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To: Rambi who wrote (6386)	1/19/1998 6:42:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 71178

No Penni, you don't sound like a commercial at all. And I TOTALLY agree with you. The first night I came home from the hospital I bet I read 15 books to Ryan. He really loves it when I read to him and is very upset when we stop. No matter HOW many we have read! About 6 months back, just out of curiosity I decided to find out when he would not ask for another book. I got up to 31 piled beside his bed and the only thing that stopped us was he fell asleep! They seem so simplistic to me, but both the kids simply love being read to. He recently took an aptitude test at school and they say he's up to the first grade level already. He can actually read small words at 4 1/2! And he LOVES doing it. I sit and play the software programs with him often in the evening. I am absolutely astounded what he can do and learn. Their little minds are just craving for stimulation at this age. I think every kid should go to a preschool like the Montessori schools when they are 3. Do you think I'm nuts there Penni? It's not like school like we remember it. It's like organized stimulating games. They learn at their own pace while they are playing. It is a real marvel to watch 18 little kids quietly involved in exercises at this school. It's really stumps you into shock the first time you see it. Not too long ago in IBD there was a study done on kids who were read to vs kids who were not. The results in success and acedemic achievement were startling. I never could understand why it got such little play in the press, except for IBD. I bet you would be a wonderful teacher in one of those schools if you chose to Penni. Michael

To: Rambi who wrote (6386)	1/19/1998 8:05:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 71178

Penni, I've have had T-shirts made up with the following captions: "HELP! I've started posting and I can't get up!" and "I'm posting as fast as I can!" They are white polyester and cotton and come in small, medium, large, and extra-large. Do you think there might be a niche market here? Holly

To: Rambi who wrote (6386)	1/19/1998 8:58:00 PM
From: janet	Respond to of 71178

You know Penni I spent years reading to my sons before bed, but in the last few years the kids have had the nightly reading programs so we switched over to making them read. They have the cards that must be signed each night to say that they had indeed read. Well not all kids like reading and not all kids can do it with ease. Some nights we were just as likely to get a book thrown at us as having it read to us. So gradually we have stopped reading at bedtime. On reading your post I realize that perhaps we should not have had him read to us. I think that we should just read to him to maintain his interest in books. I think that the rest will come eventually. He is 10 now and should read better than he does, but I feel we lost this " special" time of the day in an effort to improve his reading skills. Thank you for the inspiration janet