Baby Shower Bash Giveaway #14! Your Baby Can Read!

Before I had the opportunity to review the Your Baby Can Read Starter Kit I had never heard of it before. After talking about it with another mom friend of mine she said that she used the program with her kids and loved it so I decided to give it a try.

If you aren't familiar with the program, as I wasn't either, I will give you a little background on the company and it's founder. A professor and teacher for over 15 years, Dr. Titzer, the creator of Your Baby Can Read, has extensively researched infant learning and development. After teaching in the public school system, Dr. Titzer went on to complete his Masters degree at Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. in Human Performance at Indiana University, where he developed this revolutionary early learning approach with his own infant children.

I love that the program was developed and inspired using his own children!


The Starter Kit that I was sent to review includes the Your Baby Can Read DVD, Learn To Read Word Cards, Parent Guide and Lift Flap Book. I popped in the DVD for Danika and started reading the parent guide. It was interesting and informative and I was excited to start teaching Danika.


Danika loved the DVD and not only is it helping her to start learning the basics of reading, but in the process it has helped her to learn where many of her body parts are and point to them-such as eyes, ears, arms, mouth and so many more. People are really impressed with everything she has learned from this system. I can't wait to try it out at an even earlier age with my baby due this winter!

Here is some of the information about how the program works that I found to be most interesting and informative:

A baby’s brain thrives on stimulation and develops at a phenomenal pace…nearly 90% during the first five years of life! The best and easiest time to learn a language is during the infant and toddler years, when the brain is creating thousands of synapses every second – allowing a child to learn both the written word and spoken word simultaneously, and with much more ease.

Dr. Titzer says the current practice of starting to teach reading skills in school is too late and children benefit greatly from getting a much earlier start since a child basically has only one natural window for learning language -- from about birth to about age four. During this period it is easier for a child to learn any type of language including spoken, receptive, foreign and written language. The earlier the child is taught to read the better they will read and the more likely they will enjoy it.

Studies prove that the earlier a child learns to read, the better they perform in school and later in life. Early readers have more self-esteem and are more likely to stay in school. Meanwhile, a national panel of reading specialists and educators determined that most of the nation’s reading problems could be eliminated if children began reading earlier.

Maybe the correct question is…Why should parent delay teaching a child to read when the most natural time to learn language is during the infant and toddler years?




I have to agree that Danika is like a sponge and the more we work with her the more she loves to learn new things and surprises us at how quickly she picks them up!

You can learn more about the Your Baby Can Read Program and purchase their products on their web site.

Win! One lucky reader will win a Your Baby Can Read Starter Kit!

This giveaway has ended. Congrats to the winner:

Angela
October 27, 2009 3:24 PM
I entered Baby bash #31

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