Today as we read Yellow Ball, we really paid attention to where the ball was (above, under etc...).  Mark is enjoying this book very much.  It is not a book I would have ever checked out from the library.  I would have never thought that such a simple book would be liked so much.

We rolled the ball back and forth many times (with Jesse Bear, of course) and then Sam and Mark played with the book.  Sam did such a great job playing with Mark.  Sam would ask him "can you show me the page with the big wave" and Mark would happily and quickly find the page and then "read" it to him.  It was a JOY for me to watch them.