"If you love the language, the greatest thing you can do to ensure its survival is not to complain about bad usage but to pass your enthusiasm to a child. Find a child and read to it often the things you admire, not being afraid to read the classics." Robert MacNeil
Note: painting by Mary Cassatt
So true! My grandson loves to "read" books and he's not even two!
ReplyDeleteHi Pat: yes, my daughter and her hubby have been reading to their daughter practically since the beginning - she's now four months old!
ReplyDeleteYou can't start to early, that's for sure. :)