Have you ever heard of and what do you think of

I saw this ad on TV and thought it was interesting - it was for this program called Your Baby Can Read. The ad had REALLY young kids I mean like 18 month olds reading. I called the number and the program costs like $200 so I told them that I just could not do that right now. That was like 2 weeks ago. NOW they have been calling me every other day telling me that they have a special promotion and can sell it for $89. Has anyone ever heard of this or bought it - or know of someone who did??

 

There were threads about this (or something very similar) in 1-4.

1 thread here, another here, another

I personally wouldn't bother. That is not what they should be doing at that age and I don't believe it gives them any advantage in the future.

If your child naturally starts/shows readiness, then I would just keep reading to them.

Reading to them is the best thing you can do

 

That is what I was thinking too!! Thanks!

 

I have one son who is alphabet-obsessed and very language-oriented, so I considered looking into this for him. However, I believe that the concept this is based on is whole-word recognition rather than learning phonics. I learned phonics and believe that is the best way for a child to learn our language, so I decided to opt for some $1.99 alphabet flashcards (not to quiz him just to give him exposure to the images of the individual letters) and lots of reading, etc.

 

You are better off spending the $20 for the LeapFrog videos.