Goodnight Moon

Every night before bed we read stories, talk about the day and say prayers. It is my favorite time of the day! We snuggle in his glider and read stories while he drinks his milk. Colton is so calm and relaxed and ready to read. He now has favorite books! It is so neat to see how he has grown.

At first we would just pick books and read them to him. Now he has books that he wants us to read ALL the time. Goodnight Moon is one of his favorites!! He has some animal touch and feel books that he loves too that we read a lot. Goodnight Moon is one that will never get old.

He is learning the book and all the different things they talk about. So cool to see him learning and remembering things from the book!! We point to things and he says some of the words and he Loves to say, "hush" when we get to the part about the quiet old lady whispering hush. He even puts his finger up to his mouth/nose. It's so cute!

I'm going to write the words to the book and highlight all of the words that he can point out in the book. It amazes me that he knows so much! He will also point to the mouse every page. The mouse moves around the room and he can now tell you where the mouse is every time. At first he struggled finding the mouse but now he knows exactly where he is. Daddy is the one that taught him how to find the mouse on every page. I didn't realize that the mouse moved around until he kept pointing and saying, "mouse" at every page.

Goodnight Moon

By: Margaret Wise Brown

In the great green room

there was a telephone

and a red balloon

and a picture of-

The cow jumping over the moon

And there were three little bears sitting on chairs

And two little kittens

and a pair of mittens

And a little toy house

and a young mouse

And a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush (points to the lamp/light)

And a quiet old lady who was whispering "hush" (puts his finger to his mouth/nose and says, "hush")

Goodnight room

Goodnight moon

Goodnight cow jumping over the moon

Goodnight light

And the red balloon

Goodnight bears

Goodnight chairs

Goodnight kittens

And goodnight mittens

Goodnight clocks

And goodnight socks

(can point out the telephone and the rabbit)

Goodnight little house

And goodnight mouse

Goodnight comb

And goodnight brush

Goodnight nobody

Goodnight mush

And goodnight to the old lady whispering "hush"

Goodnight stars

Goodnight air

Goodnight noises everywhere.

After reading 2-3 books we hold hands and say prayers. We usually start with his prayer bear that says a prayer. 

"Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. The angels watch me through the night, until I wake in the morning light. Amen"

He has to put the bear back by his lamp, that is his job! We then say our own prayers holding hands for most of the time. He always says, "Amen!" And then he wants to always turn out his block night light that I painted for him with his name.