newmom: What is your DH's native language? Lucky you that he is going home. I would send him straight to a bookstore and tell him to stock up!
My daughter is learning Spanish, French and Mandarin. You would think I could find the Spanish books here with no problem but it really isn't that easy. Add to that Amazon doesn't have a site established for Mexico or Spain and my options are limited. If anyone knows of any good sites to order from please let me know. I would really appreciate it.
As for your DD reading and getting some of the words correct ... we experienced that too. We could read a book to DD a few times and she could recite it no problem. I think it is part of those gifted brains because I know we aren't the only ones who've experienced this. I'll never forget waiting in a parking lot for my DH and DD wanting to get out of her carseat. I laughed and said "Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin." This in turn brought a huge smile on her face and she recited the rest. I also remember buying her a book from the Texas Museum about clouds in the sky. I only read it once but she clearly remembered it because the next night I was trying to get her to look up at the stars so I attempted to recite the repetitive line in the book. Guess I got it wrong because she corrected me. LOL When we got home I checked the book and she was correct.
As she got older and closer to three her memorization was even more impressive. I could read books with long paragraphs on each page and after reading it max 3 times she could recite the entire paragraph. Perhaps this is part of why they tend to read earlier than most? As she recites I try to run my finger under the words and perhaps she has associated the image with the word making it easier to add to her words she recognizes.
Interesting enough as she reads now the word 'the' is her arch enemy. It is like she has a road block up for that one. And 'the' is a sight word that comes up so much. She seems to be getting past it but once and a while she stops and asks me to read it for her.
