- Learning Path
- New Toddler Reading & Writing
A word a day
Introduce the names of familiar objects as you spend time with your baby.Choose your own adventure
Make up unique stories by "reading" pictures with your toddler.Happy Birthday, Baby!
You've come a long way ... and you're about to start a year that's brimming with new developments.
Where do babies get their words?
Our literacy expert answers where, how and when babies gain language skills.It's rhyme time
Reading or reciting nursery rhymes introduces babies to the rhythm of language. Long before your baby can utter a word, much less rhyme words, he can listen to rhymes and start to internalize the patterns in language. And babies love predictable language, which explains why you’ll tire of a rhyme long before he does!Why read to your baby every day?
Is your baby chewing, not reading, his books? Find out why you should still read to him every day.Make room for reading
Incorporate reading into your daily pattern so your toddler learns that reading is part of his world.
Reading to toddlers
How do you read to a squirmy toddler? LeapFrog Literacy Expert Dr. Carolyn James has help for parents of toddlers who won’t sit still!
Itsy bitsy spider
Finger plays like Itsy Bitsy Spider introduce new vocabulary and help little ones coordinate words with finger motions.
The road to reading
Think kids learn to read in kindergarten? Think again. Reading skills begin the moment you start talking to your baby, and continue for life.