Our Conversational Story telling Style
Bayyenah's best Eid gift from her Khala, who lives in the States was "Minnie's Book Reader." Our bedtime story nights are not as smooth, they are fuzzy and confused. She would always interrupt Baba's reading and start narrating her own story by looking at the pictures! I never realized she was self reading and she had that vocabulary too. But we are certain, she loves creating her own stories from her daily life experiences, from her grocery store visits, she labels the characters on her cousins' names. She involves imagination and original ideas in her stories.
The Reader helped us in making her a bit of a good listener, she uses it when she wants to explore its mini buttoned pad and she loves it.
The Reader helped us in making her a bit of a good listener, she uses it when she wants to explore its mini buttoned pad and she loves it.
I really do not want to snub her creative mind. I do not challenge her substantial story telling. She is 3 years and 2 months old.
I talk to my toddler and fairly well embellish my daily stories with her & include many details. Me and my husband take many conversational turns in describing a shared experience.
Perhaps most interesting, we talk about grandparents, cousins, prophetic stories from Quran, invocations (for example praying at sleep time, praying when get a boo-boo, praying before eating etc)
For instance whenever she points to the flower pot on our dining table, I would say, “Isn’t that a lovely flower? Remember when you plucked that flower? We walked way out into the park. The grass was wet, and you wanted to take off your shoes. Do you remember what I said when you plucked it?"
Bayyenah says, “No plucking!” (in mama's style)
I say " But why?"
Bayyenah says "Because it will cry"
I say " That is why we have watered it now, poor Miss Flower"
Bayyenah would touch it's petals with her fingers with care.
We know she is a strong girl with a strong will power, she has a whole life ahead for adventures and discoveries, all she needs is a little facilitation.
When we ordered The little girl who lost her name for Bayyenah we thought of this message below:
I talk to my toddler and fairly well embellish my daily stories with her & include many details. Me and my husband take many conversational turns in describing a shared experience.
Perhaps most interesting, we talk about grandparents, cousins, prophetic stories from Quran, invocations (for example praying at sleep time, praying when get a boo-boo, praying before eating etc)
For instance whenever she points to the flower pot on our dining table, I would say, “Isn’t that a lovely flower? Remember when you plucked that flower? We walked way out into the park. The grass was wet, and you wanted to take off your shoes. Do you remember what I said when you plucked it?"
Bayyenah says, “No plucking!” (in mama's style)
I say " But why?"
Bayyenah says "Because it will cry"
I say " That is why we have watered it now, poor Miss Flower"
Bayyenah would touch it's petals with her fingers with care.
We know she is a strong girl with a strong will power, she has a whole life ahead for adventures and discoveries, all she needs is a little facilitation.
When we ordered The little girl who lost her name for Bayyenah we thought of this message below:
Thankyou for reading my real life stories. Share to make my day, JazakAllahu khair'
Minaam Jamil
Minaam Jamil
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