1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3cDLyxJys1"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/reading-for-toddlers/">The Habit of Reading</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/reading-for-toddlers/embed/#?secret=3cDLyxJys1" width="600" height="338" title="“The Habit of Reading” — PoohsDen" data-secret="3cDLyxJys1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> It is no secret – my little girl loves her books. Our usual weekend hangout is the library. If there is one thing I want her to retain in life it will be her love for books. They stay with you for life. As a book worm I cannot imagine anything better than lazy afternoons reading and discussing books with my daughter in the years to come. I have friends ask me all the time how I do it. How and why does kuttyma like books? What did I do to encourage it? I wish I had long answers and a fool-proof method. I just dabble along this parenting pathway and I have had some success so to say. And I live in constant fear – fear that she will lose the love for books amongst others. Here are few things I think worked for us Never say NO We started young – when she was probably a year. If she pulls a book (and later ages asks us to read or brings it to us) we will stop whatever we are doing and read to her. It was not easy. Food left uncooked, chores undone but we never say […]