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Has anyone used "yes, your baby can read" dvd's?

jens04jens04
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I saw the "infomercial" this morning... early... before coffee.. and was impressed.. after coffee I  wondered if it really worked and was worth the money!

 

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Re: Has anyone used "yes, your baby can read" dvd's?

  • annibesannibes member
    No. Not worth the money. Babies that young do not have the cognitive capacity (or appropriate memory) to learn to actually read. They can recognize the print and associate a sound or picture with it through what early memory abilities they have, but kids that young don't really apply meaning to words (you're talking about the one where they want to start the kids as early as 6 months, right?).


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  • leslie13510leslie13510
    I haven't used it, and I don't plan to.  I am not a fan of teaching kids to "read" with the whole word approach.  These videos simply get kids to memorize words on sight and don't teach them the actual phonics of the letter combinations.  It doesn't teach them to sound anything out so that later on they will likely skip over words in text that they don't know rather than try and figure them out.  I would imagine that although they may be ahead of their peers at first, most kids that learn to read with the whole word approach will find it harder to really figure out and understand the meaning of words they haven't memorized later on.  For instance the meaning of some words can be firgured out by combining the meaning of the root word with the prefix or suffix, but because the kid hasn't memorized the meaning of the whole word before, they will probably be less likely to figure this out.
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  • Abc15379Abc15379 member
    Yeah, those videos are insane IMO. However, I'm not surprised that they impressed someone with a Gender Predictor advertisement in their siggy....Confused
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  • N&G 5_26_07N&G 5_26_07 member

    imageleslie13510:
    I haven't used it, and I don't plan to.  I am not a fan of teaching kids to "read" with the whole word approach.  These videos simply get kids to memorize words on sight and don't teach them the actual phonics of the letter combinations.  It doesn't teach them to sound anything out so that later on they will likely skip over words in text that they don't know rather than try and figure them out.  I would imagine that although they may be ahead of their peers at first, most kids that learn to read with the whole word approach will find it harder to really figure out and understand the meaning of words they haven't memorized later on.  For instance the meaning of some words can be firgured out by combining the meaning of the root word with the prefix or suffix, but because the kid hasn't memorized the meaning of the whole word before, they will probably be less likely to figure this out.

    Very well written - I agree with Leslie. 

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  • Mrs.C042807Mrs.C042807 member

    Reading books to your child daily has the same effect.  While they may not be reading at 6 months like that program claims, most children learn to read by modelling adult behaviours and learning/memorizing their favourite books.

    Save yourself the money and do it the old fashioned way.

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  • cranberry27cranberry27

    Always look at kids' toys from this perspective - they are being sold to PARENTS, not kids.  Parents look for toys that SEEM educational.  Doesn't matter if they really are, they just have to look like it.  That's why A-B-C 1-2-3 is slapped on every toy out there.  Ask yourself if it is really teaching something, or if they just want you to think that it is.  

    Plus, kids' brain activity when they watch TV (even Baby Einstein, etc) is lower than when they are sleeping. Watching tv basically switches them off.  

    I work with a lot of kids who have memorized information because their parents have coached them.  Whether it's letters, numbers, colors, shapes, whatever, until they are cognitively ready to understand the concept, they are just memorizing without understanding.

    When they are the right age to actually comprehend, they will learn it with your help, not with a DVD.  It makes me so crazy to see parents (and toys!) obsess about teaching numbers when their child really needs to learn how to use phrases and participate in imaginative play.

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  • kittenxkisseskittenxkisses
    We download some off the internet( for free or we stole) our son likes to watch them. They are like baby Einstein videos. We are not pushing him to read but it did help getting him to talk more when he was two.
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  • Abc15379Abc15379 member

    imagekittenxkisses:
    We download some off the internet( for free or we stole) our son likes to watch them. They are like baby Einstein videos. We are not pushing him to read but it did help getting him to talk more when he was two.
    This can be done even better just by talking to him yourself.

    I think a lot of these videos act as a babysitter for kids, the same way Barney and others do. But, parents feel better doing it because it's "educational". Plopping your kid in front of the tv is NO replacement for actually interacting with them and teaching them these things yourself. 

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  • Emie28Emie28 member

    It drives me crazy too! Why in the world do you want your baby or toddler to read? So people can ooh and aww about what a smart kid you have? Really at that age they aren't really reading. It's not like they are going to sit down to a copy of Great Expectations or even Green Eggs and Ham for that matter.

    Read books to your child, let them see the words and the pictures and when they reach the age that they have the necessary cognitive ability to read they will do just fine.

    I am a great reader and I didn't need to watch a DVD when I was 6 months old. At that age it is just a parlor trick.

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  • Abc15379Abc15379 member
    imageEmie28:

    It drives me crazy too! Why in the world do you want your baby or toddler to read? So people can ooh and aww about what a smart kid you have? Really at that age they aren't really reading. It's not like they are going to sit down to a copy of Great Expectations or even Green Eggs and Ham for that matter.

    Read books to your child, let them see the words and the pictures and when they reach the age that they have the necessary cognitive ability to read they will do just fine.

    I am a great reader and I didn't need to watch a DVD when I was 6 months old. At that age it is just a parlor trick.

    Thank you! I was just saying this the other day to a coworker. It's just a party trick. "Hunter, do the sign for latte!!" lol. I want my baby to learn what's appropriate for his/her age and development, not learn a bunch of advanced crap to impress other people.
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  • jlee1106jlee1106
    I prefer "Yes, your baby can fly" personally.
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  • jens04jens04

    Thanks for the answers. I wasn't planning on buying them, I know they were a crock but seemed interesting at 6 am... I was just trying to find a person who used them and it worked -

     

    Abc15379 - My signature is not a gender predictor, it was a ticker to show when I was due, It must of defaulted to the predictor. Thanks for letting me know and I will take it off.

     

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    Thanks for the answers. I wasn't planning on buying them, I know they were a crock but seemed interesting at 6 am... I was just trying to find a person who used them and it worked -

     

    Abc15379 - My signature is not a gender predictor, it was a ticker to show when I was due, It must of defaulted to the predictor. Thanks for letting me know and I will take it off.

     

    No prob, Bob.
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  • goofyteachergoofyteacher member

    I agree that it is simply memorizing what a word looks like with a sound or object.  As an educator I do know that children are not developmentally capable of processing this information into any "meaning".  When you think about why we read the entire purpose is not the ability to read the word, but the ability to make meaning out of it and learn from it or enjoy the story it is telling. 

    The best thing you can do to help your child grow from a non-reader to an emergent reader is to read books and talk about them.  Make connections and model how children should do the same as they read books.  This will do the greatest amount of good, not to mention bonding time with your child. 

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