Dani & Reading

I've enjoyed listening to Dani "read" her books lately. She points to the words in the title as she says what she remembers the title to be, and pretends to read her books.

The first time she did this spontaneously was on the phone to Nana a few days ago. She picked up "A Frog in the Bog" and began to "read". We've only read this book 4 or 5 times since she got it from her Doctor almost 2 weeks ago.

As usual, she changed the title to "A Frog in the Log", but then she surprised me by coming close to the story as she "read"....

"A frog on a log, in the middle of the bog" (page turned)

"He spy a fly. Oh My" (page turned)

"another fly!"

Shortly after, Trent wanted to finish talking to Nana and as he took the phone back she yelled out. "I read you a story Nana!!!!"

Then yesterday, Dani was "reading" her Winnie the Pooh pop up book "The Trouble With Honey" when she changed the story to better fit her understanding of the pictures.

The picture on the first page shows Pooh covered in honey at rabbits house, after he has eaten "many, many pots of honey", according to the text. Instead of telling about how Pooh ate a lot, Dani was more concerned about the mess all over Pooh. So she read it somewhat like this.

Rabbits Voice: "Don't worry. I will help you wipe honey off your bahmin (bottom) and legs" (turns page)

The rest of the story she was more on the mark focusing on how Pooh needs help to get out of the hole he is stuck in. "Help! Robin Help!" as she thought Pooh said.

My favorite part of her reading lately has been the different character voices she uses, but that is going to wait for another post with video.

As a side note, yes the pictures were posed today while she was watching Sesame Street so I can write. So she looks a little distracted. The reason her outfit looks funny in the first pictures is because since conference time she has demanded to wear a "dirt" (skirt) every day so she can dance. So, every day she wears a skirt if her shirt is not long and flow-y enough for her to consider it a skirt.