We like books here. We tend to always have at least one read-aloud going, usually for Ethan's bedtime story. It's gotten challenging to work 15-20 minutes of reading into our evening routine, though. Between Benny fussing, Alex bouncing off the wall, baths, snacks, nursing, Alex's bedtime story ... well, I'm sure you all can relate to how crazy bedtime can be. We tried moving the read-aloud time to a different time during the day, but the other natural time - while Alex is napping in the afternoon - wasn't working for a number of reasons.
Then we discovered Librivox. A large number of books (all in the public domain) are read by volunteers. You can download chapters or whole books and listen at your convenience. So we've been setting the laptop up on the table, and each night at supper we are listening to one or two chapters of The Swiss Family Robinson. (Ethan said last night that he was jealous of those people - he wanted to be in the story!)
There's a wide variety of genres, and I thought I'd share our find in case someone else could benefit from it!
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I'll have to take a look at the library.
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