Growing up, I loved books with audio tapes. (Or records — remember those?) I had several myself, but I also remember that swell of excitement when I checked out book/tape baggies from the school or county library.
My kids love listening to books being read aloud, too. They could listen to me read all day — but we all know that’s not feasible (and all moms would lose their voices). Books with tapes/records/CDs? YES. But how to keep them all together?
I brought out the handy basket. It gets repurposed every few months for something else. This time, it’s the perfect housing for books and their corresponding audio recordings. I gathered the reserves from my childhood collection, as well as newer versions I’ve snagged from yard sales and ebay. I simply dropped one book and tape into several separate zip-across closure plastic storage bags, stacked them neatly in the basket.
I watched. And waited. The children….they swarmed to the basket like flies….arguing over the titles available, grappling for first dips at the tape player. And suddenly two things which used to have different living areas in our home are now happily residing together. In other words, being used. And that’s a very good thing.
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Stephanie (1 year ago)
We just went to the library yesterday and checked out “books with CDs.” I was surprised to discover that they *weren’t* in little bags like they were when I was a little girl. Instead, the CDs are just in little pockets in the front flap of the book.