Hopefully we are all in agreement that there is just no substitute for reading to and with your child. Tim and I cherish story time with Darah. Even though her primary goal right now is to get the corner of any book we read into her mouth, we know that she is still absorbing language and learning that books are a source of great fun.
As your child progresses along in his or her relationship with books, there are some cool ways to reinforce the value of reading. Scholastic has a really great dvd series that is designed for children and their parents. The dvds contain popular children’s books made into movies, and encourage children to read along with the story by including the text on the screen and highlighting the words as they are spoken.
We received the Treasury of 50 Storybook Classics
to review. While Darah is a bit too young to view these herself, Tim and I have played some of the stories. We really liked that the book illustrations were used for the stories as opposed to cartoons. This helps keep the focus on the words being spoken, and it keeps it from having the feel of a television show that changes screen shots every 2-3 seconds. We were also pleasantly surprised when we heard some familiar voices serving as narrators (Meryl Streep and John Lithgow are two examples).
This collection seems to be appropriate for children ages 2 or 3 and up. We will definitely be showing these to Darah in a few years, and we are glad to have them on hand for when our nieces visit. This isn’t something I would be inclined to turn on for kids and just leave them alone with, but rather, these are terrific stories to experience with children, so that you can read along and encourage them to try to read, too. You can also pause the videos to talk about what you are seeing in the pictures. Another great idea is to check out some of the books in the set from your local library, and then when you view the dvds you can have the books on hand, too!
Buy It!: This entire collection contains over 8 hours of delightful stories for a terrific price: $49.95! That’s just $1 per story. We all know how pricey books are, so this is a great deal. It is currently available on Amazon for just $32!
Win It!: I bet you know a little bookworm in the making who would love to have this set! Scholastic wants to make that happen for one lucky Stuff Parents Need reader, who will score the 50 Storybook Classics dvd set we reviewed! The contest will run until Saturday, April 10th at 7:59pm CST. A winner will be randomly selected and emailed, and will have 48 hours to claim the prize. Open to residents of the United States.
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The Treasury of 20 Storybook Classics box set also sounds very interesting!
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Let's Give Kitty a Bath! sounds very interesting.
The Ugly Duckling Waiting For Wings would be the first story I'd read.
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it would if course have to be The Ugly Duckling, no child should ever grow up without ever reading this story!!
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We would read Harry The Dirty Dog first. Very cool giveaway – thanks!
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My kids like the book Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel so we would start there.
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I would use this book in my preschool classroom! The first story I would read is "Make Way for Ducklings" because I'm doing a unit on farm animals. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I would read Harry the Dirty Dog. I remember that book from elementary school.
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Let's Give Kitty A Bath would be first.
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Harry the Dirty Dog sounds like a cute story.
The story I'd choose would be "Let's Give Kitty A Bath." I'd read it to my 2 granddaughters who have 2 cats of their own, and I also have 2 cats, so we would all enjoy this story!
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i've not read click clack moo…but if the title is any indication, i'd have to read it first to find out what on earth it's about!
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I remember reading Harry The Dirty Dog for my daughter and I would read that to my granddaughter. The is a great giveaway! Thanks for a chance!
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Let's Give Kitty a Bath would be my first choice! Kitty is one of her only words so she would love it! Thanks for the chance!
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We would read Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type first. My kids love that book! (we've rented it from the library before)
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The Scholastic Treasury of Classic Bedtime Stories would be super to have as well!
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We'd start with The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks…sounds cute!
The bear snores on would be our first choice.
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Another box set I would love to own is the Scholastic Treasury of 50 Storybook Classics: Preschool Stories.
We would start with The Ugly Duckling. I loved that story as a child.
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Harry the Dirty Dog is a favorite here too. My boys also like reading what Duck and the rest of the animals are up to on Farmer Brown's farm.
I'd read Come On Rain to my son!
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Let's give kitty a bath sounds like a good one to start with!
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We would start with Harry the Dirty Dog. My kids love that story.
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I think we'd start in the begining with Angus and the Duck.
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I would start with the No Roses for Harry because I loved that story as a girl.
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There are a lot of old and new classics in the set. We'd probably start with Owl Moon.
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The first book for my would be the classic the ugly duckling.
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Dot the Fire Dog it would be new to me too
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