Hola Mommies! Im Reina, a stay-at-home mom to Zee who will turn 3 this July and will soon be a "Kuya" later this year as im pregnant with my second child. Before Zee, I was an online freelancer and a striving entrepreneur so I worked from home and still do so i took this great opportunity to be my son's first and best teacher, but if not with BrillKids, i dont think id be successful in doing so.
When i found out I was pregnant with Zee, i read a lot of tips online for FIRST-TIME-MOMS. I went blog-hopping, started gathering useful resources that guide first time mothers to a healthy pregnancy, i basically read everything that says PREGNANCY and MOTHERHOOD in it. This is how i came across Brillkids, everything about PRENATAL EDUCATION was all in the website. I found their website impressively informative, BrillKids has been my guide since. I was fascinated with their flagship product called LITTLE READER as i continue reading about EARLY EDUCATION page in their website, but its quite pricey (just nitpicking on my part) so I never really thought about purchasing it at that time, not until Zee turned 8 months. But before purchasing Little Reader, i studied the "BrillKids strategies" and decided to make my own version, hoping to save some bucks. I spent hours preparing materials, homemade flash cards, flip charts, made use of MS PowerPoint - but none of them could hold my son's attention long enough. Sure didn't get my effort and money's worth! I was at my wit's end when I resolve to finally purchase BrillKids LITTLE READER. Probably my BEST DECISION and WISEST INVESTMENT ever!
I purchased Little Reader even before Zee can talk properly so I was really amazed that reading came naturally just like walking and talking, exactly as what their website indicated. It was FUN for both of us that it felt more like PLAYING than TEACHING. It doesnt take a genius to understand the program that i was able to teach my 50 yrs old mom how to use it! Anyone who knows how to use the mouse knows how to operate the program! It only required 5-10 minutes twice a day and at the age 16 months, Zee started reading his first words and at the age of 2, he can already decode new words! Zee will turn 3 on July and im proud to say that at this point, he can already read our favorite bedtime story books all by himself! He recently finished both Semesters but still loves to revisit the program!
I am so thrilled with LITTLE READER that I am now really excited to introduce it to my second baby earlier than i did with Zee and im now starting to introduce Brillkids with my friends here in the Philippines. Brillkids products only prove that indeed "the early years are learning years"!
I hope to meet other moms from Philippines and from other countries here. More Power BrillKids!