Brillkids Product Reviews

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Hello!

This post today is going to focus on  the wonderful products that Brillkids creates. They have produced Little Reader, Little Math, and Little Musician.

I have been using Little Musician with all of my kids. My 17, 16, 14, 12, 9, and 6 year old. Even though Little Musician is meant and designed for toddlers, as I said, I have been using it with all of my children and each one enjoys doing it. Some of the clips in the program are meant for young children. In each lesson they use animated babies in diapers. :) When some of my older kids saw this, they cracked up! My children even though they all know how to play guitar, don't know how to read music. This program has given them a little boost in learning. 

We try to do Little Musician every day. It doesn't always happen, but when we do it consistently, we find ourselves getting the review sections correct. It is like that with everything, the more you practice or do something, the more you excel!

Little Musician

My video review for Little Musician!

The next product is Little Reader! I used this with my youngest - Gabriella. Honestly, I didn't use it very much with her because she already knew how to read.  It is another GREAT product for toddlers or young children! From what I did use, I would highly recommend. The program teaches short, easy words at first, and then as you further in the program, it begins to use longer words. Also, it teaches phonetic sounds. Little Reader is a curriculum to learn English, but if you already own this program, you can download the French curriculum and the Chinese curriculum. I am so eager for them to release the Spanish curriculum!!!

Brillkids - Little Reader

Next! Little Math is deigned for toddlers to learn quantity recognition, counting, subtraction, addition, multiplication, etc... I also didn't use this product very much with my youngest. She is very good at math already. In that case, I didn't need to use it. For babies, toddlers, and young children who need to practice, learn, and review their facts, I recommend it to you! It repeats the review many times, thus causing your child to repeat and remember. :) It is a great program, as are all of Brillkids products. 

Brillkids - Little Math

You can read some great reviews for the Brillkids products here: http://www.teachingmytoddlers.com/

A review for Little Math: http://www.raisingprincessy.com/brillkids-little-math-review/

Have a wonderful day!

May God bless you...

Krista

Read Dr. Seuss to Your Baby

When my son was around 20 months old, we spent some time reading Dr. Seuss books.  We had a lot of fun with these.  Who wouldn't?  They are so silly.  When we would finish the books, we would continue on rhyming in the spirit of the books we had just read.  This was a lot of fun.  I began to notice that it was carrying over into my son's vocabulary at other times of the day as well.  When I would ask him a question that warranted a yes answer, instead of saying yes, he would say, "Yes, pess is a bess."  If I asked him a question that warranted a no answer, I got something like this, "No, poe is a foe."  I would just quickly explain to those who would hear his answer that we had been enjoying some Dr. Seuss books lately.  It was really quite funny and he certainly learned to rhyme.  Kids are never too young to have fun playing rhyming games.  Why not read some Dr. Seuss to your child and make up your own language?  It is quite fun.

Language - Baby Brain Food

The amount of words a baby hears before their 2nd birthday determines their future academic success.  How can we get our babies off to a great start?  Here are some simple steps to developing your baby's intellect.

• Talk to your baby about everything.
• Sing to your baby.
• Recite nursery rhymes.
• Read to your baby everyday.
• Play music for your baby.
• Get books on tape or poetry on tape and use during baby's playtime.

Skip the Baby Talk

One important rule to follow when speaking to babies is to skip the baby talk.  Parents and caregivers should understand that their babies are working very hard to understand the language that surrounds them.  They are looking for patterns and continuity to understand what words mean and how to use them.  By speaking baby talk to our babies, we are teaching them a foreign language that is completely useless.

Babies learn language best when spoken to in parentese.  Parentese is child-directed speech.  It is the way most people naturally speak to babies.  It is speaking slowly and clearly.  Usually parents speak with a higher-pitch when talking to babies.  This is what babies need to thrive in their language development.

Parents should also use big words when talking to their babies.   Your baby has the ability to easily learn vocabulary from birth to five.  If you provide a rich language environment for your baby, your baby will have a rich vocabulary.

Text Pointing Benefits Baby

When you are reading to your baby, try adding some text pointing.  By doing this, you are training your baby to read from left to right.  Babies are capable of learning this at an early age.  They will also learn which way the pages of the book turn.  When you read very repetitive books to your baby and implement text pointing, your baby will soon be recognizing the words in their printed form as well.

Benefits of Reading to Your Baby From Birth

I have been reading the book Baby Read Aloud Basics.  It is a very good book and includes a list of the ten benefits of reading aloud to babies.

Ten Benefits of Reading Aloud to Your Baby

1. Reading promotes listening skills.
2. Reading to baby increases the number of vocabulary words they hear.
3. Reading develops attention span and memory.
4. Reading helps babies learn uncommon words.
5. Reading helps babies learn to understand the meaning of words.
6. Reading helps babies learn the concepts about print.
7. Reading helps babies learn to get information from illustrations.
8. Reading promotes bonding and calmness for both baby and parent.
9. Reading stimulates the imagination and all the senses.
10. Reading instills the love of books and learning.

For more information you can view the website at www.readtoyourbaby.com.  

Baby's First Teacher

You may not have realized that having a baby meant you were signing up to be a teacher.  In fact, parents are babies first teachers.  Recent research shows that the amount of words a baby hears per hour before the age of two will determine their future academic success.  Wow!  That can put a bit of pressure on parents to perform.  How can we parents be sure we are providing our baby with all the language they need to hear?  It  isn't really that difficult.  Here are three simple ways to surround your baby with language daily.

1. Talk to your baby -  Your baby will learn more efficiently by hearing more language.  Hearing language gives your baby the opportunity to master his mother tongue.  You can do this by telling your baby everything.  Tell baby where you are going, why you are going there, what colors you see, how  you feel, etc...
2. Read to your baby -  Babies that are read to from birth to two are able to develop a more advanced vocabulary that babies that were not.  This is crucial when it is time for baby to go to school and begin mastering the written word.  Babies that are read to regularly rarely struggle with literacy.
3. Sing to your baby -  Babies love to hear lullabies.  This is an excellent means for parents to surround their babies with language.  You will certainly use words in your songs that you might not use in everyday conversation.

Follow these three simple steps and your baby will be well on their way to success.