Early Learning

Don't wait too long to start teaching your kids, even if you plan to send them to public school. The alphabet should be taught, by sight, during a childs second year. They learn it super fast when they are 2 (even if they don't talk well yet) and they haven't gotten to the "I don't know" stage, that begins at age 4, when most people start teaching it. If you teach all the letters at age 2 and a word to go with each of them, all you have to do is help them retain their knowledge by reading to them consistently, while pointing to the words and letters. This makes teaching them to read a breeze, once they're ready.

Next Tip ~ Back to Tip Index

Submit your tips.