We look at really a lot of artworks, since I am so much in love with this subject myself. This is a collection of books, sites, other fun ways to learn about art.BooksWeb SitesToysPowerPoint Presentations – Paintings, Sculptures, etcPowerPoint Presentations – ArchitectureIf you know other good materials that are not listed here, please add them in the comments below!

I am always interested how it actually worked for other parents. Thanks to Krista, the creator of MonkiSee DVD teaching to read sets for sharing this:I can relate my personal experience. I took a few books and made lists of all the words in the books so I could teach my child. I never made couplets and phrases for each book I wanted my child toread.

You would like to randomize the slides in the PowerPoint presentations that you are showing to your kid? There are a few options. Matt Hudson’s randomizer Randomizer built into a presentationsYou can also find useful this article: How to make Power Point Presentations for tips on creating materials for your little ones!Matt Hudson’s randomizerIt can be used to randomize any presentation that you already have.

New Presentations Uploaded: Teach Your Child to read… in Russian: Syllables with Myagkiy Znak – p’, r’, s’… up to sh’ + words, and sentences with those syllables . With illustrations. (3/15/2009) Teach Your Child to read… in Russian: Syllables with Yu – pyu, ryu, syu… up to zcyu + words, and sentences with those syllables . With illustrations. (3/15/2009) Teach Your Child to read… in English: Couplets 7 – Foods 1 and colors .

Thanks to Isa for sharing these wonderful bilingual presentations! This is the first time that I see the PowerPoint presentation containing slides in two languages at once: the presentations have slides both in English and German or German and Spanish. The palmchristi randomizer is included with all the presentations. Encyclopedic Knowledge – Geography: Capitals of All World Countries. Incredible bilingual presentations in English and German.

Thanks to Ayesha for sharing these wonderful guidelines:If you want to follow the guidelines in the Doman Reading book (although they are not necessary to be so exact), they are as follows:Step 1 Individual Words > 3″ high (tall letters) red lowercase letters (except proper nouns are capitilized ) x 1/2″ width on 6″ x 22″ posterboardStep 2 Couplets > sameStep 3 Phrases > reduce the size of the red lowercase letters to 2″Step 4 Sentences with 4 words > reduce the size of the red lowercase letters to 1 1/2″Step 4 Sentences with 5 words > reduce the size of the red lowercase letters to 1″ high for several weeks and then increase the number of words to 6 word sentences for another several weeks.

Thanks to A.P.P. for sharing this fantastic list of kids book recomendations!  Please share your own favorites/dislikes at the end!*Another Proud Papa’s list of classic picture storybooks*This is my list of “classic” picture books.  This includes only storybooks—no nonfiction.  I have omitted books that my little boy likes, but which I don’t think are actually “classics” or especially popular.