Thanks to Belén for sharing these wonderful Spanish presentations! They include masterpieces by They all contain gorgeous high quality images, well selected words and terrific reading by Diego de Silva Velázquez, sorted by subjects or even by details. All presentations include randomizer. Thank you so much for sharing these!

Links to books on the pages of ChildAndMe
Links to all Belén’s files

Belén’s books in the the contest of other ChildAndMe presentations:

• Encyclopedic Knowledge - Art, Spanish Barocco-Pintura: VELÁZQUEZ-LAS MENINAS.. Thanks to Belén!(11/10/2009)
• Encyclopedic Knowledge - Art, Spanish Barocco-Pintura: VELÁZQUEZ-OTRAS OBRAS.. Thanks to Belén!(11/10/2009)

Thanks to Fátima for sharing these beautiful Spanish presentations! They all contain gorgeous high quality images, well selected words and terrific reading by a native speaker. These presentations were developed based on the presentations at the Tar Heel Reader ppt. Thank you so much for sharing these!

Special thanks to Spanish Google Group “aprender jugando con Doman” for assembling together the wonderful audio books. “aprender jugando con Doman” is cordially inviting everyone to join!

Links to books on the pages of ChildAndMe
Links to all Fátima’s files

I was looking for another fun component for our reading. Reading in Russian is taking a lot of efforts, so I wanted to show my son, that reading can be jut fun!

1. I printed out Introductory Words, took the first five, we read them together and applied them all over the house: “Television” went onto the TV, “door” - on the door, etc.
2. The next day, when the baby was sleeping I took all the words down and pretended some naughty magical dwarf messed it all up. My kid had a blast hanging it all back. I repeated this reshuffling of the words for a few days.

“Einstein has never used flashcards.” Haven’t you heard that one before? If you like to introduce your children into the wonderful world of knowledge and skills early, then I am sure you you’ve heard it.

While Einstein never used flashcards, it looks like most of our geniuses had some kind “early learning” experience. Take Mozart: he started composing/playing the piano when he was just two. Well, it sounds like his parents ALLOWED him to play with the piano (and actually encouraged!) at that young age - at the age, when most of the parents actually encourage their kids to stay away from the valuable objects in their home. Mozart’s father was a musician and devoted his life to developing his talent.

At this point, I don’t have much. I hope more materials will come from other parents.

Recommended dictionaries for German-English (and back) translation (thanks to MaryAnn for the links and wonderful tips!):

• PowerPoint Presentations from Isa
• Leo Online dictionary
• Beolingus

Both sites offer translation from english-german, german-english, as well as some other languages. I click on english-german, and type in the english word that I wanted translated. Then up pops several choices of german words with sound file attached. I detach the sound file on my hard-drive and insert it into my powerpoint files.

As far as I remember, American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the parents to avoid showing TV to their kids until two years old. As for educational videos, there are a lot more videos that just claim to be educational, like Baby Einsteins: Baby Einstein videos harmful for kids?

There is even an article in Time magazine that links early TV watching to autism: Does Watching TV Cause Autism?

I don’t know how much this particular research can be trusted, since my friend with a PHD in psychology just has been attending a seminar on autism, which stated that the scientific community believes that autism is a purely genetic disease, and all other “findings” are just scandalous ways to get public attention.

• Glenn Doman’s method of teaching a baby to read: in brief
• Glenn Doman’s Method FAQ
• How to teach your child… Foreign Language with Doman Method

Materials:

• Single Words (PowerPoint Presentations)
• Couplets (PowerPoint Presentations)
• Phrases (PowerPoint Presentations)
• Sentences (PowerPoint Presentations)
• Books (PowerPoint Presentations)
• Encyclopedic Knowledge Topics Listing: some sections contain presentations in Spanish
• Other sites containing materials in SpanishOther resources: computer programs, dvds, books, websites, toys…
• How do I use these books?

Me and my son, together, just started learning Spanish. This is an ever growing list of useful resources that I was able to find so far:

• Power Point Presentations and how to use them
• Websites for Parents
• Websites for Kids
• Books and CDs for Kids
• Software
• DVDs, Videos, TV programs
• Toys

Please, please, please add to it via your own comments below or posts on the forum! I am sure that all of us can benefit from more suggestins and favorites!

Websites for Parents

• Yahoo Education Spanish Dictionary: free online Spanish English dictionary with sound files for many words.