Starfall

A couple years ago a friend highly recommend this site called Starfall.

One day I sat down with Kayla on my lap and we went through the ABCs. I figured this would last through a couple of letters and then she would get bored and wiggly and want down. She sat mesmerized through the whole alphabet! I couldn't believe it, this child of mine who is always so busy and on the go and can't sit still for 5 minutes, couldn't get enough of this website!

I forget how old she was when we actually started showing it to her, I think it was after she turned 1 though. I thought it might help her when she started talking because they say the letters and the letter sounds. So repetition of this would help with speech right?

I do think it has helped, not only with speech, but with recognizing the letters as well. I remember how shocked I was when one day I was asking her where is the "A" and she pointed to the "A" on the book we were reading, so I tried another letter, and she got it right. Wow, all that time on Starfall must have paid off because she was really paying attention and processing all that information! :)

They have more than just ABCs on that site -it's a Learning To Read site so there are short stories and other fun activities.

I hadn't been on it in a few weeks, so we checked it out last week (every so often they update and add things to it) and I found they now have the alphabet in sign language as well- how cool is that?

I just wanted to pass this site on to anyone with young kids, or grandkids, who haven't seen it yet!