My friend from Australia, who is here on holiday with his family, visited us last week. They have 2 boys age 3yo and 2yo and 3 months. They have been doing this course by an American organisation called Brainy Baby where the parents sit with the children twice a day for 20 minutes and learn different words (use dvd and TV). They have done the course religiously for the last 6 months and both of their children can now read. They were disappointed in that they did not discover this course until the oldest was 2yo because it is designed to start when the child is 3months old.
My friend was going to subject DH and I to a 59 minute dvd that he produced showing his DC reading but we respectfully declined. Instead, he has given us a copy to watch at our leisure.
I was impressed with the children reading but it was interesting when the parents commented on the fact that they liked playing with the twins toys because they did not have much at home.
My 2yo DTS do not watch much TV because they are not interested in it so there is no way that I can make them watch a 20 minute programme. I just feel that hot housing them to read now in order that they can perform to friends is not for me and personally, I was not convinced that they understood what they were reading anyway. It was more word recognition.
Has any one come across these products?