> Most children enjoy having stories read to them at bedtime. stimulated to a point where both the amount and the quality of sleep suffer. A child who becomes overtired may resist going to bed and...
Typical day
Most toddlers seem to be early risers. It may be because of wet diapers, a full blad der, hunger, or just because they want to get on with the joyful business of living. Most children are very...
Sleeping
During the first few weeks, your baby will probably sleep from feeding to feeding. But as the baby gets older, sleep time diminishes. At first the baby is awake more during one part of the day....
Long roads
I like to travel with my family. I go to the gas station with my mother. The garage man checks our car for safety. We go back home and I sit on top of a big suitcase so Dad can close it. And then...
What’s the Matter?
What's the matter, do you ask? I'll tell you right away. It's everything around you, as you work, or sleep, or play. A chair is matter, a table, too, and so is a rock or tree. A cloud, a star, a...
Settling down to sleep
By the end of summer the plants have done their work. They have made their seeds and sent them out to find new growing places. For many plants, life is now over. But the trees and other plants that...
A long winter nap
In the autumn, a woodchuck curls up into a ball in its underground home and goes to sleep. And it sleeps during the whole winter. The woodchuck's sleep isn't like the sleep you have at night. The...
Favorite Fables | The Lion and the Mouse
by Aesop Once when a Lion was asleep, a little Mouse began running up and down upon him. This soon wakened the Lion. Angry at being disturbed, the Lion placed his huge paw upon the little Mouse and...
Lullaby
by Christina Rossetti Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Stars are up, the moon is peeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby! While the birds are silence...
Go to Sleep
> a French nursery rhyme adapted by Nicholas Tucker Go to sleep, My dear little brother, Go to sleep, Dear brother of mine. Papa is a knight With armor so bright; Mama is a queen, In her...