Importing the licence key is easy.  Click on the link and it will automtically download a file onto your system.  Select the .exe file and it will automatically open the Brillkids program and ask if you would like to import the new licence key.  Click OK and viola it's done.   

From my experience as a teacher in various schools, I found that they all seem to take the same approach - teaching the lower case letters first and then moving onto the upper case.  The procedure they took also first focused on the letter sound in words and once those where mastered by the children they moved onto teaching them the letter name.  This prevented them from getting mixed up with the letter name and sound.
At the moment I am assissting a boy with special needs and the lower case letters are being tackled first.
When one thinks about it, it makes more sense teaching the lower case letters first as most writing is done in lower case apart from the first letter of names, sentences etc.  So I think that the lower case should be tackled first.

Didn't realise tha time passes by so quickly.
Could you extend my licence please

I was very interested in the Montessori method of teaching and I'm still interested.  But now that I am a teacher myself, I agree to various approaches as these will expose your child to various methods of learning. 

Here in Malta, speaking 2 languages is pretty normal.
Coming from an English background I find it easier to talk to my daughter in English rather then in our native language Maltese.  Maltese is not out of the scene though.  My husband and myself use Maltese between us and amng other members of the family so the sound of it is not new to Emily.  Now that she is nearly 3, she tends to pick out certain phrases or words which she repeats.  Sometimes I also point out words in Maltese that might attract her attention too.  Another good thing is that I know that she will be exposed to the maltese language further once she starts school.
Through research that I have been carry out it seems POSSIBLE that a child picks up more then one language when exposed to them, even if this is done simultaneously.

I started training my daughter, who is now 2yrs 8 months when she was 1 yr 6 months.  At first I just got her used to the potty and what it is ment for.  I didn't stress much on actually using it as I felt that she wasn't quite ready.  A year later and Emily being older, I took the plunge and trained her into using the potty.  Since Emily already knew waht the potty was for it wasn't that daunting for her. Using positive reinforcements ( a star chart) and lots of praise, she was well trained in 1 week and on the second week she started asking me for it.  2 months have passed and actually yesterday I managed to get her to use the toilet.  Whenever I tried, she flatly refused - the trick....
We were happily playing with her lion puppet when Emily asked to use the potty.  Lion suggested she use the toilet.  I propped her up on a stepping stool and before we knew it she was happilly using the toilet.  Lots of hugs, kisses and hurrays followed together with a star on her chart.  From then on it was plain sailing - Emily was actually asking to use the toilet.
Play and positive reinforcement is the trick.
My advice to whom ever is attempting to potty train their child - don't push it.  You will know when your child is ready for such a step. 
Good Luck

Yes I know you can change fonts to one's specifications.
Just thought might be less daunting to to anyone who's not too familiar with the program.

Can't wait :tongue2:

Thanks for the tip.
What I actually had in mind was not setting the words in a constant colour or set background.  My idea was more to help in the recognition of letters since from the early years, especially in our schools, children are taught their letters in a certain format - using comic sans type font.  I just thought that in this way the children will be able to recogise the letters when exposed to them in a school setting.
This approach is used in all the schools here.  This is done to also help the children in their handwriting and the formation of letters.
Besides, working with children with learning difficulties I have found that using this font helps them more in their reading since the letters are seen in the actual format they are written.

Since phomics teaching seems to be on the increase, wouldn't it be ideal to have each initial letter of the words showing in a different colour?  If this is possible it would help later on when letter blends are taught too.  look, book,

After browsing through the software I'ver realised that there is no font set as the default font.  Every word comes up in different fonts.  I know that one could easily change the fonts of the words, but wouldn't it help if the exisitng words all came up in the same font?  Besides, I don't know about you but here we tend to use the comic sans mostly since the letter 'a' is represented in the actual format it is written and somehow children's books tend to use a similar font too.  I think this helps when the children are exposed to different written formats as it would make it easier for them to recognise the letters in the world around them.

Unless it really bothers you and your husband being called mommy and daddy, I wouldn't fret over it too much.  Your baby must have heard the words somewhere to have picked them up.  Besides, as s/he grows older you will be able to correct it.  The  I think at the moment is that s/he recognises who is who and is able to call for one of you when in need.

Working within the education setting is constantly making me think up of ways to reinforce things thought and learnt.  One method that seems to learn is to stick flashcards around the house.  Words that have to do with the contents of the house eg: fridge, oven door, I stick the flashcard onto the item.  Other words are stuck on a board in the room mostly frequented by the children.  Although the words are not actually read out, just seeing them around helps them to unconsciously register them.  This doesn't mean that the children will automatically start reading but it would help in reinforcing the word's spelling and meaning.
If you decide to try this out, expect comments from any visitors   I've been there and can't quite remember the number of times I had to give explanations of why all the words.

I know the house can end up looking like a giant billboard but in the long run I'm sure it's worth it.

Finding the ideal picture is sometimes hard.  My last resort is scanning them.  Children's books are great for this.  I know that it might be time consuming but the final product makes it all worth it.

I used normal headphones to record my voice to use with another program.  The final product was brilliant.  My voice was clear and quite pretty sounding I would imagine that it would also work for this program.
Another solution would be to use an MP3 or MP4 that has recording capabilities.  You can record the words, upload onto the PC but then I think that they would need to be converted into supporting audio files.  I'll try it out hopefully soon and I'll get back to you on how it went and if it is time consuming.  Being a mum, I know that time is very precious and we mums always try to maximise the bit of time we have.