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The second study was completed by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 2003. They reported that none of the companies that they contacted provided any evidence that babies who watch DVDs had any benefit. Buy augmentin from canada, They did not contact anyone associated with the Your Baby Can Read. Altace discount, program, or we would have provided them with evidence that babies can learn to read while watching our DVDs.
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After watching them, it's clear that the Your Baby Can Read, buy augmentin from canada. DVDs and the Baby Einstein DVDs are not at all similar. The first Baby Einstein DVD that I watched was Baby Beethoven, Wisconsin WI Wis.. It had zero spoken words. It was surprising to me that these DVDs could be so popular. Buy augmentin from canada, The first "Special Feature" listed on the back cover of the DVD was "Repeat Play," so busy parents could leave their babies to watch the wordless DVD more than once. Nevada NV Nev., Our Your Baby Can Read. DVDs have thousands of spoken words that narrate what the babies are seeing. This helps explain why so many babies who use our DVDs are also talking early in addition to reading early.
The differences are so large that over time, Kentucky KY Ky., babies who watch our DVDs would be exposed to many thousands of additional words more during their "TV time" than babies who view the Baby Beethoven DVD or many of the other baby DVDs. While some Baby Einstein DVDs do contain spoken language, rarely does that spoken language clearly match what the baby sees; therefore, even when the narrators are talking, the baby's comprehension would not benefit much.
In summary, reduce or eliminate all TV shows or programs for your baby. However, when all of the five conditions listed here are met, then please show the DVDs without feeling guilty because you are using the Your Baby Can Read. DVDs to help your child - not simply to help yourself.
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So which DVDs do you recommend? Besides your own, obviously
Hi Dennis,
The first videos I showed to my children besides my own, were the
“Lyric Language” videos. I began showing these videos after my
children already knew how to read. This program now includes a DVD and CD where native speakers sing in English and a target language. This exposed my children to many languages including French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
While your child is learning to read, you can play the CDs. You can
let your child listen to the songs while your child is playing or
riding in the car to expose him/her to these languages. I recommend
showing the DVDs after your child has learned to read. I like these
videos so much that they are now available on our website: http://www.yourbabycan.com.
We are also working on many new videos that will be available in a few months.
Dr. Titzer
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Hi, do you have this program in Russian? And, if you do, where can I find it?
Thank you.
Hi Julia,
We have plans of translating the videos into many languages very soon. A Russian translation is high on our list of priorities.
A company called “Baby Bumble Bee” makes some DVD’s that teach vocabulary and include the written word. In their action words series, you see and hear the word, and then you see children doing the action. Also I’ve heard good things about “Signing Time” DVD’s, but I’ve never seen them.
Also, does anyone know of any support resources for “graduates” of YBCR? My daughter is almost 3 and has been able to decode for over a year. It kinda freaks people out to see such a small child who’s able to read…But she’s a beautiful and happy child who enjoys lots of other things in addition to reading. It would be nice to network with other parents of small children who can read.
Hi J,
Thanks you for your comment. As long as the videos meet the outlined criteria, they should be O.K. for your child. However, I do recommend videos where your child will learn a high-value activity like early reading.
It is important to use videos where what is being shown on the screen goes together with the words that are being shown to the child. Please choose videos with lots of words.
We are currently working on a new series that will follow the Your Baby Can Read! program. Your Child Can Read! is due for release in the near future. Please check back with us.
You might consider starting a Your Baby Can Read! play group. We have heard from parents that are doing this very thing in their neighborhoods or through local libraries. Please let us know where you live and we can help you connect with other families that are using Your Baby Can Read!
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Cordial greetings Dr. Titzer and all,
Forgive this lengthy post, but my question is near the bottom.
I started my son on your reading DVDs at 3 months and he is now 8 months.
I started him on the signing time videos a couple of weeks later although I am going somewhat slower with those (he watches one of the first two every day, but I have only shown him the 3rd one a couple of times so far). We are on number 3 (the 4th disk) in your series soon to move on to the review.
The signing time videos are good and they also give the printed word while teaching American Sign Language (many of the words correspond to the words in your program too).
