Do you have a favorite time of day? I do! That time for me is when I sit down with my son and have "school." When he was about 18 months old, I started setting aside time each day to work with him on the alphabet. He quickly picked up all the sounds of each letter first and then shortly after he could actually say each letter. Now we have added in colors, numbers, shapes, and sight words. At first, I thought that maybe I was working with him too early because I wasn't able to find any workbooks for children ages 18 months to two years old. But I have to say that I am so impressed and amazed at how much he has picked up on. He went from not saying anything at all to now being able to say the alphabet and their sounds, spell short words, count, and imitate anything I say. That all happened within about 9 months!! Something I learned from the many baby books I read is that children are like sponges, especially when they are young. If you are wondering when to start working with them, how about right after they are born!! You can make a habit of reading to them every day and speak to them as much as possible. Studies have proven the amazing benefits of talking to your babies all day long. I have a little piece of advice for teaching and working with a toddler: be very patient and make it fun! If your child becomes bored or distracted then let it go and try again later on or the next day. The key for me was just repetition. I just tried to remember to do something with him every day!! To this day, I still ask him each day to go through the alphabet and their sounds. I wanted to share with you a little look into our school time today.
It's never too early to teach our babies so get to teaching and have a blessed, warm day!!
Brianna
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