Flash Card Method

Flash Card Method

Traditionally, the flash card method involves physical flash cards, which you either make yourself or buy, and which you show rapidly to your child.

Flashing cards (at a speed of less than one second per card) is a more effective teaching method than showing cards at a leisurely pace, for two reasons:

• Information presented at speed is more easily apprehended by the right hemisphere of the brain. Unlike left-brain memorization, which requires conscious, directed effort, right-brain learning is unconscious and effortless.

• Children, and especially babies, learn at an extremely rapid pace – much faster than adults; much faster even than adults can imagine. The way to keep a child’s attention is to move quickly.

You can save yourself considerable hassle by making virtual flash cards using PowerPoint, or using specially designed computer software or DVD programs to present flash card lessons to your child. To read more on these alternative methods, go to Reading Tools.

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