Since we did our Montessori Continent Box Swap, Geography became part of our daily lives. Every musician that we study, every animal we encounter, every artist we find, every scientific experiment that we do, we tie up to some geographical location and “wonder around” a bit.
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A while ago I shared one of the ways we found to spice up our learning to read: Word Treasure Hunts really spiced it up, and brought some magic into our lives. You can read more about setting it up in this article: Word Treasure Hunts. Recently we were ready to elaborate it, get it to a new level…
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“Don’t talk to strangers.”
Don’t you talk to strangers all the time? Don’t we force our kids to break that rule all the time? “Say hello to the nice lady.” “Introduce yourself to this nice neighbor.” “Come and meet your aunt Maggi! Common, give aunt Maggie a kiss, don’t be rude.”
“If you are lost – go to the police station.”
Do you really know where the nearest police station is? Is it worth running around trying to search for one while there are more safe and efficient solutions available?
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Thanks to all kind comments! Your words are truly encouraging. So, here are some updates to the Russian presentations sections:
I’ll continue to add couplets files here: How to Teach Your Baby To Read: Materials (look for Step 2, Couplets and select Russian links).
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Happy New Year to everyone! My little one, Smiles, is more and more into homemade books. We read them a few times a day, and his most favorite ones – are our homemade poem-books. So, here is our latest one.
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Some of the best resources available at ChildAndMe come from an amazing parent, A.P.P., the man who not only was very kind to share all kinds of presentations, word cards, teaching ideas, book lists, but also wrote extensive essays on how to use it. Through combination of various methods (both Doman’s and phonics), A.P.P. was able to teach his son to read at the very young age – at two and a half his son Henry could read about a 1000 words! At the age of three-four his son Henry was reading Declaration of Independence: both, the fact of the boy’s age, and the interest his father was able to evoke in such sophisticated text, are equally impressive. Materials created by A.P.P. are always well organized, well illustrated, straight to the point… and lots of fun! They helped my kids learn about a whole variety of subjects that I haven’t even thought of. And now comes the most exciting part: A.P.P. decided to reveal his secret identity and to dedicate most of his time to creating more exciting (and FREE!) educational materials for kids! A truly fabulous gift for all the parents dedicated to their children’s development! So, drum-roll….
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On a TeachYourBabyToRead yahoo group, another terrific discussion of great books for the kids up to two years old. We LOVE reading, so couldn’t skip this opportunity to insert our five cents. Please jump on a wagon and add your favorites!