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Portuguese. The problem is, is that he'd be at a total loss what to buy. His family never read to him as a kid (the first time he was in a library was at age 14 to pick up a science book that he thought sounded cool). We've tried multiple times to ask for books and we'll occasionally get a handful of them but they are either way over her head (as in long chapter books) or very, extremely simple board books, which she gets bored of too. Then DH never reads them to her because he prefers the books in English because they are more interesting (mostly because I remember from my own childhood the cool ones to pick out!).


I know they definitely have Dr. Seuss in spanish on Amazon but I agree the books in other languages are organized very poorly. I wish they had a separate search function!!!

Our public library has a number of books translated into Spanish. DD keeps picking up Maisy books in Spanish and asks me to read them to her. While I can understand most of what they are saying thanks to Portuguese, I have no clue how to pronunce them so I don't think reading them to her does much good.


That's funny about the word the. I wonder why that is? We've noticed that she has a few sight words and will even look through some books for her favorite words. She'll also ask us to point while reading at times. We haven't had that much recitation of books, though, (maybe a few words but that is it). However, maybe that's what's coming next!

We went through the same phase. Actually, she still loves me to read to her at four even though she has been reading on her own for a long time. As much as I grumbled about how many books she wanted read to her a day, when my second didn't sit for books very well, I missed it. Some day soon your little one will be reading to you. Now my four year old reads stories to her 2.5 year old baby sister and all that time sitting together reading has paid off.

Portuguese is such a beautiful language. It's sad to read that he wasn't read to as a child, but he really need not fear going into a bookstore to buy books for your DD. All he has to do is ask the sales team for help. They love helping and they will point out books that you might not have come across on your internet search. I would ask them to point out some unique ones.
And if he didn't get much help at a certain store than don't go back to that one. I find the Mom and pop shops are the best places to discover some unique books. I remember when we were in NYC and had gone to FAO toy store only to discover an Eloise doll. From there we had to find Eloise books for DD. We went into a few bookstores: some big some tiny and I so discovered that the tiny stores had more of a selection and if you are lucky you find a unique bond with the subject matter. We bought a collective work on Eloise at the tiny store and one of the salesperson actually knew the illustrator of the Eloise books.

Yes I think my biggest complaint about Amazon is it isn't well organized.

Update of 'the'. DD was reading the other night and had no problems with 'the'. I think we have gotten past that point. Yay!

We lucked out today!!! We had to make a Target run and they had a bunch of DVD's for $5. Well, one was the original Cat in the Hat movie! DD's already watched it once. I tried to turn it off and she had a HUGE meltdown and I caved and let her watch it again (DH left today for a week this morning and she's been having a rough day because of it, so I figured I'd indulge her just this once).

Oh, and it was funny this morning. We let DD watch those Smart Hands videos on youtube because she likes seeing other kids that sign. Anyways, she was watching this one: http://www.mysmarthands.com/Site/Can_signing_delay_speech__NO!__Hear_how_advanced_this_2-year-old_signing_babys_language_skills_are!.html this morning and then insisted on reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear what seemed like a bazillion times in a row this morning.


Oh, don't get me wrong. I do love to read to DD! Some of my best memories growing up were my dad reading to me and even long after I could read we would read together. We actually went through the Hobbit and all the Lord of the Ring books when I was in elementary school. However, then we'd just switch off who was the one reading. It's more when I have to read the same book 10 times in a row. I get pretty tired! DD's an all or nothing sort of kid. I just need to be constantly drinking water.

That's the cutest image of your 4 year old reading to her baby sister!



DH got his mission to pick up a book this week! He'll be pretty busy the whole week but said he'll make sure to stop at a local mall at least once so hopefully they have a good book store. Basically, he needs to find something like the Cat in the Hat in Portuguese. Oh, and when DH and I were dating I could never believe that swear words in Portuguese were bad because they sounded too pretty.

That Eloise doll is cute! I've never saw it when we went to FAO Schwartz but we've only gone once. Yay for figuring out the!

We must have lucked out when we went the one time to FAO Schwartz.

He should be able to find Dr. Suess in Portuguese. I know you can get them in Latin which is a fun thing to try to read.

I just found Moving Picture Books on iTunes. Run a a search, and you'll find some from Sesame Street. If you have an iPod or iPhone, there are also MPB apps for the alphabet, the Bible, and others.

What does that mean?

Is that considered to be a step ahead of passive listening/reading?

Don't want to answer for newmom but it is a sign that the child is relating to words as more than just an object on the page and is one step closer to deciphering the code. But all kids don't have to go through this stage to be able to read. It really comes down to personalities of the children and methods parents use when reading. Some people are in the habit of running a finger under the word as they read and some (like me) don't. If you are the type of parent who reads to their child with a finger under the word than the child will likely pick up on it.

Thanks K's mom.

Just wondering. Lately DS wants me to point while reading, and I am one of those who doesn't do that. In fact, when he "reads" to himself, he points to the words on the pages. I was wondering where he learns that from.