Sign language is one of the 7 languages I am actively teaching him and he has regular exposure to the sounds of about 14 languages.
I have also been using the German Lyric language DVD since early August.
My main focus for his second language is Yiddish/German, but I also play Danish and Syriac Aramaic for him.
I have also purchased the 8 language Sound beginnings by Professor Parrot through Penton Overseas.
Almost everything that I expose him to second language wise is set to music with the exception of Childrens books and the video “The Gods Must be Crazy”, which has portions in Tswana (a Congo language closely related to Congo Bantu, Zulu and Swahili) and the Xhoisan click language of the Bushmen frequently called San in English,and very rarely stories off of a website in Ojibway.
Yiddish has wonderfull free resources online including 145 albums accessible through Florida Atlantica University’s websites and almost 11,000 litterary titles accessible on line through the National Yiddish Book Centers websites.
I have been working on translating your program (Just the cards and books) into Yiddish (which to me seems like the perfect second language for a pollyglot).
My Question is:
Yiddish is a Frankish dialect of High German very similar to my familly’s native Pennsylvania German, but like Syriac Aramaic it is written in a Semitic Alpahabet and is read from right to left instead of left to right like English. Should I be waiting to introduce it in written form untill after I am sure my son can handle his first 50 English words written from left to right, or is it ok to be doing that now? I have already been doing it a little bit with Yiddish, but not Syriac Aramaic yet.
Best Greetings,
Joshua Snider
Dear Joshua,
Thank you very much for your question and your patience with my
response. We have many babies who have learned to read in multiple
languages simultaneously even when one language was read from left-to-right while the other was right-to-left. Parents have tried a variety of different approaches to help their babies learn to read in both
languages. In general, the results are fantastic. Babies can learn to
read in multiple languages, but the key is being consistent. Your baby
will need to see English words many thousands of times to learn it at
a high level. When you are doing Yiddish, I suggest making your word
cards (as well as your accent) distinct from the English. One easy way of doing this is using a unique color for Yiddish words. Make sure
that when you are pronouncing them that you point from right-to-left
(at least most of the time) and that you say the words as correctly as you can. I am not certain from your note how many languages you speak.
Your son will need to see and hear language frequently over a long
period of time to learn all seven languages. Not many babies have this
opportunity and I think your son is very lucky.
You will obviously need to talk to your son more than the average
parent since he is learning so many languages. I highly recommend that you, and anyone else who gets to spend time with him, describe his senses throughout the day in as many languages as you can. In other words, talk about what he is looking at, tasting, smelling, listening to, touching, and describe how he is moving. Talk about whatever he appears to be interested in as much as you can throughout the day and he should learn the languages at or near the level of native speakers.
I would not wait until he knows 50 words in English before beginning.
There is a tradeoff that may happen by teaching him to read such
distinct languages simultaneously. It may take him longer to learn to
read in English by adding Yiddish, but he will likely learn Yiddish at
a higher level in the end. Try not to mix the two languages within a
single thought or phrase when talking. In other words, don’t point to
a candle and tell him, “This is a __[Yiddish word for candle]___. It
is better if you speak only Yiddish for a sentence or more, then only
English for a sentence or more. When you have time, you can act out
something and describe everything in English. You can then do the same act using Yiddish and any other language you speak.
By the way, when babies are learning more similar languages
phonetically, for instance English and Spanish, it will likely help
the baby learn phonics by learning both languages. Your son may
benefit from learning to read in German as well as some of the other
languages because of their phonetic similarities to English.
Once your son is reading simple books, please focus on his reading
speed. Reading at an extraordinary speed will help him very much in
everything he does throughout his life. Please ask more questions
about this when the time comes.
Again, I sincerely apologize for the delay in responding to your note.
Dr. Bob Titzer
Hi Dr Titzer,
Do you know what others are doing in their play group? Have you heard of anyone doing a group in Provo, Utah? I’d be interested in learning more or even setting up a group here. Are you ok with groups that will play your videos once a week? or are the groups mostly for kids who are already reading beause of YBCR?
Thanks,
Heidi