Ashton loves to read...

Reading is key to acquiring knowledge - No one has doubt on it. I read about child care and parenting a lot, and know the importance of reading to infants/ toddlers.

We started introducing books and flashcards to Ashton when he was about 7 months young and was able to sit on his own.

We make reading/ bedtime story part of Ashton's daily routine. We find him developed his interest in reading and is liking it more and more each day...

At about 10 months+ of age, before Ashton started to walk or call daddy/ mommy; he already knew a few words from reading. He pointed to objects like ball, car and kite in the book and said them out. Besides, he can point to some objects in the books if you ask him to - e.g. tree, flower...

 

At the 14th month, he already has over 50 words in his first words list... 

Here's a video of darling flashing cards with the iPad for Ashton. I think soother is one of the greatest products for baby; you can see how it soothed Ashton in this video :-))

Click here to see the video on Youtube.

Below is for me to track Ashton's progress...
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At his 15-month milestone, he can now say (and understand) these words...

1. Daddy or Deeeeee
2. Car
3. Tar (Star)
4. Tuck (Truck)
5. Baa (Bas)
6. Ball
7. Nee Naa (Fire engine)
8. Mao/猫 (Cat)
9. Ah Woo (Dog/ puppy)
10. Bird
11. Kite
12. Kaay (Kayak)
13. Duck 
14. Naa Naa (which means Banana)
15. No
16. Bye
17. Nen Nen (Milk)
18. Tee (Tree)
19. Bed (Bread)
20. Perl (Apple)
21. Hower (Flower)
22. Grak (Grass)
23. Ten (Train)
24. Hi
25. Ow (Cow)
26. Digger
27. Gurt (Yoghurt)
28. Bear
29. Goat
30. Egg 
31. Bag
32. Bike
33. Mom (eat)
34. Oi Oi (Sleep)
35. 怕怕
36. 嬷嬷
37. 开 (Open; he says 开 when he wants you to open the door, peel the fruits, switch on TV, play his fav Barney dvd)
38. 街街
39. Arlow (Hello; he says this when the phone rings)
40. Eeee (Dirty)
41. ...

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Besides, he will point to these objects/ pictures when you say...

1. Bowl and spoon
2. Tooth brush
3. Motorcycle
4. Bicycle
5. Strawberry
6. Paints
7. Giraffe
8. Zebra
9. Cookie
10. Balloon
    
11. Broccoli
12. Cabbages
13. Umbrella
14. Orange
15. Feet
16. Hand
17. Nose
18. Ears
19. Fish
20. Shoes
21. Socks
22. Pajamas
23. Parrot
24. Baby cot
25. Building blocks
26. Cup
27. Hair
28. Watermelon
29. Circle (Shape)
30. Hat
31. Shadow
32. Sun
33. Moon
34. Orange juice
35. Story book
36. Alarm clock
37. Airplane
38. Stroller
39. Bottle
40. Blanket
41. ...

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