Customer Reviews

Your Baby Can Read! 5-Video Set for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers [VHS]

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My first son started watching the first video daily at 3 months old. He read his first words at 16 months. At 24 months he was able to read over 300 words. Now, at 4 years old, his reading level is about 3rd grade. Son #2 is almost one and watches the tapes with the same intensity as his brother. Buy these tapes. you won't be sorry.

My son has watched these every day since 3 months of age. I thought he was just being entertained until one day he pulled a book off of his shelf and read two words in the title pointing to each as he said them. I finally tested him at 16 months on flash cards from the first video and he was reading many of the words. These videos really worked for us. Everyone is astounded when they see my son reading words at his age. I told other parents. Since their children were older it took a few showings of the first tape before the chidren were interested but after that they loved them. Buy them and try it. What better gift can you give your child? At worse you'll 5 vidoes to entertain your child.

My son has been watching this since he was 3 months old. We went to the SF Library to hear Dr. Titzer's comments. I bought a set for my son and my deaf sister's son (he is hearing). I believe this is assisting my nephews speech because he is picking up words which he otherwise would be delayed because his parents can't speak. My son loves these videos and doesn't like to watch anything else. The babysitter knows the quick fix is to plug in the video to soothe him... amazing! He enjoys it, as well, learns from it. I was skeptical when I heard "hippopotamus" AMAZING!

Very Impressed!!! My son started watching the videos a little later than the other reviews mentioned, but it didn't make a difference with us. My son saw Baby Einstein when he was 8 months old and was very bored with them. I was very skeptical to try another video, but my husband insisted we try them. My son was 18 months old when we first tried Dr. Titzer's videos. He loves them. He can reed about 75 words and is only 21 months old. It only increased his love for books. I am amazed.

I was an early reader (I learned off of shows like the Electric Company when I was three) and it gave me an enormous advantage in school. I wanted to provide the same head start to my daughter, so we started her on books, flash cards, educational videos, and alphabet-oriented toys early. She learned her letters at around 12-13 months, was very verbal, and loved being read to from the beginning, so I thought we might be able to get her reading quickly.

I first tried Glenn Doman's approach in "How to Teach Your Baby to Read" - make gigantic flash cards of a few common words and show them to baby several times a day. She eventually learned those 15 words, but it took months and she kind of got bored with it. I did, however, take to heart Doman's assertion that reading, like speaking, is actually easier to teach to a very young child than to an older child.

Around the time of her second birthday, we got Dr. Titzer's videos. They were an immediate hit. Unlike some learn-to-read materials, they are geared to a toddler. The images and sounds are gentle, with lots of animals doing interesting things. Within a few months, she could read most of the words on the video, and recognize them in other contexts, such as when we encountered them in books.

I was skeptical of inclusion of words like "chimpanzee" but now I understand the reason. Dr. Titzer explains on the video that very young children cannot simply be taught phonics components of words and then be expected to put them together to read. Rather, first they learn lots of words, and gradually they understand the phonics patterns and can sound out unfamiliar words. Thus it is important to expose them to lots of different words - short, long, with different vowel and consonant patterns. I knew we were on to something when I noticed her trying to puzzle out things in her books based on these patterns - for instance, when she saw the word "dinosaur" and thought it was "delicious." As she got more proficient, she made fewer of these mistakes.

She'll be three in a couple of weeks, and while she's not quite fluent, she's definitely a reader, considerably above the "Cat in the Hat" level. It's absolutely amazing to see her choose her own picture books in the library, bring them home, and read them by herself. She still prefers when we read them to her, and we do, but we also encourage her to sound out new words as we read to her, which she greatly enjoys doing.

She still loves the videos, but we strictly limit TV time so she doesn't watch them very often. These weren't the only tools we used (a set of Jane Belk Moncure's "Word Bird" books obtained on eBay was also vital), but they were extremely effective.

My 4.5 month old got these when he was 3 months. He will not look at the screen for very long when I play these videos. After about 5 minutes he is bored. The entire premise is based on your child Looking at the words. There is not any background music or bright colors, as there is in the Baby Einstein videos. My son can't get enough of those. I'll keep trying periodically, though. Maybe when he's older he will pay attention to the screen.

I think this is a very good way to get children to read, but I think you rally need to start them at about 6 months of age. I got these when my daughter was 1 and a half and they just aren't very interesting to her, even with all the songs and such, but she is a very active child, she wont sit still for very many shows. It has however, taught her to read 4 words and she's only two and a half now, so I'm satisfied. I'm sure it would have work much better if I started her earlier (before she could run away from it!)

My twin boys started watching these videos when they were 14 months old. They are now 21 months old. They love them. Whenever they are fussy or fighting I put in one of these videos and they become quiet and then involved in the videos. They have learned so many words! Their vocabulary seems so much larger than their peers. They still love the Baby Einstein videos, but these promote active involvement. I just wish that they were on DVD when I purchased them!

I bought this set for my 6 month old twins AFTER I purchased
The Baby Einstein set. They were so bored with the "Your baby
can Read." videos. Save your money and invest in the Baby Einstein video set. It's much more entertaining and educational.