Classic Toys For Tots

Educational Toys – Teaching your toddler to read

So two weeks have passed since we started following the “Your baby can read program”.  So far my son can identify and read the word “Hi” easily. Regarding the rest of the words I have noticed that when I go over the book or the cards with him he will recognize  some of the words (such as: eyes, elephant, tiger and so on) but it looks as if it is related to other clues that he remembers, such as the order of the words in the book or the color of the card. The reason I am saying that is that when I try to show him the same words in a different form (on other flash cards or when I write it down) he doesn’t recognize them. I guess that the first stage is memorizing and only later comes the stage of understanding  the words structure and the sound that each letter makes.

According to Dr Titzer’s  it takes a month for a child to learn the first batch of words so it is still early to say. But my son is curious about it and is getting used to this new world of words that is becoming more familiar and intriguing as it receives more meaning. I have faith in this program and I’m curious to see what will happen next.

A note that I would like to add is that my son knows all the upper-case form of  letters  but until recently he was not familiar with the lower-case letters. So I was thinking to start playing a game with him of  matching the upper-case letter with the lower-case letter since it might help him recognize the words in the video (they are all written in lower case letters). Another thought that crossed my mind was to create a game in which he will need to match the photo with its relevant word starting with the words that are suggested in the program.

I will keep you all posted…

Quick update… I just finished writing the post when my son was watching the video. I started going over the words with him using the book and cards after the video ended.  I showed him the words in the book in a random order. he read 5 words straight (not including “Hi” which I didn’t show him: Tiger, Gorilla, eyes, cat and elephant). Few minutes later I showed him some of the same words again and he couldn’t tell me what they were. I assume the first time he sees the word he automatically extract the stored information but when he needs to think about it again, it is harder for him to repeat. It is encouraging, though, since it shows he is taking in the information and processes it.