I don't really remember what exact age my daughter was when she learned her colors, but I know she was younger than 18 months.  She learned them with flashcards that had colors on one side and the word on the other. They were her favorite flashcards for a while!  She wouldn't say any of the color words until we started using LR, but before that, I could lay down all 9 of the color cards in random order and ask her to show me the blue or whatever color.  Then we would shuffle a bit and she would point to whatever other color I asked her to.  Unless, of course, she felt like being silly.  Then she would point to a wrong one with a great twinkle in her eye and quite a chuckle, as if to say, "I pulled a fast one on Momma!"    She could even point to the correct one when they were all on the word side of the card.   Maybe just having that extra fact to memorize with it helps the early learners remember their colors, just like learning a corresponding sign helps kids remember new words more easily. 

Perhaps there is also a difference between children who were getting right brain/EL activities early and mainstream...

It would be kind of interesting to do this study with kids who are more involved in right brained early learning.  Maybe that is the reason so many of our kids seem to be ahead of the game.

Thanks, DaveGalt for the website!  My nephew has struggled with reading and we have been looking for an affordable speed reading course for him.  This looks great!  We will try it out and keep y'all posted how it goes.  If anyone else has tried it, I would be interested in hearing how it has worked for them.

Welcome, Nuria!!  Thanks for the great websites! 

Thanks Korrale4kq, Mandabplus, and ReadingWhisperer!  Magnetic letters are a great idea!  We have wooden letters that we use right now, and she really enjoys them. 

Korrale4kq, Thanks for the example of a high frequency reader.  My daughter was able to read about half of the words.  I know that she hasn't worked on hardly any of them before, so she must be picking up the basic phonetic rules from somewhere!  It is amazing the way a young child's brain can learn so many things without being taught them!

Thanks for the videos, everyone!  MaryofUS, my DD and I loved the video of your daughter making the letter sounds!  Cute!!

I do have a question for any of you that have worked on the alphabet with your young ones.  I have found that if I work on anything to do with the alphabet (letter names or phonetic sounds), my DD will stop reading words that she knows and just point to individual letters.  It takes a few days of not working at all with the alphabet, and just reviewing words before she will start reading again.  Is this normal?  How long does it take to be able to not confuse the two?  I definitely want her to learn phonics, but I love the fact that she is reading now so well!  I don't want to confuse her or stop her reading progress.  Even in the LR lessons she will "correct" the computer, "Not kick, it's a K!!"  I usually tell her that kick has a K in it, but the whole word says "kick".  It is cute, but since it seems to stop her reading progress, should I just not work on the alphabet for a while?

Thanks!  This is a great site!  My daughter and I enjoyed playing with it too!

Great job! 

I know there have been lots of suggestions for the popular classics section, so at the risk of being redundant...     What about putting the time signature and maybe the key the piece is being played in.  If you placed this across the bottom, then the numbers could scroll by as it kept time, (ie. 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,etc.) I know this would really help me as a parent!  Timing was my biggest hang-up when I was taking lessons; no matter how many times my teacher counted/tapped/clapped along with me, I just couldn't get it until I first heard the piece played with the correct timing.  It got even worse when she got out the very, scary, tick-tocking machine!!    After my experience, I would like for my daughter to understand timing now, when it isn't scary.
Btw, we like the blank screen just fine for the popular classics!  It gives a great time for dancing or snuggling.  This was just something that might help a few parents and kids with the timing.

I started out with flash cards for my daughter.  She was around 10 months old at the time.  It was always hard to keep her interest in them, but we continued with it.  She had gone through number 80 when we started with Little Math.  I had also started basic adding and subtracting problems with her using the dot cards.  She seemed to enjoy the adding and subtracting more than she did the simple numbers.  Now that we are doing Little Math, she really   enjoys it.  She tries to say the numbers and points to each one.  She loves the baby faces and the fruits that are used instead of the dots.  I find it so much easier to know which addition/subtraction problems to show to her.  I don't have to search for all the right dot cards and then get them all put back away in the right order, so I can find them the next time.  I LOVE the Little Math and so does my daughter!! Maybe your grandchild will be different, but my daughter just really wasn't as interested in the flash cards. 
My personal opinion is that if the child really enjoys math when they first start doing it (whether that is with flash cards or on the computer), it will be easier for them to enjoy it later when they start doing math in school. If they have already learned that math is a fun subject, then you won't have to convince them that they want to do math in school. They will already enjoy it and understand the concepts behind all these numerical marks on a page.  So which ever method is more enjoyable for them, that is the way to go!  Make it fun!!
If you use the Little Math product you will be able check the library for downloads already available in your own language.  Or you can record your own voice saying the numbers.  There are a lot of options to use with this program!

Hi, I seem to have the same problem, the middle C do doesn't play.  I can go to the picture slide and play it manually, but I don't know how to move it to the word slide.

"Here is how you fix your problem, and I do not have an answer as to why this is the case. It is a job for technical support.

When you make a LR file with just the picture with no words you cannot use "Picture Audio". You have to go into your settings on both of the "Do" words and click "Play pronunciation instead." "


I tried to fix it with this method, but it didn't change anything.  Any other suggestions? You mentioned a new version of this download, but I can't seem to find it either.

My daughter absolutely loves these downloads!!  She always says, "again" and hums along.  She even wakes up from her naps humming solfege now!

   This article made me laugh!  My daughter has been exposed to sooooo much dirt in her short life!  Since we live and work on a farm, she doesn't stand a chance of staying clean.  She "helps" change oil, grease farm equipment, pull weeds, trap gophers, etc nearly everyday.  And I would have to say she has been much healthier than other kids her age.  She rarely catches a cold.
Now, if I could just convince her that touching food that is slightly slimy isn't a reason to gag herself

Thank you for taking the time to respond!  The other posts were very helpful.  I am glad I started when I did with my daughter!  The abacus will probably be what we do next! 
Thanks again!

This was very interesting to me.  I often have to remind myself to be praising my daughter's efforts.  Even at her young age I can see a difference in her willingness to keep trying something when I praise effort, not results.  I needed this reminder!! 

Thanks aangeles!  I don't know enough about music to know these things.  Glad to learn it.

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I found it interesting that each fork was based on ROY G BIV.  They are named: Root Red C (256 Hz), Sacral Orange D (288 Hz),  Solar Plexus Yellow E (320 Hz),  Heart Green F (341.3 Hz), Throat Blue G (384 Hz),  Third Eye Indigo A (426.7 Hz),  Crown Violet B (480 Hz), and High Octave Root Red C (512 Hz).

I hope this will be helpful to those looking for an inexpensive way to buy tuning forks!