Flash Cards

I don't think that using flash cards helps a child to learn language. I have seen methods like this used before. The child is simply memorizing, not learning. Also, due to infantile amnesia, the child will never remember what it has memorized because the cutoff for memory is about two or three years of age. The flash cards would serve to enrich the child's environment, so they couldn't hurt, but they also won't be of any real benefit. Piaget would probably not use this method because he thought children learn by watching and imitating their parents and peers, which is not what is happening when the child is memorizing flash cards.