How I'm Teaching Letters To My Toddlers

Each day I try to spend a few minutes teaching letters to my 3 year old daughter and 21 month old son. My goal is to teach my children early on that learning can be fun and exciting so they will always enjoy learning new things.

If you really think about it, kids make you reevaluate your own self. You are their example. They want to be just like you. So when I'm teaching letters to them I try to make it as interesting and fun for me as I can so my excitement will rub off on them!

Some say things won't ever happen if you don't plan it out first. Here are some good tips in how to start teaching letters to your children this week.

Pick one letter a week and build on it through out the week.

• Teach them that this letter has an upper case and lower case
• Each time you see the letter through out the day, point to it and get your child to sound the letter out with you. This is great especially when you're at breakfast looking at the cereal box or out on a grocery shopping errand.
• Buy some toys and games that will reinforce the letter as they play through out the week
  
• Let your child watch some DVD's teaching letters
  

Here are some of the toys and fun things I have on hand as I'm teaching letters to my toddlers.

LeapFrog Playground. Each time your child hits the letters of the alphabet the letter is repeated back to them. When your child pushes each one the ABC song is heard.

Bonuses to this toy includes:

• Textures your child can learn: fuzzy, smooth, and bumpy
• Counting
• Rhyming
• Opposites
• Musical games

This fun and education toy also has received 57 Five Stars at Amazon!

My daughter has a Fun2Learn Fisher Price Color Flash Laptop. Both my daughter and son love to play with this toy!Her laptop teaches her:

• ABC's lower case and upper case, and the sounds of the letter
  
• Has a tune maker
• Teaches numbers
  
• Has a maze game where the mouse has to find the cheese (my 3 year old daughter loves this game and plays it by herself often!)

My children love the Brainy Baby Board Books!  At the end of  ABC Tab Book they have a list of the ABC's.  I call out different letters and ask them to point to them.  When they do, I take their index finger and trace over the letter with them and repeat the sound the letter makes. They have such a good series of learning books for children. We own the shapes and colors, and numbers. You can look for more at Amazon!