Hi Shen Li,
Do you think there is any way to see/use your flash  cards without having LR? I would love to show them to my son, but I have no LR.
Thanks

I've doing similar things Mandabplus3 was talking about. My son is 3.5 now and I found he was too shy as a little boy so I tried to "train" him, telling him and showing him what to say and how, in different situations (mostly in the library, around the popular training table, when an older boy wanted to take the train away from him/from his hands.....). We also "play" the order your own food, go ask for more water..game. Of course I am there for him to help, but he has more and more confidence. I also agree with you Mandabplus3 to let them answer the questions and be part of the conversation especially if it's about them.

Welcome Besyli,
Hopefully I can help with my story. My son is bilingual from the very beginning. When he was 13 months old, I started the flash cards in English and a few months later started the same method with the other language what I use him every day (My husband is the English speaker). I have to tell you that my son can take a lot without any problem, so yours. The truth is that the English was really easy to teach, the other language was m ore difficult (that's only my problem, because I didn't always have the time to make the flash cards for him.....) Now when he is 3.5, can read in english really good, able to decode unfamiliar words and understand what he reads....The other language is ok, but not as good as English. I am  still working on it. But what important is, that he uses his reading skill in the other language.
I separated the two languages and showed him the slide shows 2-3 times a day (at the beginning).
Hope I could help. If you have any question feel free to ask.
Godd luck!

Too bad I don't have too much time to follow the long posts but....I actually don't understand why is it so bad to start with flash cards. I enjoyed it, my son enjoyed it, we had lots of fun with the cards and the different activities through the flash cards method ( and yes, I started with Your Baby Can Read and we enjoyed it also) in two languages. I started when he was 13 months. Now he his 3.5 years old and has an amazing vocabulary in both languages, loves reading, understands what he reads, he is so open for every new information....I just can't see any problem with that. Oh, and he is an average boy just like the other probably hundreds (or more) on this site and the others.

Thanks Nee1 the add info. I've just ordered Marshmallow. Can't wait to start.

Thank you so much for your help.

My son is 3.5 years old and even thought I've been doing different things with him I don't have as much time as I had earlier so I would need some help. That would be nice to find some free curriculum so that would save some time for me preparing for the math lessons. Thanks in advance.

Thank you for sharing! It seems really good and a huge help in different subjects. Thanks again.

That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing. How old is your son?

Thank you for the details. It helps a lot.

I am thinking about Leappad explorer from Leap frog. I've read different reviews and just cant decide if it worth the money or not. Thanks for your help.

I'm thinking to buy this leap pad for my 3 year old son, but I don't know if it worth the money. It cost $100. It has several games and reading opportunities....
Please share your opinion about it. thank you

Thank you for sharing! it looks great!

We would like to exchange postcards too. Is that too late? Please let me know.
We are from Wisconsin, US.

Hi,
I would like to share my experience. My son is bilingual. I started to speak Hungarian (my native language) to him when he was about 2 months old. My husband speaks only English. It wasn't easy for me at the beginning but after a little bit of time I just got used to it. I have one strict rule: to use only Hung or English sentences, not mixing them within a sentence. I also started YBCR with him in English when he was 13 months old.
The result: he started to speak pretty early. For a long time Hungarian was stronger then English (I'm home with him so we use more of my language). His vocabulary was/still amazing. He absorbs everything. Since he started preschool (he's 3 now), English got stronger, I would say at least equal.
It was always my goal to keep balance between these languages. Now it seems that I have to push Hungarian a little more since the English influence is stronger now. BTW he never was confused between languages. He never mixed them even though I started to introduce spanish about a year ago. He's totally fine with them. He knows who speaks what languages. Sometimes it happens that he puts a word from the other language but I correct him right away just repeating tho correct sentence only in Hungarian or only in English.
Bottom line: I know exactly what you are concerned about but according to my experience there is nothing to worried about. Just be consistent. When my husband is around we usually use English, but I still have my little Hungarian conversations with him, making sure that I translate it to my husband.
Hope I could help.