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It's another night and you are wondering how you are going to read If You Give a Moose a Muffin one more time. It's the millionth time you've read it, you can recite the words in your sleep and if given the option you could present the book to your team at work. They would give you a standing ovation, you know the book that well. Time to put your Parent of the Year hat on and make story time more exciting for you...I mean the kid.
1. Mix-up the the Words Chances are your child can't read yet, so if you mix up the words for your sanity no-one is going to notice. Your child may even be bored with the words you've been reading them. We'll if your kid is like mine they know all the words and will probably let you know you're messing it up. Let them know it's Daddy's version 2.0 and continue on with the story.
2. Their Story Ask your child to make up their own words to the story. Everywhere you look is an article on raising creative children. So give them the reigns to the story car, you might be surprised to hear what comes out of your kids mouth. Take notes you might have an award winning children's book that will pay for your summer house or college!
3. Make your own Seek & Find Ask you child to point out objects on the page or count the number of items. You can also work on colors, letters and numbers. Don't think too hard here...just pick something out.
4. Start Backwards Theres an old joke that says if you play a country song backwards your dog comes back, your wife comes back and you're rehired at your job. In full disclosure, I've never tried reading a story from back to front but it's worth a tried and might be fun.
Let me know how you've made story time more exciting and the advice you give to other parents in the comments below.
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