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Summary: The Best Christmas ever
Review: Researchers constantly find that reading to children isvaluable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute. To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Clifford's Christmas was one of her picks. This book takes a very large dog's eye view of the Christmas season, beginning with Thanksgiving. Clifford is much larger than Emily Elizabeth or her house. In fact, Clifford is so large he is as big as a helium-filled turkey balloon at the Thanksgiving Day parade. Clifford makes different kinds of snowmen, plays ice hockey differently, and brings home a Christmas tree that is only the right size for him (not the family). On Christmas, Clifford and Santa Claus have some interesting interactions. The result is to help your child develop a nonhuman perspective that will expand her or his intelligence and perception. That's a wonderful benefit to get from such a simple story. Overcome your misconception stall that everything about children has to be seen from a child's perspective for a child to learn. Enjoy!
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