Baby Reading Videos
- » Introduction
- » Why teach babies to read so early?
- » Myths of early learning
- » Teaching your baby to read (flashcards)
- » Teaching your baby to read (multi-sensory)
- » Felicity's mother's experience
Felicity reading at the age of 12 Months and 2 Days
Watch video of Felicity reading the words: clap, toes, point, open, hair, eat, kick, foot, fingers, bubble, dog, arms up, ear, wave. The words are 'performed,' except for "bubble" and "dog" which are read aloud.
Felicity reading at the age of 12 Months and 20 Days
Watch video of Felicity reading the words: "mama" (Chinese), baby, dog, bird, knee, Daddy, bubble, Mommy, cup, "papa" (Chinese), ball, laugh, chin, nose, tongue. Most of these words are read aloud.
- » Introduction
- » Why teach babies to read so early?
- » Myths of early learning
- » Teaching your baby to read (flashcards)
- » Teaching your baby to read (multi-sensory)
- » Felicity's mother's experience
Felicity's mother's experience
I would like to make to special note about our experience in teaching her to read, as we are often asked this question. When we first started flashcards with her at the age of 4 months, she was pretty focussed. After a while though, her attention span got shorter and shorter, especially as she started to become more and more mobile.
Why teach babies to read so early?
“Poor kid! Just let them have fun!” Some people say that they refuse to 'torture' their children and force them to read at such a young age, especially since this is the only time a child can really play and have fun before being subjected to the rigors of schooling.
Myths of early learning
Today, the teaching of babies by their parents is typically limited to things such as how to say simple words like 'Mommy' and 'Daddy,' identifying body parts, and how to play simple games. In general, an infant is mostly left alone to do whatever he seems to enjoy doing, without much active involvement from the parents to actually teach him anything much beyond that.