When I saw this program my daughter was 1 yo and I thought it was amazing, but we couldn’t afford the program at the time. By the time we could afford it she was 3 yo and we got her computer set up, but she was totally bored. She already plays games on the ipad and such that are much quicker. So the box is collecting dust, but now she is 4.5 yo and I really would like to start teaching her how to read. Can you please point me in the direction of how to use the materials that I have for her age? She is very quick, but I don’t know what order or resources to use. She is very bright as when she was 2 yo she knew 300 ASL (sign language) words and her verbal vocabulary is amazing!
Thanks,
Raven
Little Reader is really meant for smaller children. at 4.5 year your daughter is ready to begin with a traditional reading curriculum. Have you looked at the free reading-websites such as Reading Bear, Star Fall, and Progressive Phonics. You can also buy a single volume manual such as The Reading Lesson, The Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading or Phonics Pathways.
I was showing Brillkids to my daughter till she was about 4, then it was not interesting for her anymore. I still trying to show her Spanish curriculum (and she have to be bribed into it, however - almost anything she sees she remembers, but I only show English and Chinese to my younger daughter (2 y.o)
With older one we have long moved on to Reading eggs and Mathseeds (http://readingeggs.com/). She absolutely loves it - every lesson is based on series of games - this might appeal to your daughter by the sound of it. It’s a subscription service, but it costs very little - I think 49 pounds per year ( and if you subscribe to Newsletter they will send you money off offers. They do free trials as well
Having said that - she still watches a lot of slides I download from Brillkids library on all sorts of subjects - sport, geography, Space is her favorite at the moment. So - don’t regret buying it - just download subjects of interest for your daughter, she’ll love it
Try out some workbooks like Spectrum or online websites like Beestar. Workbooks are great as they provide guidance on what used to be taught in the past. Beestar is great in that you can skip to different grades and keep her entertained. I would also look into the gifted and talented section as it looks like she may need more challenging questions in general. I would also start buying her books to read that she might be interested in ad have her start writing about what she reads to keep the momentum going.