Here is a little project I did over the weekend. I was inspired by an infomercial advertising a DVD set that could teach your baby to read (yes, I got sucked in). Instead of paying $200 for the videos, I just decided to copy what they had done. Using objects that were familiar around my house, I took photographs and made flash cards that had the corresponding word. I show my baby the word first, then I flip out the picture.
Be inspired to make your own, or you can download these free flash cards that I created. In my set I also have mommy, daddy, foot, and hand. Some others I plan to add are pictures of his grandparents. Soon I will be making a set of cards for shapes and colors. You really could do a lot with them!
Here are some instructions:
The download is in 5×7 format, and you can print out each page and cut around the lines. You can either separate the cards like I did and attach them with a brad or an eyelet. OR you can cut around both the cards and just fold them in half.
Mommies, let me know if this helps you, I would love to hear about it!
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July 14th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I came home from Germany yesterday evening. There was a tiny parcel on our table. As I was told from my optician that something went wrong with my new glasses and that they had to be sent to me I kind of thought the parcel contained my glasses. But they had told me yesterday MORNING. I was so surprised to see YOUR sender! Thank you! It is funny to see the bunting here beside my computer and at the same time see it one your post. I will take pictures later and post it of course.
July 15th, 2009 at 1:49 am
thanks! This is awesome!
July 15th, 2009 at 6:26 am
I could only see myself doing this with a marker. Writing it on one side and drawing a pic on the other side. This looks like too much work to me : ) Maybe its homeschoolish or something, this is where I get hung up- actually “teaching” my kids is hard for me. They will learn to read I am just not sure I am going to be the one to teach them- apart from actually reading to them. I am glad to see I have so many friends who enjoy doing it though. (And typing the words and real pics- good job)
July 15th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Very cool! I have a 2 1/2 year old. And I do not have an iPod, otherwise I’d consider
FlashcardExchange. Thanks : )
July 15th, 2009 at 10:01 am
There is definitely some work to this one, but to me it’s worth it. I want to maximize his potential so he can be the best he can be. I don’t want to wait until he’s in school, when he can learn now. Studies show that the most natural time to learn language is during the infant and toddler years. I think it will really make a difference when he gets older!
October 24th, 2009 at 1:38 am
!!!!LOL!!!
Here I was researching basic words to create my own flash cards— I was inspired by the exact same commercial!!!!
March 14th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
What are your information sources? This seems very interesting…
April 18th, 2010 at 1:28 am
I was researching basic words to create my own flash cards
April 18th, 2010 at 1:30 am
to create my own flash cards