Does anyone of the "Your Baby Can Read" program?

Re: Does anyone of the "Your Baby Can Read" program?

• LoriFalce member

  April 2009

  It's not reading. It's sight words. Sight words are trotted out every couple years as a great way to develop early reading skills. They are then promptly abandoned because you can't build a growing vocabulary and the phonetic knowledge necessary to read words you don't know yet without a true understanding of what it means to read.

  For example: my grandfather was a dairy farmer, and he trained his cows to move into the stalls in the barn and the milkhouse that were marked with their names. Doesn't mean the cows could read the other cows' names.

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• just13nat

  April 2009

  LoriFalce:

  It's not reading. It's sight words. Sight words are trotted out every couple years as a great way to develop early reading skills. They are then promptly abandoned because you can't build a growing vocabulary and the phonetic knowledge necessary to read words you don't know yet without a true understanding of what it means to read.

  For example: my grandfather was a dairy farmer, and he trained his cows to move into the stalls in the barn and the milkhouse that were marked with their names. Doesn't mean the cows could read the other cows' names.

   

  Agreed! and LMAO!!!!

  

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• 7/04Bride member

  April 2009

  LoriFalce:

  It's not reading. It's sight words. Sight words are trotted out every couple years as a great way to develop early reading skills. They are then promptly abandoned because you can't build a growing vocabulary and the phonetic knowledge necessary to read words you don't know yet without a true understanding of what it means to read.

  For example: my grandfather was a dairy farmer, and he trained his cows to move into the stalls in the barn and the milkhouse that were marked with their names. Doesn't mean the cows could read the other cows' names.

  Ditto this.  I've commented on this so many times now and am all commented out.  I have to say that I'm surprised that the grandma is a teacher and is advocating this program.  Babies aren't developmentally ready to read.
  

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• Temp174496125006552 member

  April 2009

  Pretty much against my wishes, my ILs bought it for Ben for his birthday.  I told DH that I want nothing to do with it, he can do it with Ben...and if I sense even the slightest bit of pressure on him to be reading, I will put that stupid thing away so fast his head will spin.  My DH was reading (books, the newspaper, etc.) at 2 years old (I'm serious).  I think my MIL has some subconcious expectation that Ben should be doing the same. 

  I read to my son, tell him what things are, what sounds they make, etc.  He's 13 months old...that's what I should be doing.  There is no reason in this world why he should be forced to learn to read.  The stuff has been sitting in the box in a corner in our bedroom since Ben's party (5 weeks ago).  As far as I'm concerned, it can stay there.

   

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• tmp-354536812503300

  April 2009

  I'm ITA that's it's not the best way to go. Phonics, letter sounds, and sounding out words is how you really learn to read. My sister and I both were reading really well by the age of 3 but my Mom worked with us on the phonics side. I also truly believe that if a child learns to read by sounding out words as opposed to memorizing what a certain word looks like, they are much better equipped to read throughout life, not just learning to read. KWIM?

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