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Like GD says, your child will learn reading no matter how imperfectly you teach it. You can't mess up. I use LR. I started using YBCR at 15 months. That was wonderful. Highly recommended. After completing that program, my son seems to be able to pick up new words very easily. I don't know, something clicked in his brain and now he learns new words easily. I never had great success with flashcards with my son. Boys are so hyperactive. Getting him to sit and do flashcards is really hard. I even put flashcards of cars in between the other flashcards. After a short time he wouldn't even look at the cards. So I turned to multimedia. I figure, the future is all computer anyways. Thats how kids will learn more and more in school. You can go to college online now! My son is reading 300+ words I'd say. He's also starting to read sentences, and he doesn't even talk in sentences yet. He's now 28 months. He started picking up words after 3-5 months on YBCR. So, my advise would be to find a way to teach you child that will captivate him or her. Try everything until you find something that works.
My son likes counting things, and we have LM, but I don't use it for him. I think its a little late (GD says to teach dot method before 2 1/2). I've been using it with my daughter though. She's 7 months and no success so far. And my son really doesn't enjoy doing the math so I don't push him on it. I recognize that there's a fine line there and if you push, he will resist. So he does LR, 5-6 encyclopedic knowledge topics, starting spanish, tweedlewink, hooked on phonics. I hope this was helpful. Remember, find a way to engage him, even if you're breaking the rules.
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