http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2008/05/14/read-it-again/ Engage. Explore. Discover. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/2008/05/14/read-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Alison W. Wed, 14 May 2008 14:50:54 +0000 http://168.12.85.27/beta/dcplive/2008/05/14/read-it-again/#comment-167 Even though I am a librarian and have learned all about the benefits of reading to young children, I am now *experiencing* this first hand with my 16 month old twins, and it is wonderful. We have a Skippyjon Jones board book about opposites and now every time I say "up", no matter what context, my son throws his arms up in the air and smiles big. We have another board book favorite that just has lots of animal pictures, when my daughter sees the picture of the spider she starts moving her fingers to do "Itsy-Bitsy Spider". Even though I am a librarian and have learned all about the benefits of reading to young children, I am now *experiencing* this first hand with my 16 month old twins, and it is wonderful. We have a Skippyjon Jones board book about opposites and now every time I say “up”, no matter what context, my son throws his arms up in the air and smiles big. We have another board book favorite that just has lots of animal pictures, when my daughter sees the picture of the spider she starts moving her fingers to do “Itsy-Bitsy Spider”.

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