Finally Mama

Lately, B spontaneously calls out letters he recognises and sometimes sings the A-B-C Song while he pretends to "read" the print. ...

A late reca p   post as Se ptember was a tiring month. Everyone in the household fell sick, hel per was on home leave, hubby and grand paren...

This month, we covered TIME.  Thankfully, I managed to save time (hah!) searching for, making and  adapting material for B as the theme coin...

I just finished Jill Stamm's "Bright From The Start" and was encouraged by her section on how live, repetitive interaction boo...

Vocal play was the "call" of most of this term's Kindermusik lessons. Nice timing as B is also acquiring language - a gradual ...

I'd been meaning to try both phonics as well as whole words  with B, regardless of  the ongoing debate . Besides daily reading, we start...

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children....

These are 2 general approaches to boost speech and vocabulary: whole words and phonics. What I'm doing is combining the two when readin...