By the end of this level, your child should look at books with you for at least 5 minutes. They need to learn that time with books is pleasant. The trick is to be done before your child starts squirming away.

Today’s activity: Gradually increase the time your child will stay with books by making the pages really interesting and doing just a little bit more per page. Touch and name pictures or do an action like driving the truck or a sound effect like beeping.

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