Thank you Waterdreamer and Joha! We're using Little Reader, reading one of the "stories" in the Categories section.

Thank you Sarah108 and Susan!

@Sarah: I have read some of your posts and it gave me renewed zest for our Tweedlewink program :-)  I i have one question though: In TW Vol.6, the speed-reading sessions are read-out then on TW Vol.7, it shows full sentences rapidly without reading out the words.  Don't you think it's too much of a big jump? I was surprised.  Please do share the results that you had with your child from TW.  I'm so interested with speed-reading, photographic memory, and memory-linking. I'm so envious you got to meet Pamela in person!

I have accidentally deleted this thread last week.  Thank you for all the heart-warming and encouraging words! 

Here's our little Cammiebelle, reading full sentences on Little Reader. Yay!  Before last week, she would not sit still to read more than three words consecutively.  We're so happy because not so long ago, though she can already read, she does not like books at all!  She would just flip the pages and treat them as toys.  Now we're happily flipping pages and reading too! 

Sorry for the unclear footage in the first few frames, I was holding the video-camera at a wrong angle. (Actually, I was holding the camera, holding my child, and pointing to the words in the computer too.  Lots of multi-tasking if you want to capture the moment  )

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Wonderful advice THen.  I'm excited to try this with my daughter :-)

I am in the same situation with my now 19-month old daughter.  She reads phonetically - sentences that are several words long but skips a couple or more words.  I do not worry about it because in their age, they do as they please.  I imagine myself in her shoes, if I am a toddler, would I take time to pay attention and read out loud every single word? I don't think so.  That "perfectionism" or higher-order thinking is not yet fully developed until teen-age years.  I would only read the words that I fancy and move on the next sentence or the next page.  Don't worry about it Kimba15 and Aangeles, considering their tender age, it's really not an issue.

Hi! One thing that gave me a boost of energy during my pregnancy is exercise! I've read somewhere that it could boost mental function of the fetus too, due to the varied movement, good blood-flow/ circulation, and high oxygen levels you get from exercise.  It also releases endorphins, the "feel-good" hormones.  When you don't feel like doing it, JUST DO IT and you'll feel so much better for the rest of the day.

wonderful! lots of karma to you!

I think the abacus class would reinforce quantity recognition.  Your post actually gave me an idea for my kid!  Thanks!

Congratulations, and good job, I know what you're feeling, I had no words to describe what I felt when my daughter read her first word: hand. I wanted everyone to see the reading, but she did not read to any one, then everyone started to make fun of me. Nobody believed I was going to make my daughter read. Know every body just chat up.

Congratulations again.

I know how this feels!  That's why when time permits, we make use of the video-recorder so that that precious moment can be watched over and over again! :-)

Good Day!

 We have used both products and I'd like to share one main advantage of LR against YBCR.  The PATTERN PHONICS feature is ingenious!  I believe it has the greatest impact on how my 18-month old daughter is able to read phonetically.  The technique of showing groups of words with similar endings and beginnings (-at, it, -ack,-am, -ess, etc), reinforces the phonemic sounds which in turn, teaches the child how group of letters sounds like.  I was already showing my DD the pattern phonics lessons even before she knows the simple letter sounds (a, b , c, d, etc) and it works!

  The phonemic sounds that's being taught has a different color with the rest of the word, thus putting the phonemic sounds in more focus.  The idea is similar to the the Montessori Method of teaching phonics (I'll attach the supporting document) and the "Flesch Cards" that one of our forum member used with great success with this son.

One q.s for you:
Does Cami know the letter names?   I teach my daughter Doman style even phonics....show her 15 times and retire one and add one.  Since I work full time and sometimes we only get to one session in a day, I didn't wanted to wait till we finish letter names and then start phonics.  It would have taken us at least a month.  So I jumped right to phonics.  if you have any suggestions, I would appreciate it.  I thought introducing the sounds and letter names together might confuse her so I only introduced one. 

Thanks,

We would love to visit U.S.! :-) Thanks for reading our blog! We're honored to have shared to this forum.
Yes she knows the letter names only from Letter Factory. I didn't make flashcards but we do have an "alphabet poster" that she sees often. At first, she would only sound them but now, she is saying their names and sounding them after. She reads them everywhere, at the cab, at the restaurant menu, at billboards, etc.

If I were you, go right ahead in teaching her the letter names, they are better at decoding than we think! :-)

hi nadia, I just finished reading your blog and got so inspired with Cammie's achievements..congratulations for having a very smart baby. I am also a Filipino but living here in Thailand, I am on my 26th week of pregnancy now and I would like to know as to how you started...I mean in teaching Cammie. Please share some tips..

Thanks.

Sharlene

It's so heart-warming to know that Cammie has many friends! One very important tip I could share is to teach only when BOTH of you are in a good mood. When you enjoy giving lessons, chances are your baby is also enjoying them. I started with word flashcards and encyclopedic knowledge bits. We gradually introduced math but stopped before we reached quantity 60 because we feel that Cammie isn't enjoying it. We resumed when she surprised us that she knew most quantities and is showing interest to participate at problem solving again.

Goodluck and have fun!

Thank you all for the encouragement! We owe this site and you guys big-time for the invaluable input and inspiration. We're happy to give some inspiration back, especially to those who are just starting to teach their baby and those who needed a little motivation to persist teaching.

Excellent- Well done to your child! and at 17 months to0, thats great news. My daughter is   16 months and is not yet speaking, i've been teaching her how to read since she was 6 months old. I've tried to 'test' her a couple of times before, but no luck. Reading things like this is inspirational...reminds me to hang in there and let her take her sweet time.
congratulations again.

Sophisty, don't worry if your child isn't speaking yet, she is just taking her time and is absorbing everything for now. You'll be pleasantly surprised soon! How does she communicate her needs? Is she studying sign-language? Others may tell you it may hinder speech but it's not true! My DD isn't vocal until a few months ago but when she finally spoke, she has tons more vocabulary and is even more expressive than those I knew who spoke early. So hang in there and just enjoy every stage of your baby's development.

One thing I could suggest to encourage speech is to give her a microphone or a recorder. She will be delighted to hear her own voice. My DD loves to babble at the mic and I think it helped her to take the next step. Hope this helps!

A few weeks before, my baby read "MOMO", the brand-name of our car's steering wheel. I thought that was just a coincidence because it looks like "mama" which she knows from sight-reading. Just a moment ago, Cammie read the brand-name of her Daddy's sunglasses. She said "Dickies"! clearly. I asked Daddy if he taught her the word but he is just surprised as I am! How wonderful, she is indeed reading phonetically. She does know all the letter sounds so I guess she must have decoded how to use them! :-)

A big congratulations Questers! Keep it up. Their knowledge is snow-balling fast. You should be proud!