Danny Pettry's Read Along C.D.

Hello friends --

My children's book, "Building Character with Sam, Izzy, & Many Other Dogs" now has a Read-Along Audio C.D. for children!

Check it out here:



And if you don't have the book already -- get it here:

A great blog for children's books.

I often quote my favorite motivational speaker the late Jim Rohn.

He said, "the book you don't read won't help you."

I'd like to add that the book you don't read to your child won't help her (or him).

Today, I'd like to let you know about an amazing blog that I discovered.

It is called Read Aloud Dad. The father carefully picks children's books to read to his twins. He reviews them at his blog.

His blog is bright, colorful, easy to read, interesting, and full of wonderful book recommendations for children.

I've worked as a recreational therapist for children for the last 8-years. I often look for children's books that can be used for a therapeutic purpose in treatment. I think this new blog is going to be very beneficial for me as a rec therapist.

And I think it could be very benficial for any parent or teacher.

Here is the link:


http://readalouddad.blogspot.com

New picture book.

Carrie (my sister) and I are creating a part picture book/ part comic book for children. It is going to star her two pets: Izzy a Chihuahua and Sam an English Bulldog. It’s will be a short story on acceptance, friendship, and playing.

Izzy shown in picture above.

Sam shown in picture above.

You'd might be amazed at how well Izzy and Sam get-along. They make odd friends.

Onyx the cat may make a guest appearance in this story. Every story needs a villain. This cat likes to hiss and snap at Izzy.

She really has a mean face in this picture.

I'll let you know when we mave more updates.

importance of reading books to children

In my book, Discover Hidden Secret Wisdom, I argue that reading is the # 1 skill needed to become great. Hidden wisdom can be found deep in books. However, you must be an avid reader in order to discover all the wonderful secrets.




Importance of Reading Books to Children...

Today, I read an interesting article on the importance of reading to children between the ages of zero and three. the article suggests ways to get children involved in books.

Here are a few tips that I noticed from the article:

a.) read a lot of books to a toddler.

b.) let the child pick the book -- this allows the child autonomy. this is for age 3.

c.) ask questions about the chracters. where is the dog? why is the bunny alseep? Is he tired? this is more for 2.5 to 3, I'd imagine.

d.) Read signs to the child. Stop. Go. Slow. etc.

e.) charades? let the child act out parts of the story

f.) just tell a story to a child. I like to tell stories to my nefew Gage. I stop and ask him a question about the characters to get involved. Here is an example. Bob is driving his car and he sees a cat and a dog. Does Bob pick up the cat and dog or does he leave them alone? Gage says, "leave them." So, I go with it. Yes, you're right Gage. The animals don't belong to Bob. So, he keeps driving. and I just make it up as I go along. I love to do that.

Here is the full article that I had read:


http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer/text/DocServer/PageServer?pagename=ter_par_1224_literacy

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