Hmm: new question: He's 2 & 1/52, I don't really know when kids get really able to follow long sequenced (ie: not totally episodic) stories -- any comments on that? Norms for Avg Kids is useful, or connections to related milestones maybe better, something like "about when they start having imaginary friends" (we still don't really know if DS is "gifted" just guessing based on him being wierd, having a lot of knowledge/understanding already, and having two giftie parents. I'm also kinda not sure when/why I get to start being convinced he's genuinely unusual. Sigh.)
DD won't sit through chapter books but she loves long stories at bed times. We'll tell stories from the Bible or stories about her life/our lives and they can be pretty long and she'll still enjoy them. She asks questions about them and wants to be retold her favorite ones often. However, if we sit down a read a chapter book to her she'll lose interest quickly and shut it. Ironically she keeps asking for them, though, and many time will take one of DH or my text books off of the shelf and will asked to be read from them.
Oh, and she's a young 2.
