I should have known once the King found out I had the video going he was coming to get his moment in the spotlight. It's one moment he can not resist. This was the 2nd take for the video the King took the cards away the first time. I think it's a good idea to let them quiz each other with the cards even some words are new for him as a 1st grader. He really thinks this is a baby baby game but cant resist getting his hands on the cards. I think they love the pull open option to the flash cards. He also likes the Spanish CD which we don't get to listen to as much.

The king has been working on his school project (building shelter) With only a few hours in the evening before bed time the reading program has given me a few extra minutes to set him up with his project. H's building a castle and so far it's coming along nicely.

Today I was able to make this camera work after going through several batteries. I thought I should take advantage and make a quick update to our progress. It's very irrelevant that the princess is sick, however I thought I'd get my excuse in early in case she was hacking through the video, or in case you wondered why she was laying down. For some reason we seem to do this video thing in bed and someone is sick! I think being sick is one of the only times I slow down enough to do remember to make a video. OK enough of my excuses on to the update.

This is month 2 of practice. The last update was Feb. She really has the starter set down and can recognize these words in other places. She even gets excited if she sees them in books. She learned the word RESPECT in school and seems more excited about that word than any other. She can spell and write it on her own. She can not write elephant on her own. I do not regret the expensive flash cards but I do not think I would buy it all over again. What I should do is make my own videos with words that the school is teaching using the same concept that is used here with Your Baby can read. I think a kit to help me do this (software) would have been much more worth the money. The question would be do I have the time to make my own? The blank word cards are neat because I can write in words like RESPECT that is learned in school but how do I get it into the video?