From Babycenter…

Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree again?! Oh yes. Reading the same book over and over provides a measure of comfort to preschoolers, who see the familiar characters and plot as an oasis in a world full of unknowns. But there are cognitive and language benefits to re-reading, too. Re-reading helps your 2-year-old connect the words he hears with the pictures he sees. This is an important kind of pre-reading that will be a useful skill in a few years when he learns to read. Hearing the same sentences again and again helps him decode grammar. Your child also gets a rush of confidence when you turn the page and he sees the expected next part of the story: “Yes! I knew that was going to happen!”

Let your child choose which book to read. If it’s the same old favorite, mask your boredom and read it once again. (Hey, at least most preschooler books aren’t terribly long.) He may well want to hear the same story several times in a sitting. Keep a wide variety of books on hand by making frequent library visits; eventually he’ll be ready to switch to a new favorite or expand his repertoire.

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“Pick your battles” means focusing on the big issues and ignoring the small ones or the ones you can’t win. Especially with a preschooler, power struggles can pop up like dandelions in a suburban lawn. Your child is learning to exert his will and preferences, and he’s also easily frustrated these days. You could be locked in continual conflict if you aren’t careful. Clearly define your limits and expectations. Decide which rules you care most about: no hitting and no throwing food, for example. These are the ones you should enforce consistently and ask all caregivers to insist on, too. But let slide things like how many vegetables your child eats per meal; you can’t force him to eat.

This is definitely true and this is what Iyah is doing now. She would choose a book and we would read it together (thank goodness for short stories). She would ask me to read the book a couple of times, this is not only in reading…sometimes she would ask me to sing a song with her over and over again too. Oh well it’s suppose to be fun to learn right…