Comments on: Frequently Asked Questions About Teaching Babies to Read

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:18:24 +0000

My father bought my boys this program about a week before my oldest son’s 3rd birthday. In the first two weeks he could already read most of the words from the first video. It has since been four weeks and we started the second video a couple of days ago. He can already read all of the words from the first video and has trouble with only a couple of the words from the second video. Because he is learning at such a fast rate should I still spend 2 months on the second video even though he can already read the words? And with that being said what about my other children… How do I balance keeping up with my three year old and making sure the other two (a 20 month old and a 2 month old) get enough of the videos?

By: Ann Marie

Ann Marie — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:35:10 +0000

Dr. Titzer,

I have two questions for you about “Your Baby Can Read.” First, I would like to know if there was any particular methodology you used to select the words you chose in the very first CD labeled “starter video?” Basically, I would like to know why you chose the words you selected to be presented first to infants/children.

Second, I would like to know if you are familiar with the Dibels assessment, and if Keeling or Aleka were given Dibels assessments in K through 5th grade. Have you done any studies correlating the use of your products with improved or increased Dibels scores?

Many Thanks

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:07:54 +0000

Dear Dr. Titzer,

I started my son on the program at exactly 3 months. He’s 9 months old today and I had always thought I would see huge improvements on what he could do by now, but I’m not. He LOVES watching the DVD’s, we read the flip books, and we look at the pull-out cards. I’ve tried using the 82 cards with him to see if he can distinguish between 2 words now or not. My husband and I notice that he looks at the word we are saying, but more times than not, he will grab for the other card that we did not say.

I have a MS in Reading and a BS in Elementary Education and Early Childhood so I know that all of this will take time, but I watch the infomercials on Your Baby Can Read and I read your blogs and everything sounds like we should see amazing results by now. My son is on Volume 3 and according to your viewing guidelines, we will be starting the Review DVD on March 12th. Am I doing something wrong? I’m also a stay at home mom so I have lots of time to read to him from other books and use the materials from your program. I know you are very busy, but if you get a chance to reply, I would greatly appreciate it. My son is on Volume 3 and according to your viewing guidelines, we will be starting the Review DVD on March 12th.

By: William

William — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:41:39 +0000

We have a 16 month old and are interested in starting this program. Our concern is that, although we are fully bilingual, we are constantly talking in Spanish to her (since spanish is our first language). But she also watches TV in English and interacts with our friends who mainly speak English. How would this affect her use of this program?

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:58:35 +0000

Dear Dr. Titzer,

My daughter is now 22-month old and would it be too late to start with this program?

Thanks
Tina

By: Wafaa

Wafaa — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:46:16 +0000

Dear Dr. Titzer,

My daughter is 3 and a half years old .she seems clever but she is a little behind in speaking she uses the pronouns correctly she says sentences of 3 words .there are some sounds in her speech are not very clear.children in her age speak better than her .
The mother tongue language is Arabic ..I don’t know if it is ok teaching her reading a second language by using your program espcially that she is not speaking Arabic ver well.And is it OK teaching her to read a second language before teaching her to read Arabic ,I am afraid that this will affect her learning to read Arabic when she goes to school …since your program is not available in Arabic ..

my regards,
Wafaa

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:37:31 +0000

Dear Dr. Titzer,

I am the father of a 3-month old baby girl and live in Hong Kong where Chinese is the mother tongue and English is the secondary language.

After watching the amazing videos of Aleka and reading your website emphasizing the importance of learning young, I bought a set of the Your baby can read materials in order to provide Cadence (my lovely daughter)an opportunity to start learning the secondary language earlier. So far, Cadence feels exciting and happy in watching the videos.

In using the materials, I have a few questions and would like to seek your advice:

1. Is it no good for a young child like Cadence to watch the DVD? I’ve heard that TV may do some harms on young baby’s eyes.

2. Since my mother tongue is Chinese (and I am planning to DIY some Chinese word cards to teach Cadence Chinese reading), I am afraid of teaching Cadence both English and Chinese at such a young age may make her confuse. Did Aleka also learn languages other than English? Can you share your experience with me to ease my concern?

3. I know the schedule of viewing the DVDs, but after watching the Review DVD, should I re-run the course by playing the Starter DVD again, or simply pick the DVDs randomly?

Thanks for your time and looking forward to your reply.

B. regards,

Sam

By: Maurisa

Maurisa — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:06:52 +0000

I homeschool our 5 oldest children and taught them all to read using a combination of phonics and whole language approaches. Our 6th child, who is two years old, is extremely bright and I was thinking of teaching him to read but I am wondering if, after using this program, he will be a fluent enough reader by the time he is school age or if I will need to further instruct him using a phonics program as well.

By: Laura Anderson

Laura Anderson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:55:51 +0000

I would like to teach my 2 year old little boy a second language. We just started your program, should I wait until he is reading before I introduce a second language- I am concerned that he will get confused with the 2 different languages.
Thank you very much for your program.

By: Connie Phillips

Connie Phillips — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:51:27 +0000

I have a 14-yr-old son with cerebral palsy, who is non-verbal, but has all consonant and vowel sounds. He is cognitively “with you” but all muscles are impaired, and because of this, there has been very little academic input into his school curriculum. He is visually impaired but can see close range. I became very excited when I learned about this as I am always looking for ways to help him. Have you had anyone with success in teaching special-needs kids with your program? Thank you, so much,

Connie Phillips