Richard and Judy- Babies reading as young as 9 months!!!

[LittleMissBliss]

Did anyone else see this? Ds is 3 months and i'm tempted to get the Dvd. I think giving your child a head start is great.

hang on, you are going too fast.....

I was told by my GP to teach eldest daughter to read when she was 2 as she 'was very bright' I admit I bought the book which is same method as shown and then didn't go any further, seemed too much like hard work. She learnt to read in the first term of reception and went straight on to free reading, so the doc was right in some ways. My son didn't learn to read til year 2, it took him forever. Their reading ages match now as teens, I still don't see the point of teaching reading so young, let them be babies/toddlers, reading will come eventually

babies have incredible memory. Ds2 knows his colours he is one this week. Ask him where is the red block, he will bring it to you and say there. Same with blue green yellow. Dd aged 5 taught him just through playing. That kind of thing is similar. But again what difference does it make to kids lives? Make them happier? More successful? More fulfilled? Methinks its better for parents alone.

my mum claims she taught my eldest sister to read at 18months, using flashcards...
on the other hand my next eldest sister (I am the youngest one of 4) just wasn't interested
they are both very good at reading
I have neither the time nor the inclination to teach my dd to read atm whether it's using flashcard or expensive dvds or whatever-life's too short and I figure she'll get there in the end...