Do you get tired of reading the same stories over and over again at night? I do. The older girls can read to themselves, but even they like the same stories.
At night now I let Evangeline exercise her own imagination and tell me a bedtime story. It works, it's wonderful and she goes to sleep right after she's done. They are short and sweet and I have to ask questions to prompt her, but she has some great ones.
"Evangeline, tell mommy a story so she can fall asleep, please."
Once Upon a Time there was a black kitty. It lived outside and pooped outside too. It went into the forest, a dark forest. It met a bad wolf. The black kitty and bad wolf didn't fight. They played. They played tag and games and took turns as "it" and winning. They laid down and went to sleep together. They were nice friends because they shared.
LOL I loved this story and I loved that she knew that good friends share nicely and take turns.
Once Upon a Time, there was a horse. The horse was black and white and wore a tutu. The horsey met a TIGER! The horsey and tiger fought, the tiger roared! The horsey ran away and the tiger chased it. They got lost, and scared and walked together. Then the big monster bunny jumped at them. The horsey and tiger hid. The monster bunny looked for them, he wanted to eat them! The horsey and tiger got angry at the monster bunny and scared it "go away". The monster bunny ran away and the horsey and tiger went home to their mommies.
This was another story I was told. I laughed at the monster bunny who would eat a tiger! But I acted suitably shocked and scared of the monster bunny.
There was also one about a frog, but I can't remember that one very well.
It does take some prompting. "How does the story start? With once upon a time there was....." And she will repeat me and start. Then I will ask another question when she seems to get stuck.
Why read something over and over, when you can get a new story every night? Either one you tell, or one your children tell.
Give it a try!
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