Lindsey is getting more proficient at reading, and now we're pulling out many of Marissa's old baby books for Lindsey to read through at night.
Recently we came across a book I had gotten from a neighbor of mine. It's a reading primer from the 1950's -- yes, the old Dick and Jane reading primer, back when Dick was actually a boy's name and not just a body part.
The book is made of several different stories and for those of you who aren't familiar with these, there is a family with three children: Dick (oldest brother) Jane (middle sister) and Sally (the baby). They have a dog named Spot and a cat named Puff. The primer is perfect for Lindsey right now, a small number of works repeated frequently throughout each little story, and the next story builds upon words learned in the last story. So as a reading primer it's perfect, as a story line, it leaves something to be desired.
Lindsey loves to lie on her bed with me and read me her little stories, so last night she is reading to me and we get to a story called "Big and Little." I kid you not, these are the words verbatim from the story, accompanied by pictures of the various family members standing back-to-back to each other, to measure how tall they are:
Oh, oh, oh.
Look Dick look.
Big, big Father.
Little, little Mother.
Look Sally, look.
Big, big Dick.
Little, little Jane.
This was immediately followed by Lindsey stopping and asking, "Mommy, why are you laughing?" To which I had no reply.
Thats too damn funny. My wifes name is Sally. I'll let you write your own joke there.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to Big, big father and Little, little mother, but the rest of it? Oh well.
ReplyDeleteHow about see Sally look for Big, big Dick.
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