No, I’m not going to review the popular program by that name. I
just want to offer some sound, common sense advice about getting
your young child on the path to literacy. You actually don’t
need to spend a lot of money or invest in special software. You
don’t need fancy books and you don’t need flashcards at all.
Your best tools for helping baby get ready to read are at your
fingertips and easily implemented. Little children (birth
through two-ish) are naturally focused on learning language.
It’s what their brains are wired to do. And it’s what they need
to be doing. Sound language learning is a foundation for later
reading. Study after study has shown that the best things you
can do to help Baby learn to read are the exact same things you
do to enrich the language environment. First of all, read, read,
and read some more. Read before bed time and read between meals.
Read during bath time and as you are working on potty training.
Read in the chair and on the floor. Read in the corner and under
the play tent w