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Below is a description of the program materials
The Toddler's Edge program uses sound principles of learning theories to prepare infants and young toddlers for early reading ability. This is done by introducing them to the phonic sounds of letters and words. Also, through fun age appropriate workbook activities, preparation is made for future academic success in the basic subjects of language arts, writing, and math.
The program consists of an ABC book, a phonics lessons DVD, workbooks, and a parent's manual.
Your infant or toddler will enjoy hearing the book being read while he/she will be observing the letters of the alphabet and hearing its sound or sounds. The association of letters and their sounds will be made, and over time, deeply ingrained in your child's mind. By reading the alphabet book in the child's early stages of development, you are setting deep in your child's mind a familiarity with the letters of the alphabet. The book is not just an ABC word book; it is like a little story that entertains the infant and toddler, while simultaneously teaching the phonetic sounds of the letters.
Incorporated in the manual is a philosophy of education I will liken to a high rise building structure. The foundation must be solid and sound or the structure built on top will falter. This program provides that firm foundation. A foundation strong enough for the superstructure that you, your child, and his or her teachers will build. The importance of building this strong foundation can not be over emphasized. I believe the primary weakness of the current American Education system is that not enough time and effort is spent on laying a sufficient foundation. This program will lay an educational foundation which will slowly emerge before your eyes over the early years of your child's life. Your child will be acquiring a familiarity with the letters of the alphabet. They will not just learn the letter names, but more importantly, for the process of learning to read, the letter sounds. By age three or four your child may surprise you by spontaneously reading a word because of the ingrained knowledge of phonics he/she will have acquired. When your child enters school and learns to read with such ease and proficiency, you will know that your time and money has been very well spent.
Do not be confused by the fact that these flashcards are in DVD form. I have used DVD technology as a easy means of phonic flashcards so do not expect any entertainment. It is simple, purposely short in length, and is NOT designed to entertain. It is specifically designed to teach the names and the phonetic sounds of the letters, to introduce the method phonics is used within simple words, and also to introduce the number system. The DVD is a crucial part of the program and is the key element in ingraining deep in the child's developing mind the elements of language needed for the process of learning to read. It is an easy means given to provide what would otherwise have to be done with flashcards. Young children's attention spans are very short, so simply have the DVD playing in a child's view while the child plays and does other things. Your child will pick up the phonic sounds and number system by bits and pieces naturally. There is some child appropriate singing, in a few places, which is designed to catch the child's attention but is only there for that reason. All I want is for your young child to gradually become familiarized with the phonic sounds. Anything more would distract from the learning process.
The workbooks progressively take your toddler through the skills needed to acquire early reading ability through fun and enjoyable activities. They also introduce the concept of numbers, counting, and handwriting.
Activities for workbooks 1, 2, 3 and 4 are alphabet dot to dots, letters hidden in pictures, letter writing, matching upper and lower case letters, and identifying letters that are the same or different.
Activities of booklets 5, 6, and 7 are matching a picture's beginning consonant sound with beginning sounds in words, circling vowel sounds, matching pictures with the same vowel sound, matching pictures to words, and reading simple words and sentences.
Activities of booklets 8 through 12 are number dot to dots, counting objects, and writing numbers.
This is just the description of the materials. To learn why the sum of its parts is much more, go to these links.
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