books to read to DS about Disney

[shinysparklybubbles]

Besides reading Pooh and other books like that, are there any books about I'm going to Disney or something similar I could read to DS? We have Good Night Florida, so I started reading that more to him. Or should I just print out some park maps and start telling him stories??

 

[nmmom95]

I always get Walt Disney World for Kids by Kids. It has pictures, maps and ride descriptions done by kids. We would read it every day & talk about what we wanted to do.

 

[RMAMom]

It would help to know how old he is.

 

[pixarmom]

We have always used the Birnbaum's for Kids with our kids, and they love it. They just graduated to the regular Birnbaum's, but still use their old kids' versions.

For our youngest (a pre-schooler,) I made a "book" in a word document on the computer. It describes things that he will do (using his name on most pages,) from the airplane to the hotel to the parks. After each brief phrase, I included a picture either from the internet or from our previous trips. So it's entirely personalized, uses language he understands best, and anticipates lots of situations. It helps to prepare him for things like rider swaps (when his older brothers will ride "tall rides"), meeting characters, etc. If you ask him what he will do if he gets tired, hungry, sad or needs to wait for his turn at Disney, he will tell you what he learned from his book!

He loves this book and wants to read it all the time!!!

 

[WickedNicole]

I always get Walt Disney World for Kids by Kids. It has pictures, maps and ride descriptions done by kids. We would read it every day & talk about what we wanted to do.

I think I'll order this from Amazon and read it to my son, thanks for the idea! We just do a lot of character stories (we did the Disney Book Club a few years ago) and we watch all of the movies that are referenced at WDW in the months leading up to the trip.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

whoops, I should have mentioned that! He just turned a year old, so it's really more for my enjoyment lol.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

I always get Walt Disney World for Kids by Kids. It has pictures, maps and ride descriptions done by kids. We would read it every day & talk about what we wanted to do.

I just looked this up, looks like fun. DS really won't care what I read as long as there's picture and gets to sit with me. I'm just hoping to get him familiar with stuff by our trip in Nov.

 

[moparop]

We usually watch youtube together! My kids love watching the rides and attraction videos sitting on my lap.

 

[Perditamarie]

In addition to Birnbaums, our family has enjoyed the Disneyland Fun Sing A Long DVD....it shows the MK at Disneyland, but is practically the same as WDW. It has a bunch of fun songs and shows many of the big characters kids will see at the parks. The kids really, really loved the songs too!