At that age, toddlers love to keep things in special places, so I made him smaller cards and put them in a fitting metal box that he can open himself and carry around easily if he wants to. I'm not sure what time of the day is best to work with a child, because it depends on his temperament... my toddler is very active too, so mornings seem easier to handle. His mind is "fresher"  and he's less prone to lose his patience.     

I'm working on picture only (for now) set, which I called the "Potty Set".
My toddler is being quite reluctant with the potty, so I thought making him a set with lots of pictures with kids, just like him, who sit on the potty, might make him think about it.
Just experimenting here...   
I'm waiting for him to wake up from his nap to show him! Will let you know how he reacts to it... 

Cheers all!

My toddler is 19 months now and I could never get him to sit still for a read... fortunately, these last couple of weeks, I have been seeing him pick up books by himself and calmly sitting to "read". Sooooo cute! 
I never did flashcards with him, mostly because I've heard mixed opinions about it, but I started playing a game with him that he loves. I print 2 equal sets of pictures (15 pictures, 5X5 cm size) of objects he's familiar with. I glue both prints, each to a piece of cardboard and one of them, I cut out all the pictures. So I get one board with pics and all the "puzzle" pieces from the second print. So the game is to match the pictures and I repeat with him what each is. Sometimes we play just with the board and I ask him where's this and where's that.
I started making "letters" boards now. So we'll see how it goes!
Wish me luck! 

My kids are growing up in a, well... trilingual home. And soon, another two will inevitably kick in.
I speak French with my husband (who's mother is French), but since my parents are both Portuguese, I decided to stick with Portuguese at home, which is the language I feel most comfortable with. But then we live in Israel, so Hebrew will also come naturally. I used to wonder what was going to happen exactly, because it does sound confusing, even for an adult!
Well, he's 19 months now and he's speaking a bit of all three languages, though he seems to choose the easiest words of all three when he tries to say something. Kids are clever. 
One thing I didn't want to do, was to introduce him to yet another language, English... it just seems way too much at this point.
I believe that at one point or another, one language will dominate over the other, because it always depends of how strongly the kid is exposed to it. This doesn't always happen equally.

My toddler is starting to understand that with some people, it's hebrew, with me, it's portuguese and with daddy, it's french.
Just some time ago, I called up my toddler (in portuguese), with no success, then I casually called I'm up in french... well, he came running and looked at me very surprised! 
He knows only dad talks that way.

I've also read that when children learn more than one language, they develop a "second brain", another whole way of thinking to fit the way that other language is understood (with all it's nuances and meanings). Anyone heard about this?

My toddler also loves to press on the mouse button and makes the frames go too fast too even enjoy them... it would be great if there was an option to turn off the mouse click and just have the frames change automatically every 5 seconds or so.   

That's a great idea! 1 Karma point to you!
In case you didn't know, you CAN auto-change the frames by checking the Auto-Forward checkbox in the Playback screen, and you control the speed with the "Speed" slider.  Unfortunately, right now, pressing the space bar or mouse would still advance the frames forward.
I think what we can do is to add a "Disable mouse + keyboard" checkbox next to the Auto-Forward checkbox.  The only key that would work would be the Esc button to stop play back. 

Would that work for you?

KL

Pheww... long weekend with the kids, so many postings!!! Yes, that would be really great KL! Thanks! 
Since we are talking about the mouse button, I was wondering if there is a way to make the mouse cursor bigger, so that if my toddler uses the mouse, he can actually see clearly what he's doing... also, it would be neat if there was some kind of sound (nothing too distractive!) when he clicks the mouse, just so he knows it has an effect on the screen (hand eye coordination).
Uhmm... perhaps if the cursor changed it's shape or color when clicking, maybe that would do as well.
What do you all think? 

More foreign languages would be really nice. I've been having a hard time recording my own voice, as it doesn't come out as clear as it should.
My toddler also loves to press on the mouse button and makes the frames go too fast too even enjoy them... it would be great if there was an option to turn off the mouse click and just have the frames change automatically every 5 seconds or so.   
 

Installation went really smoothly. 

Hi all, I'm 31 years old, I live in Tel Aviv and have a 1 1/2 years old boy and a little 4 months girl.
I got here while browsing for any kind of information on how to get my older kid more interested in books... and maybe introduce him to to his first ABC.
I hope to get to know you all!

Cheers!
Forsy