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A child’s ability to read is often a measure of mental development, and the pace at which this ability occurs is perhaps one of the most important concerns of his or her parents. A lot of us do not set certain goals, and just expect a child to develop reading skills. But, what if these sought after skills don’t develop at the desired rate when left to chance? What if a child enters the school system with a reading deficiency, rather than the expected proficiency that so many parents desire? Thus you shouldn’t be surprised by the interest generated by a system like Your Baby Can Read. Created by the professor of language Dr. Robert Titzer, the program takes advantage of the relatively short window of about 5 years in an infants life in which learning is the most natural. Between 3 months and 5 years of age, approximately 90% of a child’s brain develops, and its throughout this time that children are ‘sponges,’ soaking in and processing information at incredibly high rates. Your Baby Can Read uses interactivity to teach language by taking advantage of heightened brain development. The program mainly focuses on the seeing and hearing senses, and is included on 5 DVDs which are to be utilized for 6 to 7 months. The infant is presented with a word; the word is pronounced slowly and articulately; and an arrow follows simultaneously beneath the word at the same tempo. The infant then sees a real baby demonstrating what the word means. The infant student is then given the chance to speak the word and perform the action to reinforce the connection even more. The assumption made by the program and its developers (which is supported by literacy research) is that children are more likely to succeed in school if given a jump start at an early age. And, if they succeed in school, they are more likely to not only stay in school but to perform exceptionally well. There are also additional printed materials available for use with the 5 DVD Your Baby Can Read program. A set of 82 double-sided, colorful vocabulary cards, a 50 card word game, a set of 5 lift-a-flap books, a parent’s how-to guide, a music CD, and a workshop DVD are all included with the full program. Most helpful customer reviews 607 of 625 people found the following review helpful. 208 of 215 people found the following review helpful. The video will show a word, say it twice, with an arrow going from left to right to indicate that you should read from left to right. Then they show a short a video of that word: “Eyes. Eyes.” (Switch to video of a small child) “Marco, close your eyes!” At first my daughter watched it just like any other kid’s show. Now, (after three months) she knows they will say the word twice, and she looks down while they are saying the words, and then looks up when they show the fun video part. So I have added flash cards that I show to her at other times. I made sure to write the words in lower case letters so that they will look like the words she sees on the video. I just do a few at a time, since her attention span isn’t very long, and I don’t want to make reading a chore for her. I also write the words on her magna doodle (separate from watching the video) in an attempt to make it more interesting. She knows how to read many words from the DVD by sight, and is the talk of the town, but of course she cannot sound words out. The theory behind “Your Baby Can Read” is that your baby will eventually figure out how to sound out words if she learns enough words. She confuses similar words pretty often, like yes and eyes. She also forgets a lot of the words if I don’t review them with her for a couple of days. I do let her watch this video by herself (sort of a no-no), and it worked at first. But now, even when I’m sitting with her, I can’t get her to pay attention for long. I think that perhaps, if I had always made it a point to sit with her while the DVD was playing, and hadn’t let her watch cartoons, which are way more interesting, then maybe she would still think it was the best thing ever. I don’t think that’s realistic, though. 122 of 130 people found the following review helpful. |
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