Sid’s latest penchant is for puzzles.. he loves to watch me put the pieces together and then the next second he scatters them around asking me to repeat the process, heartless boy! I tried getting him to do it a bit, but for now he is content just watching me do it. One of the nights Sid was coughing badly whenever he lied down. To make him stay awake for sometime and have the medicines we started doing the puzzles and this was at 4am!! Weird when writing about it, but at that moment somehow seemed the logical thing to do, trust me! His periamma also got him a new Animals puzzle with zebra, elephant, tiger, etc. Animals & puzzles are a deadly combination for Sid and every waking moment he drives us mad asking us to keep doing this.
Another favorite pastime of his is to get me read books to him. Remember sometime back when I cribbed about it, well, we have moved on since then and love the story time. One book, which is high on our preference list is called “Elmo says Achoo!” Its such a lovely book to read in which Elmo keeps sneezing and makes things tumble down. The book’s story has a lovely sense of humor and its easy to dramatize it and everytime I say..”Elmo says….” its so cute to hear Sid say “..Achoo..”
The Pepper series is another favorite with us and Sid has torn many pages and I’ve been trying to hold on to the books by using as much glue as I can! God save the books! I’m one who cannot stand a dog-eared book, so seeing my son tear a page into two and smile gives me a shudder. But now I can say I’m better used to it and my heart is not skipping a beat everytime he does it.
Since I’m listing down our favorite books, this Barney book cannot be missed – Its again very useful to teach about the setting in a restaurant and the good manners one should follow there. I don’t think Sid really paid attention when I was reading about the good manners bit, but he has caught the word – restaurant – and uses it so many times now. He also now fancies a pizza and a chocolate cake for dessert. The book is full of colors and it’s so easy to get your kid’s attention to it. It’s also fun to get them to identify the colors as you read the story.
The other day I visited my usual library and this time I decided to pick up a couple of books for Sid too. This proved a HUGE success. So far, I have just been buying books for him, but I completely forgot that I can borrow from the library and they actually have a great collection. So I picked 2 books, one of it was a touch-and-feel book and it has pictures of different animals and when you touch them on the book, it gives a feel of the animal. For e.g. there is fur for a bunny, dog and there are cat whiskers that one can feel. I loved it more than Sid did, he was excited for a couple of days about it and then he was done with it.
The other one was a book titled “GOOD NIGHT Little One” I dont know if a book can get better at visual presentation than this. As you turn every page it introduces you to animals’ homes and where they sleep. There is a question and as you lift the flap, you get the answer. The colors are very striking and the only problem I had with the book was to make sure Sid doesnt tear the flaps especially considering this was a library book. I find that I keep gaping into the pages even when Sid is not around!! It’s one of the most beautiful books I have seen! What a wonderful way to introduce a concept!
Having fun, we are!
