". . . every letter makes a sound, the 'R' say "errrr."
QUESTION: When is it okay to give Crack to children?
ANSWER: when they have the cash on hand? (KIDDING!!! You here me secret Patriot Act watchers in the sky? I do not actually promote giving illicit drugs to kids!)
The answer is "never" of course. Unless . . .
You give them one of Leap Frog's "Learn to Read" movies instead. They feature that lovable young froggie Tad (get it, Tad?) and his band of merry readers (brother Leap and sister Lily among them) as they learn everything from letter sounds to complex words. All in four (there may be 5) easy to purchase DVDs.
I'm not saying that they actually work in teaching reading any faster than not, but they do seem to work their magic on kids--at least mine. They are truly like Crack for kids. Scarlett went through a phase where that was all she wanted out of her day was to run The Storybook Factory (part 3) on a loop in our one-TV Houston home. And whenever we said no, she snuck out to the pay phone on the corner to call Little Craig for a Leap Frog fix (again I kid).
Now it's Jude's turn. He knows how to work the DVD player, so I'm waiting to find him out in the living room at 4:30am with a plate of Cool Ranch Doritos and Tad telling him "the R says 'errr'" Guess it could be worse; he could be out there watching Golden Girls reruns. I do recommend the movies, anytime you can sneak learning or veggies into their diet, you gotta run with it.
