They might enjoy books with textures, such as *Never Touch a Tiger* by Rosie Greening, or *That’s Not My Kitten* by Fiona Watt (there are heaps of other books in these series too).
Worldly_Price_3217 on
My kiddos loved touch and feel books and things with flaps and cutouts, but honestly at that age you can read most any kid book that strikes your fancy. Once they get older it’s harder to catch their attention. We have a ton of board books so my kids can chew and enjoy them in different ways. My kids have each had a favorite book as toddler/babies. My older son loved a Jane Cabrera version of Row Row Row your boat, and for like 18 months would insist we read or sing it. My 20 month old is obsessed with Chicka Chicka Boom boom and will push it in my face saying boom boom until I read it to him.
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My kids loved plastic books they could chew on at that age. We read any picture book to them at the time, but within a few months, there was definitely a focus on books with animals – and making the sound of the animal.
Enjoy reading to your baby (and toddler, child, etc.). It’s such a wonderful thing to share with them.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
JoTo9 on
Demolition by Sally Sutton, it’s probably not going to be visually stimulating to a 5mo but, if you put a lot of effort into all the onomatopoeic words, they will love it.
We got it out of the library so many times that I bought our own copy and, even though my children are 7 and 9 now, they still love the occasional silly over-performance of all the noisy words 😊
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Dinosaur’s Blanket. It has things to grab, touch, etc on each page with rhyming text. Both are great for baby’s attention
Bear Snores On. Rhythmic rhyming text that will hold attention
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton. Also Moo, Baa, LaLaLa and her other board books, but all of my kids liked Blue Hat, Green Hat best
Ealinguser on
Whatever’s most chewable? Suggest a cloth book with pages to introduce the concept.
When you hit about 1, then flap books are usually good, like Rod Campbell: Dear Zoo with parent contributing animal noises preferably.
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They might enjoy books with textures, such as *Never Touch a Tiger* by Rosie Greening, or *That’s Not My Kitten* by Fiona Watt (there are heaps of other books in these series too).
My kiddos loved touch and feel books and things with flaps and cutouts, but honestly at that age you can read most any kid book that strikes your fancy. Once they get older it’s harder to catch their attention. We have a ton of board books so my kids can chew and enjoy them in different ways. My kids have each had a favorite book as toddler/babies. My older son loved a Jane Cabrera version of Row Row Row your boat, and for like 18 months would insist we read or sing it. My 20 month old is obsessed with Chicka Chicka Boom boom and will push it in my face saying boom boom until I read it to him.
My kids loved plastic books they could chew on at that age. We read any picture book to them at the time, but within a few months, there was definitely a focus on books with animals – and making the sound of the animal.
Enjoy reading to your baby (and toddler, child, etc.). It’s such a wonderful thing to share with them.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Demolition by Sally Sutton, it’s probably not going to be visually stimulating to a 5mo but, if you put a lot of effort into all the onomatopoeic words, they will love it.
We got it out of the library so many times that I bought our own copy and, even though my children are 7 and 9 now, they still love the occasional silly over-performance of all the noisy words 😊
Dinosaur’s Blanket. It has things to grab, touch, etc on each page with rhyming text. Both are great for baby’s attention
Bear Snores On. Rhythmic rhyming text that will hold attention
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton. Also Moo, Baa, LaLaLa and her other board books, but all of my kids liked Blue Hat, Green Hat best
Whatever’s most chewable? Suggest a cloth book with pages to introduce the concept.
When you hit about 1, then flap books are usually good, like Rod Campbell: Dear Zoo with parent contributing animal noises preferably.