(reading)
He will fall off it.
WOMAN: What happens when she
falls off?
BOY: She will bonk her head.
Books are very, very important
because they open up this whole
world.
WOMAN:
Oh no!
We've got to go...
through it!
The wonderful thing about a book
is you can teach him
about a snow storm even though
it's summer outside.
WOMAN: Let's pick a book.
What's a good one?
What's a good one,
do you think Eloise?
Kids learn a ton from books.
Okay, you want to cross?
If they're involved in
everything that you're doing,
there's more chance that they're
going to tell you
more about their world.
Choo choo!
Anybody want to get on the
train?
Yes, please.
WOMAN: Get set...
I'm a grandmother.
Go!
It's just play, play, play.
Put the paper down, and we'll
get all the paints out.
Good.
Press it down.
Good job.
He decided what he wanted to do,
you know,
so you go along with it.
And then he writes his name.
- Mi-lo!
- Very good.
Which I didn't realize he could
do.
- M-I-L-O!
Milo!
(applause)
WOMAN: Very good!
I can make an O for Otis, ready?
There's always crayons and paper
out.
It's very important for reading
and writing.
I can just see it happening.
Pretend it's spring
and it's night time.
Pretend it's spring and in the
night time?
And somebody can pick it.
WOMAN: Do you want to draw
something?
I'll draw...
WOMAN: She's coloring and she's
making up stories.
- Dear Farmer Brown.
Reading books is also a way for
you to be able
to connect with your kid
and strengthen your bond.
- Clickety clack. Quack!
- I do do a lot of reinforcement
of "Great, that was wonderful!"
All through everything
that's going on.
Every night I'll read her two
books,
then it's her turn to read
us a book.
You want to read to me? Okay.
Eloise loves books.
What blew my mind one day was
she was just
sitting on the couch,
reading a board book to herself
and repeating the story
word for word.
Choose a book with silly rhymes!
WOMAN: Milo would sit for hours
reading books with me.
There was an old lady that
swallowed a horse.
I don't know why she swallowed
a horse.
WOMAN: And now he's got to the
point where he understands
the letters are actually
the things you read.
Swallow the fly.
WOMAN: And it's like this jump,
and then suddenly you're
realizing
that you can actually read it
for yourself.
Where's snuffle bunny?
In the washing machine!
WOMAN: Oh no!
I think it's good for her
attention span.
She can sit and just read.
And then look, papa's carrying
the little baby, right?
Yeah.
Everything is a learning
experience
just by asking questions.
What's this teacher's name?
This teacher?
She's constantly learning.
You have letters everywhere.
So pointing to them
and seeing them.
(speaking Spanish)
(baby responding)
WOMAN: You want to read
a different book?
She very much communicates her
wants and desires
or likes and dislikes.
Say green crocodile,
A little... oh, he doesn't want
that one.
What about Brown Bear,
Brown Bear?
They'll read books together
when Eloise gets her piles of
books on the couch
and Otis will get his one book
and climb on the couch
and sit next to her.
And he definitely needs more
books that have
more things that you can touch,
flaps that you can lift up,
that give Otis the time to at
least explore the book.
I was reading him this book
about the monkeys.
Who's this?
BOY:
Baby.
What happened when you were
in Mommy's tummy?
I wanted a flashlight,
but Mommy didn't give me
a flashlight.
Why did you need a flashlight?
Because I wanted a flashlight.
What for?
I was trying to get out.
That's the sort of thing that's
going on in his head.
So we kind of develop from
wherever he is.
WOMAN: He wants to be able
to look at those pictures,
take it in and find those
things outside of the book.
He would see something and he'd
just get really excited.
(speaking Spanish)
And we kind of went off on that.
They went all the way through
the park, Otis.
I want to always make it fun and
interesting and engaging.
Choo, choo!
I went to north south.
WOMAN:
North south?
Are you going to north or south?
I need to go to south or north?
WOMAN: You probably need to go
south because I'm cold.
The best takeaway I could give
a parent is to have materials.
You know, books, paint,
whatever it may be,
and then you have to let the kid
find out for him or herself.
So you give it to them,
you put it down with them,
they've got the security of
having you
being there with them,
somebody they trust,
and then you just let them
discover.
All these stories are
in their head.
What does a horsey say?
(both)
Neigh!
- I want my mama!
I mean who knows what's going on
in there?
But I think books help.
Mama, what can we read now?
WOMAN:
You want to read another book?
GIRL:
Yeah.
(smooches)
- Ogle, flogle, flabble, bumpy,
floppy...