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Meet the Sight Words 1

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I have been a teacher for a long time and am very impressed by the methods used to help children memorize the sight words. In regard to the parent who states her 5 year old can't stand to watch it anymore I think it is all in how you present it. With my 4 year old I first previewed the video alone ---wanted to know how boring it might be and how I would present it to my son. Once I figured out the format I decided to view the dvd with my son each time and bounced him on my lap and clapped and smiled a lot. He loved the time together and my reactions and therefore liked the dvd. I also put the words on flash cards and gave him a flyswatter to swat the sight words on the table and made a lot of other games with these words. We watch it three times a day and I am careful to watch him for signs of boredom and 99% of the time I watch with him and encourage him. I tried to limit him to two lessons per viewing but he insists on watching at least 4 each time. This is important to me and my son feels that, so it has become important to him. For those of you who have kids who are easily bored and distracted watch the dvd with them and invest the time. After 4 days my son learned all 23 words! As a last ditch effort a little rewarding for viewing and or learning words such as stickers, gummy bears or art activity can help. That being said I do not consider the dvd boring and am pleased with the funny pictures and scenes they create for each word. My son loves it!

Meet the Sight Words 1 begins this delightful, educational DVD series for young children. Ideal for little people ages 15 months to 6 years, Meet the Sight Words 1 helps children learn to read basic words such as "of", "play", "it", "he", "you", "in", "I", "to", "have", "and", "a", "said", "is", "the", "for", and "that" through anthropomorphic graphics that bring the letters to life, followed by a transition to printed text. For example, the word "play" is brought to life with a smiling letter p holding the letter "l" as a baseball bat, while the letter "a" is made up as a baseball glove and a happy letter "y" sits like a game spectator. A charming and helpful tool to help little kids get started on the joy of reading, great for preschool DVD libraries as well as for parents' homes. 40 minutes.

I never would have thought about introducing sight words to my son at such a young age, but he learned letters, numbers, shapes and colors with such rapid speed (from the other DVDs in the Preschool Prep Series), that I had to give this one a try. It took about 5 viewings before he was pointing at sight words over my shoulder as I was reading magazines and newspapers. I was not surprised. This video uses the same formula that worked magic in the other Preschool Prep Series DVDs. I just purchased a copy for his preschool teacher and she is now showing it to the class for 10 minutes each day. Another great thing about this DVD is that there is a menu selection where a teacher can select a short lesson so that the class can watch the DVD in segments. I can't say enough about these great products!

I bought this DVD for my 3 and 4 year old sons, thinking it would give them a jump start on learning sight words. It is really boring! A little while into it, they both walked away from the TV. My boys LOVE educational-type DVDs, but this one really didn't measure up. The characters are cute, but this will confuse kids because there is no connection between how the characters look and the action they are engaged in. The voice on the DVD just repeats the word over and over again ("in, in, in, in in,"). There's no use of the word in the sentence to connect the word to the animation to help the child remember it and recall it later on. As a first grade teacher, I know there are MANY more entertaining and engaging ways to teach sight words. This was a HUGE disappointment!

I purchased this for my 18 month old. He was able to identify 3 sight words within 4 weeks. We are NOT big tv watchers and I liked the fact that I could play a 10 minute segment or lesson and he did have to watch the entire 40 minute video. This is much better than Word World because it uses lower case letters. We do not read in uppercase, so why would we teach sight words that way??? I am not sure why Word World uses upper case letters. Also, I am very excited that the Meet the sight words focuses on high frequency words, especially since 300 words make up 65% of the written material. I am going to purchase the next 2 videos.

Lame! lame! lame! Do not buy this for your children. They will hate it. There is no thought behind it. The pictures they animate the words with have no relation to the meaning of the words themselves, so there is no way to help your child to jog his/her memory. For example, they make 'it' look like a man holding a jackhammer. No connection. It is really boring; the the voice just repeats each word over and over while the word displays on the screen. (it... IT... it..... it...) My children are eager to learn and were excited to have a new video to watch (and trust me, they will watch MANY things happily) and about 2 minutes into it, my four year old started saying, 'mommy, this isn't fun AT ALL.' She was right. Don't waste your time or money.

My 6-year old son loves this engaging DVD. He has problems just sitting down and doing school work, but this DVD catches and holds his attention. After just a few viewings of this DVD, he has memorized quite a few of the words. I am trying to get him to learn them before he starts first grade so he won't need so much extra tutoring. It's heartwarming to see his pride and gratification when he gets a word correct. I can see the sense of accomplishment, his confidence growing and that is priceless! He's learning to READ and it is exciting to him!

Another winner! My daughter is 2 1/2 and took to this video the same way that she took to the other DVDs in the Series. She is fascinated by the way the words turn into characters and has every second of this DVD memorized - including all of the sight words! The formula that Preschool Prep Company uses in all of their DVDs is so effective. The theory is that kids know all of the names of characters they see on TV and if they are taught sight words the same way, they will know them too. My daughter is living proof that it works. Meet the Letters was my present of choice for all of the birthday parties that my daughter was invited to last year. This year it will be Meet the Sight Words.

I have three children. My older two are 13 and 8, so this video series was new when my youngest (now 2) was a baby. We have worked our way from when he was 9 months old through the whole series. I have two things to say: they are wonderful and they really work! My older two kids went to school not knowing some of the things in these videos, and they are wonderful readers and good students. So, no, these videos are not necessary. However, my 2 year old thoroughly enjoys them and he now has a head start that my other kids did not.

At my son's 2 year old checkup, I told the doctor that he knew all his letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and was learning sight words (we had just started this video). He was thrilled, and so was I! No, this isn't just something to amaze friends and family with. I recognise in him an interest in learning much earlier than my others. A pizza slice is, "Pizza - triangle!" and he doesn't just have little cars, he has THREE little cars. The sight words are great, I made flash cards and I arrange them into basic parts of sentences. He feels like he is reading a story just like his sister and brother.

I highly recomend this (and all the rest of the DVD's) for kids of any age who do not have this knowledge yet. My son is proud to tell you what he knows, he is interested in learning more, and he has knowledge that he will need for school. If a child enjoys something and is learning on top of it all, I believe that is a good thing.

Enjoy!

I have a DVD player in my truck, where I allow my child to watch TV while we're in the car (which I love because then we don't watch any TV at home!). I bought her these DVD's because I wanted her to get a head start & honestly to see if she could even pick reading up at her age. When I first put the DVD in, I thought this isn't going to last long as all the narrator does is repeat the words over and over - I couldn't see my 2 yr. old sitting through something like that. To my dismay, my daughter absolutely loves them! With in a week she started remembering the words and now, everywhere we go, I'll have her read to me (this is especially useful to keep her occupied while standing in line at a store or even in a restaurant while waiting for our meal). I would recommend these products to anyone who has a child just starting to talk! You will be amazed at how quickly they can pick it up. I don't know that I would buy it for a child older than 3 ½ or 4, as again, I'm not sure they'll have the attention span for it. Ultimately though, I love these DVD's - I'm now buying the book set so we can practice reading & comprehending!