I’ll post a video about doing this with small object and how to introduce that at some point but — Use what you have and honestly I believe this makes an even bigger impact and connection with young children. It’s not the material is the framework (as I teach in the accelerator). I love this so much more than an alphabet craft or Khan Academy Kids 😅 It also keeps kids in the same room/connected to us while also doing independent work. Have you done this?

- Want to but have not started to teach their children letters sounds and small word building. - Must be willing to complete video training (under 1 hr) in a week (7 days) and share feedback - If you complete training in 5 days or less — I will also teach you how to teach heart words (the, was, of, on, my…etc) as a bonus training. Yes, it is play based Yes, it is developmentally appropriate Bonus will also be under 30 minutes For clarity: this is YOU learning in under 1 hr not your child. Children learn at whatever pace THEY learn. If you meet the criteria and want the training, let me know. We will add you to the shirt form accelerator course over weekend for FREE. We need 5 people to test it and review. If parents has this skill they wouldn’t engage in so many drills, put kids on apps, buy random flashcards. Knowing makes us move differently.💕

I remember going into a parent teacher meeting and the teacher said “Ms Pizarro, myself and the other teachers have talked about him. If we put all the kids in all 3 kindergarten classes together and added up their background knowledge - your son would probably know more than them. I don’t know how you did that and he didn’t even go to preschool.” I was blown away because I didn’t “DO” a lot of things or “enrichment” classes. But when the environment and relationship is already rich - you don’t need to! My son (now teenager) recently reminded me of how important these books (pictured) were for him in his early childhood. We got into them around age 3.5 to 4 but you could use them for children much older. Most public libraries carry them. (We love free). I don’t like “testing” kids on background knowledge. Instead, I expose and then make connections as we interact in the world. I have modules in the course for background knowledge and vocabulary in the course and can do non-course free content once the group gets going. It’s so fun.

I think @Alia Thomas is?

The first few nursery rhymes we’ve been working on are jack and Jill, little miss muffett, and miss mary Mack!