About the program
A baby’s brain thrives on stimulation and develops at a phenomenal pace…nearly 90% during the first five years of life! The best and easiest time to learn a language is during the infant and toddler years, when the brain is creating thousands of synapses every second – allowing a child to learn both the written word and spoken word simultaneously, and with much more ease.
Dr. Titzer says the current practice of starting to teach reading skills in school is too late and children benefit greatly from getting a much earlier start since a child basically has only one natural window for learning language -- from about birth to about age four. During this period it is easier for a child to learn any type of language including spoken, receptive, foreign and written language. The earlier the child is taught to read the better they will read and the more likely they will enjoy it.
Studies prove that the earlier a child learns to read, the better they perform in school and later in life. Early readers have more self-esteem and are more likely to stay in school. Meanwhile, a national panel of reading specialists and educators determined that most of the nation’s reading problems could be eliminated if children began reading earlier.
How Your Baby Can Read Works
The Your Baby Can Read program is easy to use, and most of all...fun! Basically, we use an interactive and multi-sensory approach. When using the Your Baby Can Read system, children are allowed to see the words at the same time that they hear the words. Since children learn language faster and easier during infancy than any other time, we take advantage of this natural window of opportunity to teach the written language as well as spoken language.
Additionally, we encourage babies to participate by saying the words and by doing physical actions that help them learn the meanings of the words. In addition, Dr. Titzer suggests that the child do some physical activity related to the words. So the program encourages babies and toddlers to clap, wave, sing, point to body parts, and so on.
This kind of interactive, multi-sensory learning has been shown to be superior. It's proven to greatly affect how babies learn and it's simply more fun! This entire program can easily be done in less time than the average child spends watching TV. We highly recommend limiting other TV viewing until your child learns to read.
Who can Benefit!
Designed for Children Between The Ages of 3 months and 5 years
In the first years of a child’ life, tens of thousands of synaptic connections are made each second in the brain, opening the door for increased learning capacity. The most natural time to learn any aspect of language is during the infant and toddler years. There is a “natural window of opportunity” for learning language where it is easier for children to learn to understand and speak our language at a high level. During this window of opportunity, between the ages of 3 months and 5 years, they can also learn the written word naturally and easily.
Dr. Titzer has developed a new method of teaching reading that could change how and when our children learn to read. Normally, children don’t start learning to read until age 5 or 6 years old, but the natural window of opportunity begins to close around age 4 – BEFORE THEY ENTER KINDERGARDEN!  |
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