I'm sure you can see where this is going. . .

She has asked for the book, which was one of the ones she learned to read from. Now I have to come up with a copy.

I'm a passable mimic, all the older siblings liked when I voiced characters. Sometimes character appropriate, sometimes just randomly. Narration, I usually affect some accent. She always used to interupt, "STOP doing voices. Use you REAL voice."

Now she likes it. Usually.

"I can read with one eye shut," I would continue to rotate on subsequent pages after the curvy-text one.

With the last one, I knew from the time she was quite small that she either had an eidetic memory or could actually read because I could stop anywhere and she could finish the sentence. She became resistant to voicing the stories herself. I tricked her into participating by veering off script; she would correct me.

For use as a reader, I think PD Eastman is better. Lots of repetition, no little couplets that are easy to remember with the part of your brain that does song and rhyme. Go Dog, Go! was the book my sister taught me to read with. I used it with all tbe kids.

My father taught us to read out loud with Tolkien. Some of my fondest memories revolve around sitting on the stairs with my siblings, waiting for/dreading the arrival of the school bus. He worked his way through the trilogy, bless him.

Look in thrift stores! Generally they have a good selection of children's books. Lots of Seuss floating about.

 

[Phelia]

I'm bored, so I've decided to read some Carroll.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1v5UH7L97gJ

Draw me a sheep

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[yossi]

Draw me a sheep

!!!

Sometimes I can read through the portion with the fox and sob my way through it. So beautiful.

I had a co-worker tell me she tried reading the book and didn't "get it." I could have saved her some time by drawing her a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. Ah, well.

 

[Adre]

Such a soothing voice. The av too for that matter!

 

[yossi]

I was hoping for the opposite with the av!

Thanks, Adre.

 

[Not Normal]

I'm bored, so I've decided to read some Carroll.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1v5UH7L97gJ

Draw me a sheep

These are both wonderful.

 

[pete]

These are both wonderful.

yes, the both of them were lovely.

thanks for sharing yossi & phelia

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[pete]

no problem.
i'll pm you my email address

 

[Adre]

Such a soothing voice. The av too for that matter!

I was hoping for the opposite with the av!

Thanks, Adre.

adjective sooth·ing \ˈsü-thiŋ\
Definition of soothing for English Language Learners
: producing feelings of comfort or relief

Your av provided the above mentioned "relief." (A few minutes later.)

 

[cleaver]

This thread was great.... hint hint.

a bunch of threads were...