Steph Fernandes
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Thursday 05 November 2026 16:03:02 GMT
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Librarian here— print awareness is just as important in early literacy as actually reading words to your child! That means, let them turn pages, let them open the book, let them point to the pictures on the page. Take all the pressure off of actually reading. If they “sit still” for one page and move on, guess what, that counts!
2026-11-05 21:02:40
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jeffgoldboob :
read at bath time! captive audience lol. they even make books for babies that can be played with in the tub
2026-11-05 19:48:44
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user346839394848 :
Just read them while he’s playing, he’ll still be listening and absorbing.
2026-11-05 18:27:49
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LaurenLReardon :
Don’t feel pressured. Do it when/if you can. My oldest wouldn’t sit still or would immediately destroy the book— then suddenly at 18 months he started enjoying it. Now he’s almost 5 and begs to read multiple books every night. My second child has always loved to sit and read (she’s now 2). It’s a temperament thing, just do what you can!
2026-11-09 15:57:56
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belleairbanks :
Do it while you’re on the toilet. For some reason a toddler will hover over you while you’re on the toilet and not leave you alone at all.
2026-11-05 20:57:30
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Hekateswarrior :
I just usually read two words really really fast before my 2 year old flips the page really aggressively
2026-11-06 11:30:09
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oanannananana :
get a microphone so he can hear you from everywhere? 🤔
2026-11-05 17:02:40
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aliceinwonderland🌻 :
we've been reading to him since he was born and he begs us to read to him for hours at a time. Just build it into the routine in the morning or at bedtime. It will become a habit.
2026-11-05 16:36:54
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Nina 💀 :
Ok but mamas, how are we working on stopping the book snacks??? ALL of our board books look like this, my boy is almost 2 😅 I try to read to him and he runs away to go do this instead
2026-11-06 15:33:27
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Char :
I do it whilst mine is eating breakfast in his high chair. there's no escape... 😁
2026-11-05 16:18:29
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Francis | girl mom 🩷 :
Start with short interactive books. Just look at them and play with them. Increase actual reading over time while baby gets older
2026-11-09 18:39:52
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Catherine :
I have a very active boy too! He was walking at 10 months 😅! I read books to him since he was born. I read in his bed with him when he is calm its part of the bedtime routine. He has accessible librairies in the house i let him play with the books. He loves books with textures, sounds , puppets books 🥰
2026-11-11 01:21:47
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mhanderh :
Sensory books! Try pat the cat, my 12 month old LOVES pat the cat, pat the bunny and pat the puppy because they are interactive. Be careful though because they will try to rip out the pieces on the page
2026-11-10 15:54:33
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Rachel🍁 :
Bed time. Or I used to put the "story time" thing from Netflix on and just let it play in the background.
2026-11-09 11:34:02
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Helen 🍓 :
Read anyway. Just because they are not being still does not mean they are not absorbing! 🥰
2026-11-06 04:17:11
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Jane Hathhorn :
Just wait because pretty soon he will be bringing you the same book 50 times a day and plopping down next to you or in your lap, and you’ll catch him looking at books alone. Mines 16 months and he didn’t care about books until recently lol
2026-11-06 16:24:17
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ajic :
Literally this. I feel so guilty when other moms are like I read to my kid every day because how, mine will literally take the book from me and walk around the house with it and throw it and stuff and I'm just left there
2026-11-05 16:09:45
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lhj9700 :
Bedtime. After bath all cuddled up with a book. It’s the perfect wind down for bedtime
2026-11-06 00:13:00
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Rachel 🌸 :
Honestly I usually just sit in the floor and read the book out loud while he plays, he’ll look over every once in a while at what I’m reading and has recently started bringing me books to read to him. Eventually they’ll become more interested, but for now at least me reading is at least instilling the habit!
2026-11-05 19:57:49
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Suzie Rox :
He’s a year old bruh
2026-11-06 09:08:55
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Zimbabwe123 :
You slowly build his focus span. So at first you don’t actually read long lines, but show him picture books that would gey him engaged, point to things and name the objects, animals etc. Say what sounds they make, get excited about it. Also repeat a book many times, so he gets familiar with it. Then, once he finds that fun, he will probably get interested in some short rhymes and eventually move to more and more complex books.
2026-11-05 16:11:29
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suze :
Quiet time. Before a nap, in bed. Or make it a show with hand puppets.
2026-11-05 22:18:48
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Cora Mack - Junies mama 💛 :
Girl mine was the same but at like 14 months she started bringing the books to me and really listening, she’s always had access to books and we try to read them all the time but until she decided she was ready she had no interest so don’t stress 💛 we now read about 20 a day 🤣🤣
2026-11-05 16:45:16
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Hairenstein Bear :
Let them be involved. Have them turn pages. Ask them to point out things in the book. “Do you see the bird? Can you point to it?” Get books with exciting fonts “The Monster at the end of This Story” was a favorite of my toddler when he was less than a year old.
2026-11-05 18:26:08
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luce_b09 :
At that age I just played with the book with them. Lift flaps, look in the mirrors at the back, turn the pages. My toddler is 22 months and has only now started to sit still for an entire book like the gruffalo or stick man
2026-11-05 17:22:08
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