It works!

We use Doman's method How to teach your baby to read a couple of weeks now.. and it works! I'm not exactly sure what Fera picks up, because she is less enthusiastic and willing than Boas and also less eager to say words out loud.. But even she recognises certain words. I think we've done about 80 words now and started with phrases and sentences now. Especially the interesting or familiar words are learnt very quickly. I think he sort of realises how useful and fun it is to be able to read.



I created a little game for them with photographs and words. We play Lotto with that or Memory and the kids really enjoy that!

I've also started with a self made book in which I use the words they have learnt. They love their special book very much, because it's very personal. I use pictures of them or pictures of characters they know (Dikkie Dik) and make up funny stories. I notice that Boas memorises the text, so sometimes I find it quite hard to distinguish whether he reads or just recites, but he's doing so well and we love it all!!

By the way, we don't do 9 sessions of flashcards a day anymore. We've brought it back to 3 sessions (1 set of about 8 flashcards) which is pretty much more relaxed. After all we have 3 dinner times a day, so that works quite well ;-)