Learning to Read: V Tech
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My Son Wants to "Learn to Read"....
Asked by S.E. from Great Falls
on December 1, 2010
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My 4.5 year old pays very close attention to commercials on tv - he is the target demographic let me tell you! The other day he saw something having to to with learni...
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- Book from amazon "Teach your child how to read in 100 easy lessons"......very easy and it WORKS!!!!!!!
- Since you don't want/need the Leapster, I would suggest the Tag Reader.
- My kids are out of that stage so I am not sure which system is better but I taught my daughter to read at age 4 by working wih her just 15 minutes a day. It took her ...
Can Your Baby Read?
Asked by S.C. from Atlanta
on September 26, 2009
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I've seen the "Your Baby Can Read" on tv a lot and I wanted to know has anyone used it and what do you think of it? It appears to be pretty simple where you are showin...
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- I'm a teacher and the mom of a 3 yo. Like the others, I have not used the product or anything like it...and wouldn't recommend it for the exact excellent reasons of th...
- I like it! It correlates words with objects and actions. Davey is 15 months and has been watching the videos and reading the books since he was 8 months. He recognizes...
- I have not used this product, however, I would advise against it. My kid is 4 now and starting preschool. When she was little, I was all gung-ho to teach her stuff. ...
Wanting to Read and Spell
Asked by A.W. from Lawton
on January 23, 2009
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I need help on how to help my 5yr old learn to read and spell she is so into wanting to learn how to do both of these. She is not yet 5 but will be in 2 months She lov...
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- Awesome! Good for you guys! I say, just get her lots of fun books, and keep that t.v. off. T.v., being easier entertainment, makes books less and less appealing, ...
- starfall.com has phonics games and great help with early reading. You can also print off some very easy phonics books to start working on.
- A., My children are 27 and 25 now. But were both avid readers at young ages. My oldest could read very well from a magazine he picked up from a coffee table at age ...
2 Year Old Daughter Interested in Really Learning Her Letters, Help With
Asked by E.F. from Chattanooga
on November 22, 2007
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HI! I am a mom of a 6 year old who is reading great for being in first grade, but my 2 year old who looks up to her brother and wants to do what he is doing all the ti...
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- My son is not quite 2 1/2 and he was also very interested in learning letters. I found an alphabet puzzle in the shape of a train at Ross for like $4.99. Each piece ...
- E., My little boy got a V-Tech Alphabet Town game for Christmas last year and he loves it. He has learned to spell from it. We are on our 3rd on because he takes it...
- My aunt bought my two year old daughter a leap frog toy. Its frig magnets that come with a little holder that they put all the letters in and it tells them the sound i...
Controlling the Toy & Book Situation
Asked by J.G. from Minneapolis
on May 14, 2011
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I am in the midst of a deep spring cleaning and organizing spree. It's one of those "getting back to basics" type things where I'm tempted to get rid of everything but...
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- I say cut the techy stuff loose on CL. I am in complete agreement with you, that I prefer my DD play with basic things that make her use her brain & imagination. I a...
- Be ruthless. Your kids will not miss the toys or books. If you are really concerned, stick the stuff you are considering ditching into a box for a month & take out t...
- paperbackswap.com has been a lifesaver when it comes to books. You trade the books you have for books you want. Diaperswappers.com is one I use for trading toys. I pos...
Need Help with Kindergarten......
Asked by K.E. from Houston
on November 14, 2008
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I have a 5 year old son, Ethan. He is in kindergarten and is doing really well. He knows his some words and can read some words/easy books. The problem is he can not t...
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- My 5 year old learned the sounds of the letters through a song. My oldest learned it when she was in kinder and would sing it all the time and her younger sister (the...
- he may be dysgraphic or dyslexic. The speech therapy specialist (if it's a public school) could evaluate him for free. If he goes to a private school, I believe the l...
- Hi K., Why don't you try www.starfall.com? This site is amazing! It will show you the letters and their sounds. Check out the site I love it. I have a speech dela...
Helping 3 Year Old with Abc's
Asked by M.C. from Chicago
on November 11, 2009
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I have noticed that my 3 year old is having trouble with his ABC's (he can sing the entire alphabet song no problem, but has trouble recognizing the letters). We have ...
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- Just wanted to add my vote to the Leapfrog line! Fridge Phonics or the Word Whammer (this works on letters and 3 letter words) as well as the the whole line of DVD's. ...
- He's 3. He doesn't need to know his ABCs yet. Start with recognizing the letters in his name and read to him a lot!!! There is plenty of time to learn them. They w...
- At that age, this is completely normal. Consider the Toys-R-Us sign. They use a backwards R to appeal to our ideas about childhood, not to make us think about dyslexia...
My Daughter LOVES Books, But.....
Asked by J.R. from Minneapolis
on August 31, 2008
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She eats them! I can't find any books that she can't chew thru or rip pages. She'll sit and let me read them to her for about 5 pages...then they go to the mouth. I...
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- We just figured that was par for the course. Both of our kids have eaten books, and we just toss them when they fall apart. I know that's a rather casual comment in ou...
- Hang in there! This too shall pass. Buy garage sale board books and clean them up. My daughter ate all of her board books until about 2 months ago (15 months old) Now ...
- I always "fix" our chewed on books with clear packing/mailing tape. after a corner or binding gets worn, or even when a page falls off or gets ripped, I let the dry o...
Abc's
Asked by A.A. from Nashville
on March 8, 2012
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What is a good way to teach ABC'S?
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- My 20m old can sing her ABCs independently because we sang them at every diaper change. Just a tip for others. For your three year old I would sing them in the car, ...
- My little guy turns 3 next month and he knows the ABC song, and all his letters by sight and I'm working on the sounds with him. One thing he does is play with his AB...
- I think the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom helps enormously. It helps with letter recognition and is fun to read. I also think the ABC magnets are very helpful. Leapfrog...
Super Interesting Ways to Teach Toddler Letter Recognition and Sounds
Asked by C.I. from Washington DC
on February 3, 2010
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Hello Mommies! I have a very sharp little man who will be 3 soon. --- With some of the stuff he knows and has memorized I have NO DOUBT that he could learn letter r...
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- There are several things that you can do, Leapfrog/Leappad, and many websites for toddlers, here are a few: http://www.starfall.com/ , http://www.schoolexpress.com/# ,...
- I recently purchased the 7 DVDs from PreSchool Prep Company. There is one for shapes, colors, letters, numbers, and three different ones for sight words. My three ye...
- I also recommend the Leapfrog videos. My daughter was very strong-willed. She began attending a "modified" Montessori school when she was three. Their program is very ...
