Infant Your Baby Can Read - Canton, GA

While I don't know enough about the program, we read to our boys from 6 mo of age until they were reading on their own...and even then they would ask us to read to them now and again.
My kids were both reading some words at 3 & 4 yrs old and able to sound out bigger words. They both read off the charts for their grade levels AND comprehended what they read.
By what I have heard about the program, I'm not sure the expense outweighs the parent & child bonding of sitting cuddled on the bed and reading together.
Just my humble opinion.....I wouldn't trade those times for books with audio/video tapes that cost alot of money.

It's way too early. I recommend reading The Kingdom of CHildhood by Rudolph Steiner...He talks about the developing brain and the dangers of asking children to do things that are beyond their brain's development. They don't need to read now....they need to grow and develop in ways we can't even fathom past our linear trained brains. Rest, relax and spend your money on a massage.

I'm not familiar with the program, but as a teacher who knows something about age-appropriate developmental stages in children, I would guess that your son could possibly learn to read early, but a)is it appropriate, and b)would it be worth it?

If your child is average to bright, that time should be spent doing developmentally appropriate activities: playing, coloring, and being read TO.

The reason I say this is that research is showing that learning to read early gives your child no advantage in school. You and your son will spend a LOT of time on this program. You'll have to because you'll be doing it at an age that's not appropriate (despite what they say in the ads). If your child has any intelligence at all, he will learn to read, but when he starts school, the kids who are learning to read at the appropriate age will easily catch up with your child. He'll just have many years of wasted time to show for all his (and yours) efforts.

If you have an unusually intelligent child who is in dire need of something to challenge him, it's WELL worth it. But unless he's a child-prodigy, in my humble opinion, you're wasting his and your precious time.

I purchased it recently and it seems that it will probably work however since I am a working mom, I'm not sure that I will have the time to do all the things it suggests, between the videos, flashcards, books, etc. It is quite a project. I know some other moms who have had similar success just doing sight words.

I'm a big believer in early reading. I saw that a teacher responded to your query and didn't see the value in it. I'm not surprised by that. Sometimes I think that some educators only value their own efforts. You will always be the best teacher your child can have. You'll teach him values, basics about socializing, money, and I think you can teach him to read.

We taught both my sons to read at an early age. The eldest was 17 months when we started. He's 7 and reading on a 5th grade, end of the year, level. HIs teachers love his inquisitiveness, and his self-direction. He reads for pleasure and loves science books. My five-year old is heading into Kindergarten this year and he reads possibly better than the older one did. In our experience it has only been a good thing to encourage early reading.

That said, I would not pay big money for something they watch on t.v. You can teach your son to read. Check out Glenn Doman's book. The Gentle Revolution: Teach Your Baby to Read. He provides the reasoning and method that we used with our sons. His methods work and his arguments are convincing. You should be able to find his book on Amazon or ebay for a song.

Reading is something that kids WANT to do. Your son will want to learn and the way in which you teach him will be rewarding to both of you. It's very empowering to realize that you have the ability and potential to incite learning in your child. You don't need an expensive t.v. program.

All the best, E.

Hello,
yes, I tried it with babybit DVDs and it worked very well. It was astonising to see the interest of my child in the flashcards and it was more astonising indeed to see how it was able to read more and more words as the programe go on.
You could find the DVDs on www.babybit.com.

I live in Forsyth County in Ga. I enrolled my daughter in a program where she got 1 free book mailed to her each month until she turned 5. It is free to subsribe your child, and you can subscibe them as early as when they are in the womb!
The program is called Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Go here to check if it's available in your area: http://www.dollysimaginationlibrary.com/firsttime.php

I Love Your Baby can read and so does my son. If I want him to come in the house (he usually doesn't want to, he loves to be outside) I just say come on its time for Baby can read.... and no problem he's in. He loves the songs. The good thing is that it is short enough to keep their attention. It is expensive, but worth it.

I am also a 39 yr old mom with an adorable almost 2 year old. I work from home.

I debated for about a year on whether or not to purchase this program for my 3rd child, at the time 1.5 years old & middle child, at the time 3 years old. Looking back, I really should have started them back then. We have been on the program for 2.5 months now. My now 2 year old daughter likes it, but on her own time. My now 4 year old loves the books & the flash cards, but the video, not so much it is pretty boring. The songs they use are the typical nursery rhymes, but has a very dated tune. Needless to say, the kids still like it, maybe b/c they are already familiar. My 4 year old has moved on pretty quickly through the series & that I think is b/c of age, memorization & the repetiveness of the video (good thing) and he naturally likes to read. We have been reading to all 3 of our children since 6 months of age and we've noticed that the oldest who is now 8 years old (boy), does not like to read as much as when he was in his toddler years. So, really, I think it depends on each child.
I think this program would be more effective if began at an earlier age, say 6-8 months coupled with reading to your child. However, I don't think it would hurt to try it out on your child. They do over a money back guarantee. We also used Leap Frogs videos: Alphabet, Reading & Math. It's more cost effective, of course, only a DVD, but the kids love it, I do too!!. My 8 year old will watch this still with the younger kids and still knows the catchy songs they sing. Good luck...sorry for the late response.

Early reading I think is based on your individual child. I personally wouldnt get it, its too much money for your child to sit in front of a tv or the time you also have to invest yourself when you could do it much cheaper by making your own "flashcards" or reading a book with your child.