Your Baby Can Read

Milestones of Learning to Read as a Baby/Toddler
* Learning that the shape of the word is the most important factor * Baby recognizes her/his first words * Parent notices the baby understands a written word * Learning to read the first 50 words * Learning to read around 200 words * Learning to read two- and three-word phrases * Learning to read phonetically * Learning to read sentences from left-to-right * Reading a book from cover-to-cover * Learning to read quickly * Reading a book the child has never seen from cover-to-cover

Dr. Titzer posted these milestones on his blog, where he emphasizes that the child must first learn that the shape of the word is the most important factor (rather than the color, texture, font, etc.) I have no idea if TJ has reached this milestone, and can't really see how one would test for such a thing, but I am glad to have this guide of how things could possibly unfold in terms of learning to read while using this system.

So, Dr. Titzer's blog gives many more practical insights into the use of the system. Yes, he probably wrote this somewhere in the Parent Guide, but I guess I am in need of a refresher.
"It is helpful to repeat a subset of the words more frequently than the other words. In the DVDs we repeat the words "clap," "wave," "mouth," and "nose" more than we repeat other words. Please repeat these four words more than other words when your child has just started our program. Use our books, sliding word cards, and our other word cards. Also, show the child these words in other contexts on paper, whiteboards, signs, etc

Eventually your child will remember how the words look in addition to understanding what the words mean. The first word is probably the most difficult word to learn, so repeat a few words many times in the initial months."

by Crystal

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