My 20 month daughter still won’t sit still for story time. We have been patient with her but I think it’s affecting her speech development at this point. We still read to her but she wanders around the room doing stuff. We have tried lots of different types of books, locations, times of day etc. Any ideas? She does get excited when you said. Let’s read a book and she brings a book over. But then she won’t sit still!

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Just relax. It’s all good. Different kids do different things at different times in different ways and none of us really know what we’re doing anyway. But keep trying and loving and caring and it’ll all turn out fine.

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Sounds normal to me. I didn’t notice it with my first, but when my second was that age she’d do the same while we all read together.

I introduced a little routine into it so that once the story was read, we’d do a group hug (“family hug”) and she came to expect that structure.

To the greatest extent she can communicate, you can try asking her questions about the story (comprehension) to see if she’s paying attention and what grabs her attention.

The tactile books or those with different textures help, too.
- Dear Zoo
- Never Touch a Spider!
- Henry Hugglemonster Daddo in Charge

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Totally normal. I have 2 kids, one would sit for hours and one wouldn’t sit for more than 60 seconds. Keep reading to them, they will pick it up even if they are throwing balls and running around.

Ultimately, if you are the kind of parent that is worried about this, then your kid is in good hands. Keep reading to them, keep loving them.

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Understand the concern, had it too, but now I still see my toddler wanting to wiggle and dance during stories. At first I was annoyed but then realized she just wants to wiggle and listen like how I like to walk around my office during conference calls.

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My wife is AMI Montessori trained for the ages of 0 to 3. This is what she says - “every child is different. Language is not just introduced through books. Talk to your daughter, talk her through your day, when you cook - walk her through the process, ingredients, tools (this is a whisk, this is flour, this is sugar, this is an oven, etc.). Language is so much more than just books. “

If you want a more developmental, and neurological answer, feel free to reach out, and I can ask her your questions. But she says not to worry. Your child is simply more interested in doing hands on things rather than reading/listening to books.

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Sometimes you need to make it fun, and find a book that they like. My older son used to laugh when I would read this book called Yummy Yucky (by Leslie Patricelli) and I must have read that book at least 500 times. We also read Brown Bear hundreds of times. Once he got a little older we moved to Dr Seuss and various others, and then graduated to chapter book series around 4-5 years old. Now that he is six he can read the easier books and then I read him a chapter from a book he is interested in like Magic Treehouse.

If you are not sure what books they might like you could always go to a store with books and have them pick out something. Or just buy a bunch that have good ratings on Amazon/etc.

Totally normal, we had the exact same thing happen with my son. He is now 2.5 and wants us to read stories all the time and cannot stop talking all day, they will learn pretty quick, relax and enjoy the ride!

Do you have any of those books with flaps to lift and look under while you read?

You can easily find those books in library

Prop up a quilt over an armchair and make a little tent.. both go inside and take a flashlight.

The reason some kids don’t like story time is because there is too much stimulus around.

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