Turn Bath Time into Reading Time
A simple and fun way to expose your baby to written language is to teach your child to read while bathing. All you need to do is buy some foam bath letters. You can use these to teach your baby the ABC's or you can go a step further and teach your baby to read words. Babies can learn the ABC's and how to read with the same level of ease. It is no more difficult to teach your child to read words, which have an immediate use in their life, as opposed to teaching the alphabet, which they won't be able to do much with from birth - 3 years old. We advocate teaching your baby as many words as you can before you introduce the alphabet.
When teaching baby to read during bath time, you can start with names of family members. You may want to teach the names of items found in the bathroom, such as soap, bubbles, shampoo, etc... You can even spell out the words as you are creating them for your baby This will give them an advantage in learning to spell as well. Babies are sponges and will absorb the information that surrounds them. Don't think for a moment that your baby can't learn to read AND spell with ease.
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