Infant Your Baby Can Read - Frisco, TX

Margaret T. posted the same question on 2/11/09 titled "Anyone Heard of "your baby can read" tv?". She got a lot of responses, split down the middle. Personally, I will not get it for my son (he's 19 months). From what I hear, you have to be very strict with the program for it to work, but research doesn't prove it works wonders. I don't think it's been around long enough to see how the kids who do this read later in life, and if there are any positive or negative issues from doing this. The dvd encouraes memorization, not actually learning phonics, which could cause reading problems later on. My son LOVES books! He loves for me to read to him, and he likes to "read" to himself! I don't want to encourage my son to grow up faster than he needs to! He's a baby! He'll learn to read when he's ready to. Plus, I believe it's important for kids to "read" books by looking at the pictures and using their imaginations to make up stories. I read to my son all the time, and I feel this is what he needs now to encourage reading skills later on. For now, he's a toddler, and he's learning things a toddler should learn now!

Please don't push your 2 1/2 yr. old to read. The usual schedule is for all her friends to learn to read in kindergarden. You don't want her to be so far ahead that she is bored already!! However,some children will be so eager to read they will learn no matter what! Just let her develop at her own pace.

Brother probably doesn't talk because he doesn't need to. We have a similar situation. Big brothers talking for 18 mo. old sister was not obvious. My grandaughter didn't see it until she started looking for it. When she talked to the older brother about lettinng sis talk for herself, he said, "But I know what she wants." Made perfect sense to him and I guess to her too. So now it is a family project to wait for Gracie to ask for what she wants. Needless to say it sometimes makes her very angry! Too bad, huh?

Anyhow, take it from a great-grandmother, it is a common problem. Don't stress yourself over it.

God Bless
D.

I also responded on the 2/11 thread, but to address your specific difference, I would say do not try to use it to teach your 2 1/2 y.o. to read; however, it may benefit your son and if she watched too, no big deal. I had purchased these DVDs in order to help my son who was, like yours, just barely speech delayed. He watched the whole series on their daily schedule, but we did not do the flashcards and extra stuff they suggest. It did exactly what I hoped and encouraged his vocabulary growth. He did indeed pick up a few words as far as reading/recognizing them, but my goal was only for him to learn to say them. We also bought them for a speech delayed friend and it also helped him. So yes, I say go ahead and get them, but don't pressure your daughter or mess with flashcards. You can usually buy the DVDs alone on ebay for between $40 and $50. Maybe even cheaper now. That's where we got both the sets we purchased. I have also seen some of them in Half Price Books.

BTW, the girl in the original DVDs, Aleka, recently graduated from high school early with quite a few AP credits. Of course there is a high probability she would have done the same thing even without "reading" as a baby.

I purchased the lg set from the tv site.

Our DD is speech delayed as well...we got it for her to help teach her new words. We wanted her to pick up new words...if she learned how to read it was an added bonus.

It is a strict schedule and I didnt keep up with it although my DD did learn how to read HI. She loved the books and flash cards and liked the DVDs when I put them in.

I havent had a prob with it...but I wasnt expecting her to learn to read I just wanted her to learn to speak. She did not learn how to mimic until just reciently.

She has PDD/NOS and does attend speech/physical/occupational therapy through a private co. As well as through ECI.

Do what you feel is best...

A little know fact: check it out with your optometrist - a boys eyes are not ready to read until age 7 or 8. I homeschooled my son and didn't start him reading until 2nd grade: by the end of the year he was tested out at a 3rd grade level. don't panic! The early years they need to be memorizing (see: Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning)
God's best to you.