My 4 Year Old Can Read

My little boy learned the alphabet all by himself by heart before he turns 3. Credit goes to  VTech Learning Laptop, his constant companion since he was a baby. He started schooling at age 3 and doing pretty good in class but when we moved to another State, he stopped  schooling. He is  not allowed to go to kindergarten yet because of his age, school only accept 5 years old and I also enrolled him in head start but he is on a waiting list until  now. So, as a mother,  I have to teach him at home to not to waste his time.

How Reading with your Children can Inspire a Lifetime of Learning

Parents are always looking for new ways to bond with their children, and if those methods can also improve their child’s future performance in school and in life, then the benefits are magnified. Reading with children, even when they are infants and toddlers, can largely determine their capacity to learn throughout the remainder of their life. Children who possess a love of reading have a thirst for knowledge and a natural curiosity that will serve them well in school and in the years after their formal education is complete.

Ways to Learn the Alphabet

My son started pre school at 3 years and 2 months old.He  knew  the alphabet well before he even starts school.He learned it his way not my way .I was trying to teach him the letters but it seems  not working the way I do it.Teaching  children  the Alphabet takes a lot of patience .We were thinking of  many  ways  for them to learn like books,children’s shows and toys. Maybe someone with a California teaching credential would know more ways to teach him things like that. We usually says A   is for  Apple,B  is for ball and  so on but they loses interest in what ever they were doing  whenever  we do these.When my son was a toddler back in Qatar,we never had a cable connection not because we cannot afford it.I just thought that it was not one of my priority.I let my son watch on dvd’s , internet and  play educational toys(with sounds,music, light)  .Sesame Street is one show that I like  him to watch . It has a little of everything to teach children.

We  moved to USA last year when he was only 2 years 4 months old .Here, he was introduced to different kinds of television shows like Team Umizoomi, Bubble Guppies, Backyardigan , etc.These shows taught him  to identify different kinds of shapes, colors,numbers and many more. He also has his all time favorite VTEC Educational laptop and toys where he  learned the Alphabet .I can say that VTEC had the biggest part in his learning ability.He spends most of his day in front of the laptop listening ,watching, playing the key board and touching the screen .Unconsciously he learned through  this.Two months before his 3^rd birthday while  sitting on my lap watching television he stared at my shirt and started reading  all the letters  written on it. I was stunned and could not believe he just did it. He also learned the numbers, shapes and colors all by himself . It is good to find out that our kids are actually having fun and at the same time learning without any pressure.

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