Getting the momentum going
In my experience teaching babies to read, I have noticed it takes a bit of time to get into the groove. By that I mean making reading a part of life, not a specific, designated time that we choose to teach our babies to read. Setting time aside is great. It is necessary to get started. It doesn't take much time, but it requires seeing new words.
Today I printed out the free Around the House flash cards available at www.monkisee.com. I taped them up and plan to point them out to my little when whenever they cross our path. This makes it so easy to incorporate reading into our lives.
Last night when I was brushing her teeth my 2 year old read the word "luminous" to me from the tube of toothpaste. She then read the word "Colgate" which she has been reading for some time now.
This morning we were making some tea and she read the word "Publix" on the tea bag. While we were waiting for the water to boil I was looking around the kitchen to see what other words we could easily read. That is what led me to label the house for about the 4th time since I've had children. It is a great way to teach baby to read a bunch of new words.
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