Click, Clack, Moo
Now that Little Elvis is only about 10 weeks from his due date, he is supposed to be able to hear voices, so I read him his first story the other night -- Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin.
Is there a point to reading to the baby before birth? I don't know -- it was probably more for my benefit than his, to be honest. It was a bonding moment, I suppose, and it also gave me the opportunity to read a story I love. If you're not familiar with the story line on this book, essentially the cows and hens on Farmer Brown's farm are cold and want electric blankets. Threatening to withhold production of milk and eggs, the cows use a typewriter to communicate their demands to Farmer Brown. I won't spoil the ending -- go to your library or bookstore and pick this one up (whether you have children or not), you won't be disappointed.
Has anyone else read this story to your children? How do they like it? My first exposure to it was seeing a high school drama student perform it as a one-man sketch in a arts showcase that I was emceeing. It wasn't until months later when I was reading at a HeadStart that I saw Click, Clack, Moo in the bookshelf and realized that the drama student had reenacted this children's story. His performance informs my own reading of the story.
Is there a point to reading to the baby before birth? I don't know -- it was probably more for my benefit than his, to be honest. It was a bonding moment, I suppose, and it also gave me the opportunity to read a story I love. If you're not familiar with the story line on this book, essentially the cows and hens on Farmer Brown's farm are cold and want electric blankets. Threatening to withhold production of milk and eggs, the cows use a typewriter to communicate their demands to Farmer Brown. I won't spoil the ending -- go to your library or bookstore and pick this one up (whether you have children or not), you won't be disappointed.
Has anyone else read this story to your children? How do they like it? My first exposure to it was seeing a high school drama student perform it as a one-man sketch in a arts showcase that I was emceeing. It wasn't until months later when I was reading at a HeadStart that I saw Click, Clack, Moo in the bookshelf and realized that the drama student had reenacted this children's story. His performance informs my own reading of the story.
1 Comments:
I think Little Elvis definitely liked the story. He strikes me as a big fan of moo cows. I also think he will be a big Elvis fan (he does have my genes as well), so I think you need to start singing Elvis songs to him. They will definitely get him to groove!
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