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mommyIam
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Your Baby Can Read?
Any have experience using this? Any opinions. I'm curious to try it.
But not yet, DS is only about 2 months 
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tannahhh
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
kind of curious too. it's one of the top items at buybuybaby, so i know people are buying it! any reviews?
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| Posted 5/12/10 12:22 PM |
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Jonsgirl04
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
Me and DH love watching this infomercial!! We are both curious if it really works too!!
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Nshoregrl
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
Ok let me start by saying that I have never used this product...I have only seen the commercials on TV.
That being said, I work in early childhood education, and the method they use on the video doesn't really seem approriate for young children. When I say appropriate I mean as far as teaching methods. What it seems like to me is that you are teaching your child "sight" words. They recognize the visual of the word and then either say or act out the word (arms up) etc. This isn't really reading. Children need to learn all the letters of the alphabet first, learn what sounds they make and then string these sounds together to make words.
This product may work for some children I don't want to totally discredit it since I've never used it before. However, IMO it's not the best method to teach children to read.
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Posted by Nshoregrl
Ok let me start by saying that I have never used this product...I have only seen the commercials on TV.
That being said, I work in early childhood education, and the method they use on the video doesn't really seem approriate for young children. When I say appropriate I mean as far as teaching methods. What it seems like to me is that you are teaching your child "sight" words. They recognize the visual of the word and then either say or act out the word (arms up) etc. This isn't really reading. Children need to learn all the letters of the alphabet first, learn what sounds they make and then string these sounds together to make words.
This product may work for some children I don't want to totally discredit it since I've never used it before. However, IMO it's not the best method to teach children to read.
I agree with you. I am a teacher, and I believe that learning and literacy begin at home- but there is no reason for a baby to read. There is a lot more value in reading to your child as early as possible, and building a love of books. It seems like there is a lot of decoding and memorization of sight words, which isn't really "reading".
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
so since i have the dvd's, i'll comment
This is a series of dvd's that will "set" your child up for reading...this is a series of different videos
in the beginning (DD started at 12 mths) she is not suppose to read...
Yes, though repeating words/actions she has said words and done those actions. She has learned "commands" like you would teach your dog. DD is not 14 mths and can do several things. As they get older, 2..3 there vocabulary should naturally increase. This is a tool to help obtain words and what they are.
It really depends at the age group you are referring to and how far along you are in the DVD's By no means are the first 3 disc reading...its building vocabulary and actions and building the brain.
Just my 2 cents...
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emomma17
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
DD got this for Christmas from Grandma, we used the first video and have just started using the 2nd. She loves watching it and just the other day she was pointing to her nose when they said nose and does arms up when they say that as well..don't know whether it's from the video or not but she did it!
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rmsgirl
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
I'm a teacher and feel uncomfortable with programs that push reading skills at very young ages. I just keep little baskets of books around the house and DS and I read together a few times during the day. He loves books and often chooses to play with them over other toys. At this point, I just want him to enjoy the experience of reading. The skills will come later on.
That being said, however, if your child enjoys the videos, then let her enjoy them. As long as there's no pressure on her or on you, it's fine.
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mommyIam
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
I got the videos. DS is only 2 months so I can't say much other than the advice they give for babies is great!
One piece of advice the guy gives is to practice sticking our tongue in the mirror with the baby. We do this every day and we make faces to encourage DS to recognize how to control his facial muscles. Whatever the effect on his speech/language, its so much fun for him, he smiles and we giggle the whole time. Its great part of our play time.
From what I can understand so far, watching videos is NOT the only way he encourages the children to learn language. There is a lot of work and play involved, and he encourages paying attention to your child and socializing with them very early. This jives with everything I've read so far, so I have no issues with it, and I think I'm going to continue with it. Its better than plopping them down in front of cartoons.
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mommyIam
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
Posted by MrsProfessor
Posted by Nshoregrl
Ok let me start by saying that I have never used this product...I have only seen the commercials on TV.
That being said, I work in early childhood education, and the method they use on the video doesn't really seem approriate for young children. When I say appropriate I mean as far as teaching methods. What it seems like to me is that you are teaching your child "sight" words. They recognize the visual of the word and then either say or act out the word (arms up) etc. This isn't really reading. Children need to learn all the letters of the alphabet first, learn what sounds they make and then string these sounds together to make words.
This product may work for some children I don't want to totally discredit it since I've never used it before. However, IMO it's not the best method to teach children to read.
I agree with you. I am a teacher, and I believe that learning and literacy begin at home- but there is no reason for a baby to read. There is a lot more value in reading to your child as early as possible, and building a love of books. It seems like there is a lot of decoding and memorization of sight words, which isn't really "reading".
