In our house, there seems to be a new way to read “touchy feely” books. Georgie has long been a fan of books such as the “That’s not my…” Usborne series, which have different textures on each page, with a describing word to go with it.
Now, however, instead of feeling each textured area herself Georgie has started to hold onto the finger of whoever is reading with her and rub the tip of their finger over each area. She still plays with them herself and checks out the textures on her own, but if she is on a lap the adult gets the touchy feely experience, while she manipulates your finger like a little puppet master! She even lifts it up out of the way while she turns the pages, before pushing it back down to the next page.
It reminds me of the way you introduce a baby to these books, moving their finger for them as you read, so they can begin to discover new textures. This leaves me wondering what Georgie is thinking – is she teaching mummy & daddy about textures while we read together?!