I bought an easel for my daughters second birthday and she loved it, it has a chalkboard on one side and a magnetic whiteboard on the other. We use it with magnetic letters and to draw, paint, colour and do worksheets.

Just wondering if anyone would like to share their daily routine or structure for EL activities. At the moment DD (15 months) does Some WTL Chinese DVD in the morning followed by some Mandarin Nursery Rhymes, a session each of LR, LM and LMS before her lunchtime nap, a second session of LR and LM after dinner and some Spanish nursery rhymes or Sparkabilities in the evening. Everything is very screen based and I'd love to have a bit more hands on stuff so I was wondering what other mums do and how they fit it all in!!

Thanks so much, that covers everything. It sounds great, I think we will definitely be purchasing!

Theres a girl called Patty Shukla on YouTube who does free signing videos - we have watched about ten of them. If you just search for her name on the YouTube website something should come up. The videos are signs sung to music and she covers quite a few signs within each song. It might be a bit too basic if you have been signing for a while already but I thought I would mention it in case it helps. She also does general nursery rhyme videos and foreign language videos too so there might be something of use there!

You don't know if they happen to have a UK version? Looks like a great site but I couldn't find anything for outside of US.

That's really great - thanks for sharing! Was just wondering - you said your little one sings songs in Spanish, do you have any songs in Spanish? I'd love some cartoon videos of Spanish songs to show my little girl!

We have been doing the Little Musician trial for the last 2 weeks and my little girl (who is 9 months old) has really been enjoying it. I'm trying to decide whether or not to buy the full program and I was wondering is the trial content the full extent of the curriculum or are there more sections available later on (second semester etc). Is the program good for just general introduction to music or does it help them specifically learn to read music (notes, key signatures etc). I don't have much in the way of musical experience but I know that when I did try to learn piano I really struggled to learn the music theory so I would love to give my daughter a head start in that department. Also I remember hearing in a testimonial that people can personalise stuff within the program, what sort of things would that be? Thanks in advance!!

We have been watching some of the French BookBox videos on their YouTube channel. The stories are really good with lovely illustrations. I thought it would complement the LR French Curriculum nicely as we have just started the trial. I'm looking forward to checking out the website too, I thought it was really good how the words were on the screen 'karaoke style' too.

I started Little Reader when my daughter turned 9 months and we are planning on starting Little Math at 10 months. Before that we have been watching the Your Baby Can Read DVDs (since about 3 months ocassionally but regularly since about 6 months) and we also used some Sight Word Flashcard apps on my phone.

I seen on one of the BrillKids distributor stores that there are 22 language packs available to download - does anyone know where you go to download these?

Thanks for sharing this link, looks great. I can't afford to pay the extortionate fees our local baby sensory classes charge so this is a great way of getting some sensory activities for my daughter

Hi, I am using Little Reader with my 9 month old daughter and she is absolutely loving it! We have been using the trials of Little Math and Little Musician too and she seems to really enjoy them so I have just ordered Little Math and am hoping to order Little Musician as soon as my bank balance allows ! I could seriously spend a fortune on this stuff! It is great to find a community of like minded people who believe in early education as most people I've told about it seem to think it is a bit odd but I believe that giving my daughter the best start in education can only be a good thing and she does really enjoy all of the lessons. She's started pointing to the laptop and signing for more whenever I stop now!

Sorry if this is a silly question but what does NR stand for?