If you want to start teaching your baby to read, the simplest and easiest way to get started is to purchase some videos that teach babies to read.  By having your baby watch a reading video each day, you will begin to establish a routine.  Once you have gotten into the groove of having your baby watch some reading videos, you may want to add in some flash cards.  Your baby will understand that you are showing them words, since they have been seeing them on the television screen now for a period of time.  It is very easy to begin using flash cards once you have been using reading videos.  You can watch a sample of Monki See Monki Doo if you click here.