https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:42:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-tools-youve-found-to-teach-your-lo-the-alphabet-counting-colors-etc#post-6231 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:12:23 +0000 looch 6231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been doing a lot of research on this, the best things seem to be tactile, so I plan to buy some felt and make things. The thing with numbers is you also have to show them how many things make up the number 2, for example, so just showing them a "2" is only part of it.</p> <p>There are a ton of blogs out there with inspiration, also check pinterest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-tools-youve-found-to-teach-your-lo-the-alphabet-counting-colors-etc#post-6212 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:48:34 +0000 Mrs. Bee 6212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>definitely flash cards over books. charlie loves to put them back in the box so they're a toy and a learning tool.</p> <p>charlie has three different sets in this series and loves them:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/First-Touch-Feel-Picture-Cards/dp/0756615186/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1319590078&#038;sr=8-3" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/First-Touch-Feel-Picture-Cards/dp/0756615186/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1319590078&#038;sr=8-3</a></p> <p>he's also still obsessed with the baby einstein alphabooks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-tools-youve-found-to-teach-your-lo-the-alphabet-counting-colors-etc#post-6204 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:14:40 +0000 Andrea 6204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you everyone for the suggestions! I can't wait to check them all out for the LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-tools-youve-found-to-teach-your-lo-the-alphabet-counting-colors-etc#post-6181 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:13:29 +0000 erwoo 6181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Basically find any books that have alphabets, colors, and numbers beside real life pictures versus cartoon pictures. And be consistent with reading it to them and before you know it they will know all of them. Make it fun too. As a distraction tool to prevent my son from falling asleep in the car a few times (b/c we were so close to home) I asked him to recite numbers and letters after me and he really liked it for some reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-tools-youve-found-to-teach-your-lo-the-alphabet-counting-colors-etc#post-6180 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:00:13 +0000 Rock n Roll 6180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter loved these books and she could count to ten before she was eighteen months. Now she can count to twenty in English, ten in Spanish, and knows all her colors, most of her shapes and can sing the alphabet (although we're still working on recognizing all the letters.) </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sparkling-Easter-Eggs-Piggy-Press/dp/1581176856/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1319568735&#038;sr=8-11" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Sparkling-Easter-Eggs-Piggy-Press/dp/1581176856/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1319568735&#038;sr=8-11</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Early-Learning-Colors-Roger-Priddy/dp/0312508514/ref=sr_1_27?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1319568929&#038;sr=1-27" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Early-Learning-Colors-Roger-Priddy/dp/0312508514/ref=sr_1_27?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1319568929&#038;sr=1-27</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chicka-Boom-Anniversary/dp/1416990917/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1319568953&#038;sr=1-3" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Chicka-Boom-Anniversary/dp/1416990917/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1319568953&#038;sr=1-3</a></p> <p>I would never have gotten her that colors book because it just seems boring, but they gave it to us at one of her pediatrician visits and she LOVED it. I would just try different things with your kid and see what they like! Doing something they enjoy is the easiest way to teach them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-tools-youve-found-to-teach-your-lo-the-alphabet-counting-colors-etc#post-6139 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:15:19 +0000 Wondermommy 6139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Flash cards. Just the generic $2 kind from the grocery store. Go over them a couple times a day. My LO picked up things SO FAST after I started doing them. I'd go over the names of things, the colors, numbers and ABCs. He loves flashcard time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-tools-youve-found-to-teach-your-lo-the-alphabet-counting-colors-etc#post-6137 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:41:41 +0000 SAHM0811 6137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>starfall.com is great for teaching the alphabet. they have an app for the iphone/ipad too. we also really like the leapfrog ABC fridge toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-tools-youve-found-to-teach-your-lo-the-alphabet-counting-colors-etc#post-6136 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:35:41 +0000 Andrea 6136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any books, games, flashcards, etc that are good in teaching your LO some of the basics? Thanks! </p>