Your Baby Can Read

[ANDROMADA 1]

Re: Your Baby Can Read

I think it is a cleverly marketed scam.I wife makes cards and teaches our daughter things all the time.We been teaching her before she was born but some people like it.I prefer pictures/books/outdoor activities.Kids get it and really like to learn regardless.

[CarryTheWeight]

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Anyone see the commercials/infomercials for this product? There's something really...uncomfortable about them IMO. There's all kinds of things out there to "make babies smarter" before they're aware of the world around them, most involving media presentations or television. I mean, I have no problem with it...it's not like it's eugenics, but I don't know. Something just makes me feel iffy about it.

[onlybygrace]

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Ultimately...here is the bottom line.

It doesn't matter what you buy a child, no matter what the learning 'tool' is if your not ready to make the commitment to spend time with the child in an educational sense from something as traditional as reading to him/her at bed time...

If you do this, not only will and your child bond, but they will also learn to read. Reading is a natural thing, really. Children basically need to be taught in kindergarten because a large majority of parents are too busy or indifferent to spend the time reading to their kids.

Just so you know...

I have a three year old son who is learning to read very well and has a better vocabulary than most 4 or 5 year olds because my wife reads to them every single night without fail.

Time teaches...how much of THAT are you willing to spend is the real question.

[Cebby]

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you will find that the amount and quality of early childhood education is directly related to success in school and on standardized tests.

What studies do you have that teaching a child to memorize simple words relates to success in school?

Everything I've found says that reading to children and having them handle books is the best way to go

http://www.multcolib.org/birthtosix/earlyliteracy.html

http://www.childliteracy.com/babies.html#one

http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_key_language_literacytips&AddInterest=1145

http://www.rif.org/parents/0_4.mspx

And for the championship:

http://www.momaroo.com/700216799/yourbabycanread--good-or-not/#

Basically this debate

On my side you have:





Probably a bad picture; probably a hot north/eastern European (I hope)

In your corner



Yes, that's 5 attractive women vs a crazy animal lover who will never have children because nobody loves her

[bgeno]

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What studies do you have that teaching a child to memorize simple words relates to success in school?

Everything I've found says that reading to children and having them handle books is the best way to go

http://www.multcolib.org/birthtosix/earlyliteracy.html

http://www.childliteracy.com/babies.html#one

http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_key_language_literacytips&AddInterest=1145

http://www.rif.org/parents/0_4.mspx

And for the championship:

http://www.momaroo.com/700216799/yourbabycanread--good-or-not/#

Basically this debate

On my side you have:





Probably a bad picture; probably a hot north/eastern European (I hope)

In your corner



Yes, that's 5 attractive women vs a crazy animal lover who will never have children because nobody loves her

I have no idea what you're trying to illustrate with pictures of young girls and a dog... lol

[Candyman5]

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We got it but my baby bro has downs so its so so on what can be accomplished with it...

[ProjectRipCity]

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Im gonna have a baby that can play football...Screw reading!

[Dice]

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I talked to a couple of educators about it and they all feel that it's a scam. One of the educators I talked to is a principle of an elementary school for over 10 years and she states that babies should not be pushed into trying to read so soon. When you push children into learning so soon they get frustrated and their learning process will be much harder. She told me that she can't remember how many times she got parents trying to push their 3 year old kids into kindergarten because they already know their A-B-C's. Kids during that age will mimic the sounds and words often repeated to them but they are not actually learning it. Yes, their might be certain children who actually know their A-B-C's at that age BUT when you hold up a letter of the alphabet, they probably cannot recognize the letter. Or have them recite the alphabet from a certain letter without going to the beginning. This would truly show if a child REALLY knows the alphabet and not just memorizing it. There is more to learning than just memorization.

My wife picked up some alphabet flash cards from Target for $10.00. My one year old daughter likes to look at the flash cards and when she picks them up we just tell her what's on it and she repeats it. It's probably as effective as the 'Your Baby Can Read' if we spend enough time with her. And I'm not downing the product but it's only as good as parents put time into it.

Almost every caring parent wishes(or thinks) their child is a genius. I myself try not to think that way because she's probably not a genius but I just don't want her to fall behind or be remedial.

[Maxattax3]

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It is an educational video... How is that bad?
Also there are flashcards that go along with it.

