Father’s Day is this Sunday. There are some really wonderful children’s books about dads. A brand new book, just released late last month is called “Give Me Back My Dad”. It’s written by Robert Munsch and tells the story of a little girl and her dad who go ice fishing. The trouble is that the fish are trying to catch the people!
Sharing stories and books with kids is a key kindergarten readiness activity. Did you know that reading 3 stories a day to a child over the course of a year adds up to over 1,000 stories? By the time a child arrives at school at the age of 5, those 3 stories a day add up to over 5,000! That doesn’t mean 5,000 different stories or books–some kids like the same story read a thousand times. But it does mean that some very important brain pathways have been established that will benefit that child each and every day. Books pack readiness for kindergarten between the covers. Happy Father’s Day.