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Why Not Read Classics To Your Baby?

First Posted: 06/28/10 04:01 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:55 PM ET

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And reading aloud to an infant is the perfect excuse to revisit -- or perhaps visit for the first time -- classic texts. It can even be an opportunity to fill in some of those gaps in your bibliophilic history.

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And reading aloud to an infant is the perfect excuse to revisit -- or perhaps visit for the first time -- classic texts. It can even be an opportunity to fill in some of those gaps in your bibliophili...
And reading aloud to an infant is the perfect excuse to revisit -- or perhaps visit for the first time -- classic texts. It can even be an opportunity to fill in some of those gaps in your bibliophili...
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knerd
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03:55 AM on 06/29/2010
Put the babe in your lap on top of ANY book. Intone guilessly and let the child watch the words as the pages turn. All sorts of strange, eclectic sounds and the pronunciation of seldom-heard words will cause the gray matter to form in curious curls.

Meta-biologist Gregory Bateson said his father used to read the Bible to the family during meals. He wanted them to be atheists, but he didn't want them to be "empty-headed atheists."
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abbeysbooks
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02:44 AM on 06/29/2010
Dylan Thomas's father used to read him Shakespeare when he was a baby. You can hear the influence in his poetry. All sound and music.
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NoraHuffposter
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11:41 PM on 06/28/2010
I gather the 'Little Einstein' debacle hasn't left any lasting impressions.
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Harvey Manfrangensonton
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08:56 PM on 06/28/2010
Classical music is not good for babies.
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TheBigAl
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07:56 PM on 06/28/2010
This is it! The road to Nirvana!
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