If you sit down with your child and play with flashcards or try to teach it anything it will be well ahead of the curve let me tell you.
I work at a public elementary school and over half of the incoming kids (4 and 5yr old) are so far behind in their development that they will struggle their entire educational career and will most likely end up classified as special ed when all they needed was a little attention early in life.

as far as the mimicking of sounds and memorization... that is one of the first steps in a child's linguistic development! please dont knock that!! and if your child can put a sound to an image that is great! that is one of the next steps. soon they will recognize patterns in letters/words and be able to read before you know it. there is no point in a child's development where a switch flips and they automatically know how to read. learning a language, especially one as complicated as english, is a long, hard, labor intensive process where most of the works falls squarely on the shoulders of the parents. Humans have the greatest capacity for learning between the ages of 1-4, and they spend that entire time with their parents.
Do not count on school, especially American public school, to teach your child how to read/write... by the time they get there it could be too late.

[Dice]

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It is an educational video... How is that bad?
Also there are flashcards that go along with it.

If you sit down with your child and play with flashcards or try to teach it anything it will be well ahead of the curve let me tell you.
I work at a public elementary school and over half of the incoming kids (4 and 5yr old) are so far behind in their development that they will struggle their entire educational career and will most likely end up classified as special ed when all they needed was a little attention early in life.

as far as the mimicking of sounds and memorization... that is one of the first steps in a child's linguistic development! please dont knock that!! and if your child can put a sound to an image that is great! that is one of the next steps. soon they will recognize patterns in letters/words and be able to read before you know it. there is no point in a child's development where a switch flips and they automatically know how to read. learning a language, especially one as complicated as english, is a long, hard, labor intensive process where most of the works falls squarely on the shoulders of the parents. Humans have the greatest capacity for learning between the ages of 1-4, and they spend that entire time with their parents.
Do not count on school, especially American public school, to teach your child how to read/write... by the time they get there it could be too late.

I'm not knocking the product but these types of products are only good on how much time you put into them. You can't just play the DVD for them and plop them in front of the TV to watch while you go somewhere else. You have to be very active in this.

And I'm not downplaying the mimicking and memorization. But I just feel at the time when kids are using these senses, the parents are expecting them to say and write full sentences. I think parents are so gun ho about getting their children to read before it's their time is pushing it a little. Most parents would like their kids to be geniuses but 9 times out of 10, they are not. Yes, I want my child to learn her alphabet before she goes to kindergarten, I don't expect her to be reading 400-page novels before she gets there.

[luv_mist]

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Wow. Don't know what to say about all of these responses. I think the video is not too bad. In all honesty, the opinions are opinions. This stuff seems to be making an imprint on my little girl. She just turned 8 months but she's more attentive to the video. She also is getting into the 2 songs they have on there. The video is meant to help them ease into the language. The man stated that the children learn at different times. It varies depending upon the parent. I wouldn't advise someone to pus their child into doing it like a chore but more like a fun factor.

One of my biggest reasons for scooping this up is because of the state of the education system in America. Though many "geniuses" think that our nation is number one, we are so behind in so many things its disgraceful. My wife works in CPS and the type of stories she brings home about high school kids not being able to add, subtract, multiply, divide, or read properly is so disheartening. I want to give my child a good head start. I also want to make sure that I don't force reading on my child. I am not as fond of reading as I use to be. My mother was a teacher so she kind of "forced" me to do work. I can really do well with my academics but I'm not motivated. I see this as another way to get my child interested in the English language.

Also, I think this is a supplemental type of program that should not be the only thing given to the child to stimulate the mind. It should be used as one activity during the day while you also read to them, play with them, and exercise with them. It's just one aspect of stimulation that would take an hour. I'll definitely try to keep tabs on the progress of my child within this thread and I'll let you guys know; at least the guys who are interested.

[CYST2000]

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My wife and I taught our son sign language just before he hit his first B-Day. He is about to turn 4, and still retains a lot of the signs and there meanings. His Dr said,"when you teach them something that makes them stop and think, they will learn to retain more info in the coming years. It is like a brain / hand eye exercise".

[Maxattax3]

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please keep us updated about your child's progress with the video. I would love to hear about it.

and yes, you can teach children sign language before they can talk. one of the best and easiest signs to teach/learn is the sign for "more". it is made by pinching all 5 fingers together on one hand and tapping it repeatedly on the open palm of your other hand.

Good for feeding time etc.

[CYST2000]

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please keep us updated about your child's progress with the video. I would love to hear about it.

and yes, you can teach children sign language before they can talk. one of the best and easiest signs to teach/learn is the sign for "more". it is made by pinching all 5 fingers together on one hand and tapping it repeatedly on the open palm of your other hand.

Good for feeding time etc.

Because we all learn at an early age more is good.:wink:

[elgreazy1]

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Basically this debate

On my side you have:





Probably a bad picture; probably a hot north/eastern European (I hope)

In your corner



Yes, that's 5 attractive women vs a crazy animal lover who will never have children because nobody loves her

I'll take the doggie over the girls. And I am not a product of the early child reading programs.

How does that work for your arguement?