It can also encourage index finger isolation while counting animals and being rewarded with the plastic bubble popping. This book can keep Matthew and Elizabeth busy for a few minutes. Actually, Elizabeth has more staying power than Matthew.
This chunky board book makes for easy page-turning, but it is also heavy - at least for Elizabeth, who is 15 months old. The only flaw I have noticed is that sometimes the plastic dots like to pop more to one side than the other. Maybe a little more use will help fix that issue.
And as fun as it is to pop the plastic dots over and over and over, I must say that I don't let Matthew have this book unsupervised too often. Poke-A-Dot is fun and for Matthew, it can encourage unwanted sensory addictive behavior, when he acts like he's under a "poking spell." It is at that time when I personally feel that the educational value of the book is negated.
Otherwise, it's a neat book. I just have to look through it with Matthew and make it as interactive and engaging as possible without him going into a semi-trance.
Have you read it? What do you think?
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Looks like we need to have one, too! That's one of John Michael's most requested songs right now. Looks fun for Luke, too. :-)
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