My Growing Bookworms post today is about whether there are benefits to repetitive reading with children. Thanks for hosting me Kaye Lynne Booth of Writing to be Read blog.
“As adults, we know that you might read a complex book and, if you read it again, it allows you to absorb all the different elements over time. It’s true for children too. Not only do children love having the familiarity of their favourite books but the repetition is so valuable.”
DR ELIZABETH WESTRUPP
When my boys were young, they liked to have the same book read to them over and over again. With Greg it was the Farmyard Tales about Poppy and Sam and their dog called Rusty.
Greg was about two and a half years old when he went through this repetitive reading stage. Every afternoon when I got home from work, he would ask me to read Farmyard Tales to him. It was fortunate for me as I was pregnant at the time and busy working on a big transaction; Greg’s love of these books enabled me…
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Great stuff, Robbie. I commented over there.
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Thank you, Norah.
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i agree!
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Thank you, Beth.
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Those were delightful times, for lots of reasons.
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Hi Jacqui, yes, I agree with you, they were.
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This was fabulous, Robbie! I commented on Kaye’s post.
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Thank you, Jennie.
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You’re welcome, Robbie.
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Wonderful!
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Thank you, Deborah.
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Childhood days were so cheerful and full of life and yes I completely agree with you Robbie, children love to read the same stuff again and again and even to see on YouTube where so much of their stuff keeps on coming. Nice post.
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Thank you, Kamal, I am glad you enjoyed the post. I didn’t mind reading certain books over a few times because my boys enjoyed it so much.
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Yes same here and now doing the same thing with my grandson too. Life is beautiful with them. Always welcome dear Robbie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Great information, very important thoughts, Robbie! Will head over to read all. xx Michael
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Thank you, Michael.
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Thank you too, Robbie! Enjoy a beautiful weekend! Please stay save. xx Michael
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This makes so much sense. I still remember books I read over and over again as a child – I haven’t done much as an adult 🙂
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Hi there, I also do repeat read that much anymore, but I also re-read a lot of books as a child. These are many of the books I have also re-read over and over to my own children.
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I still like to reread books. I don’t think it ever gets old to return to a book we know almost by heart.
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Hi Elizabeth, I must be honest that I rarely re-read books. There are so many new ones to explore. I did re-read a huge amount to my boys though. I read whatever they wanted and I still do.
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I probably restrict my rereads to Jane Austen and C.S. Lewis.
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A fabulous article, Robbier. It got me thinking!
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That is fantastic to hear, Olga.
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