tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092981053885263268.post8407355422577934605..comments2023-09-26T05:22:28.773-05:00Comments on Mommy's Lost Her Mind: Your baby can read. Really?Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365088541054812139noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092981053885263268.post-74172368178723447442010-12-30T17:14:02.599-06:002010-12-30T17:14:02.599-06:00Melissa, I'm not bragging. I wouldn't sta...Melissa, I'm not bragging. I wouldn't start programs like "Your Baby Can Read" in order to be able to brag, but to benefit my little boy. I don't care--much--about where my kid is relative to other kids. He's ahead in some skills, and probably lags in others. That's all fine and natural; people differ, including little people. My point is simply to give folks information that they didn't have before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092981053885263268.post-27324097869499762612010-12-30T15:52:27.344-06:002010-12-30T15:52:27.344-06:00Wow Larry. You are such a great parent and your k...Wow Larry. You are such a great parent and your kid is SO much smarter and better than the other kids.<br /><br />Happy now?Melissa The SubStandard Parentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092981053885263268.post-23179990663032285632010-12-30T12:49:52.508-06:002010-12-30T12:49:52.508-06:00Well, I let my kid be a kid, he's just a kid w...Well, <i>I</i> let my kid be a kid, he's just a kid who happens to be able to read...<br /><br />I wrote down the how and why, for folks like you who don't know much about this program (and similar methods), here: http://www.larrysanger.org/reading.html<br /><br />All the things you've listed are addressed in that essay. This isn't speculation for us. We used the program over two years ago and are now experiencing the results. But to give you brief responses to your comments:<br /><br />1. "Teaching by rote": babies learn by rote, true, but many babies can read brand new words before their second birthday, and some parents report not needing to use any phonics system. We, however, were different because we used a combination of YBCR, phonics flashcards I made, and lots of good old-fashioned reading-to-the-kid. Since we started at 22months, we could do phonics right from the start.<br /><br />2. We never paid $200. That's for the whole package. You don't have to buy the whole package, and you can get stuff used much more cheaply.<br /><br />3. Re "studies": nonsense. There are no such studies. I've looked. In fact, most studies of precocious readers (those who can read when entering kindergarten) are still outperforming their peers in 3rd and 6th grades.<br /><br />4. Naw, you don't <i>have</i> to plop the kids in front of the tube twice a day. We did it once a day, and not every day.<br /><br />5. YBCR is decidedly <i>not</i> Baby Einstein. If you think so, you clearly haven't seen YBCR. Besides, nobody ever claimed for Baby Einstein that it would make readers out of kids.<br /><br />It's not merely a money-grab. It costs money, and people pay for it, because it actually works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9092981053885263268.post-31379620373367316142010-12-30T09:33:52.884-06:002010-12-30T09:33:52.884-06:00OH girl! I totally agree. That is so nuts. I just ...OH girl! I totally agree. That is so nuts. I just don't see the reason for it...kinda like a friend that pushed her kiddo so he gradated at 15. Why? So he could be a social reject at college at 15? Good call there mom ;) Sorry...maybe that should have a post of its own - haha. Really though, let kids be kids. *sigh*Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271151164620197299noreply@blogger.com