I don't agree ... but this is only my opinion based on myself and DH:
I learned to read at age 4, my mother says by memorizing the words in the book, and I caught on to the phonics soon after and was always reading way beyond my grade level. DH says he did the same exact thing. DH continued to love books, he's read every classic in existence, I grew up to hate reading, to this day I still just skim books, I don't have patience to read them. So when our parents read to us at very young age, we didn't necessarily learn to love books, what we did do is learn to read by what you call "memorization of sight words".
I learned 2 other languages this way, was reading in 3 languages (that have different characters than English!) by age 6 at 1st grade level, and I still read those 2 on a 1st grade level 
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
I'm an English teacher and the mother of a 3 year old.....and I'm not a fan of the idea of the program.
I've never tried it, so I have no idea how it works, or if it works. I just know that, for me, rushing my child to read as soon as possible isn't something I want to do. I encourage my daughter to "read" books, and I read to her every day....but not in the sense that she's actually reading.
I do know that people who use the program seem to like it. To each his own.
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
Wow! Lots of teachers here! Myself included.
I am a big fan of the program as it works! Yes, it is primarily a sight word recognition program, but learning to read involves learning sight word vocabulary. The MBCR program is only a small part of the foundation that I am laying for DS. For those who haven't tried it, I encourage you to do so before you disqualify it as being an apporpriate positive learning experience. It is an amazing program.... my 22 month old can read 50 words.
If anyone has interest, I saw it for 99.00 at Buy Buy Baby.
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
The have it at Bed Bath & Beyond and you can use your 20% off if anyone is interested.
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
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The have it at Bed Bath & Beyond and you can use your 20% off if anyone is interested.
I don't think the BBB one is the full version, I'm just not sure what it's missing
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mommyIam
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
Posted by pickles16
Posted by OneOfEach
The have it at Bed Bath & Beyond and you can use your 20% off if anyone is interested.
I don't think the BBB one is the full version, I'm just not sure what it's missing
We have 6 DVDs, we borrowed from friends. That includes a workshop DVD, which talks to parents about the program.
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Goldi0218
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
Im an educator. I'd never use it.
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
I do not plan to buy this, and it's one of the few gifts someone could give DS that I would return in a heartbeat. As others have noted, young children can learn to recognize symbols or collections or letters, but they are not learning to read.
I honestly there are other activities you can do with your child for little or not cost that are more valuable--reading, talking to them, singing songs, listening to music, taking them out, doing crafts, I could go on and on. At this age, this is what they need, plus lots of time to play and practice their social skills. Watching DVDs will do none of this for them. I have no doubt that kids will pick up some new words from watching these, but they will if you read the same book over and over too. Or on shows like Sesame Street which cost nothing.
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Posted by Palebride
I'm an English teacher and the mother of a 3 year old.....and I'm not a fan of the idea of the program.
I've never tried it, so I have no idea how it works, or if it works. I just know that, for me, rushing my child to read as soon as possible isn't something I want to do. I encourage my daughter to "read" books, and I read to her every day....but not in the sense that she's actually reading.
Same all around. All this pressure for babies and toddlers to learn skills kids years older should be learning makes me sad.
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Re: Your Baby Can Read?
I'm a teacher and would not use this type of program for my DS. He's only 8 months now and I read to him all the time. As he gets older I'll play with him in a way to encourage literacy skills. IMO, it is not important for him to read early. He'll learn to read when it is age appropriate and spend his babyhood engaged in activities that are appropriate for a baby.
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Posted by Eireann
Posted by Palebride
I'm an English teacher and the mother of a 3 year old.....and I'm not a fan of the idea of the program.
I've never tried it, so I have no idea how it works, or if it works. I just know that, for me, rushing my child to read as soon as possible isn't something I want to do. I encourage my daughter to "read" books, and I read to her every day....but not in the sense that she's actually reading.
Same all around. All this pressure for babies and toddlers to learn skills kids years older should be learning makes me sad.
Not an English teacher, but the child of one
But ITA. Why do babies HAVE to read?
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Posted by KateDevine
Posted by Eireann
Posted by Palebride
I'm an English teacher and the mother of a 3 year old.....and I'm not a fan of the idea of the program.
I've never tried it, so I have no idea how it works, or if it works. I just know that, for me, rushing my child to read as soon as possible isn't something I want to do. I encourage my daughter to "read" books, and I read to her every day....but not in the sense that she's actually reading.
Same all around. All this pressure for babies and toddlers to learn skills kids years older should be learning makes me sad.
Not an English teacher, but the child of one
But ITA. Why do babies HAVE to read?
IMO, they don't. I think we've gotten caught up in a culture of kids having to be so far ahead. But interestingly, Finland does not start formal reading instruction till children are 7- and they are way ahead of us in terms of education.
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