Our little reader

I think I've mentioned before how much Ava loves to be read to and how I find her reading to herself sometimes, picking her favorite books off the shelf. It is amazing how much she can remember! I realize how much she is learning from reading-- new words, new emotions. An especially exciting book, filed with emotions from a little bird who is off on a walk to look for his mother is by P.D. Eastman and it's called Are You My Mother? I read this book to her with great enthusiasm because it's fun :) You'll see in the video Ava imitating the way I read it, or rather the way she sees the baby bird expressing himself! I am posting this video for my mom and sisters. My Mom read this book to all three of us when we were young and we loved it. It's a joy to read it to Ava and see how much she loves it too! Listen for words like "baby bird", "Mother, Mother! Are you my Mother?" "SNORT!"etc. You'll see how much she understands if you know the story...

Here is what she is saying:

baby bird. You have a mother baby bird.

Mother, mother, are you my mother?

Big thing said, SNORT!

Cry, mommy! mommy! see my cry? waaa waaaa

Snort back baby tree (The snort put the baby bird back in the tree)

You have a mother baby bird

(you are) not a cow

not a boat

not a plane

not a snort

bird, mother (you are a bird and you are my mother)

the end