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Your Baby Can Read
When I first heard about the Your Baby Can Read series, I was immediately intrigued — and a bit skeptical. How on earth can someone teach a baby to read?!?

But since the program was developed by a prominent professor and expert infant researcher, I decided it was worth some investigation.

When Dr. Titzer’s daughter Aleka was born, he developed the program, “Your Baby Can Read!” to give her an early start in reading skills.

The results were incredible! By her first birthday, she could read more than 100 words. By age two Aleka regularly read 10-20 books a day and, by age four, she could read at the 11th grade level phonetically, on par with a 16-year-old.

“The results were so dramatic, I knew I had to bring this system to all families who want to give their kids a head start on literacy,” says Dr. Titzer.

Based on years of Ph.D. research in Human Performance at Indiana University, his unique program is a natural method of teaching infants and toddlers the written word at the same time they are learning the spoken word.

Designed for children ages 3 months to 5 years, “Your Baby Can Read!” includes five easy-to-use, interactive DVDs, five double-sided interactive sliding word and picture cards, one wipe-clean word card and one erasable non-toxic pen.

    “YOUR BABY CAN READ!” FACTS AT A GLANCE

  • Teaches children ages 3 months to 5 years to read through interactive, multi-sensory techniques
  • Developed by Dr. Robert Titzer, prominent professor and expert infant researcher
  • Teaches the written word in conjunction with the spoken word
  • Children learn phonics naturally
  • Amazing results proven worldwide
  • Easy-to-use and fun for babies

Here is a demo video of little Tara, 14 months old, reading thanks to Your Baby Can Read.


When my babies are under two, I am very careful about what they watch on TV and for how long.

But, during late afternoon fussy time, I have been reaching for Your Baby Can Read.

When it comes on Sophia is immediately drawn in.

Her face lights up in recognition when they sing “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes” and the words show on the screen.

Some days Julia fusses that she wants to watch one of ‘her’ shows, but I tell her that it’s Sophia’s turn for the TV and that Sophia wants to learn to read.

The result is Julia, Sophia and I sit and play while we watch the video. We have a great time together.

We’ve worked through two of the videos, but we haven’t followed the program exactly… so while I can’t say that one year old Sophia has ‘learned to read’ YET from these viewings, she definitely engages and concentrates on what she is seeing.

And I think it really is helping three year old Julia learn to read!

I am impressed with the program and I do recommend the videos.

The program creator does not pretend that these videos will have your baby reading by next month. Clearly it is a very slow process. But it is exciting to see what a baby’s brain can process.

And whether my children become early readers or not, I think what is most important when teaching our children is to remember to have fun and cherish our time together.

We are enjoying the videos and we will continue to work through the program. I’m going to focus on having fun with flashcards and increasing both girls’ exposure to single words.

I love to read and I think Your Baby Can Read is a great way to introduce my girls to the fun and joy of reading.

If you would like to win a 5 DVD Your Baby Can Read set, please leave a comment below. We have 1 set to give away to a lucky reader. This giveaway is open to both US and Canadian shipping addresses. We will draw our winner on Saturday, November 15th.

Reader Interactions


372 Comments

  1. Hello! I have been seeing this a lot lately! I really want to get it for my 4 month old son I think its so great!

  4. Where was this when my twins and big sis were little? This sounds fantastic! Please count me in! I would love the opportunity to provide it to my new niece!

  10. OH MY GOSH!! I just saw the infomercial the other day for this and I called my mom RIGHT AWAY to find out how much it was and if she has ever heard of it! I want this SO BAD for my son – but ESPECIALLY for my niece! She suffered from HORRIBLE ear infections for over a year until they put the tubes in her ears and now she is EXTREMELY behind in her speech. My son is almost 2 and she is over 3 and he speaks more than she does… what a blessing this contest is! Thank you for posting it!!

  11. Oh I need this SOOOOOO bad, my 2.5 year old has developmental delays and this might just help! Please enter me 🙂 Thanks!

  12. Love to see the development for baby’s cognition/future educational verbal language development.

  19. I have a three year old daughter and I babysit other toddlers. The town I live in is very small and doesn’t have a daycare or preschool. I usually get projects from online to help teach my kids. This would be very helpful around my house.

  23. my older is 15 mos old and he’s very smart. he’s an early developer and i would like to have this for him and my younger son. i really think that this would help them develop more if they have this. thanks for the opportunity.

  25. I used the videos with my daughters and passed them on, but would love to win these for my friend’s new baby boy.

  30. I would love to have this. I have 3 boys and the oldest is 8 and we still have some problems with him reading. I think this would help our family alot.

  31. Wow! These would be great to own! I’ve got a 5-year-old who is just starting to learn how to read and a 2-year-old who wants to learn to read like his big brother. I know they both would love it. Thank you so much for the great contest.

  35. This seems almost too good to be true, but the video can’t lie! It is amazing how much babies absorb and we don’t even realize it half the time.

  37. My only grandchild is so cute and so spoiled, but I of course, believe she can learn to read early!

  44. I have never heard of this DVD set before. What a clever idea!! These definitely help my baby to start reading!

  48. I would love to win this for my daughter and granddaughter. It would be good for both of them and a bonding time.

    thank you.

  49. Oh, My MIL was telling me about this! I think my son would love this and I want him to have a love for reading as I do!

  55. I would love to win this for my grandson….I KNOW this would work…

    My mother taught me to read and by three I was reading chapter books…..she used flash cards..similar to what they show here and I still love to read to this day….

    I know my daughter would appreciate these for her son too…

    thanks,
    Perri

  56. I just saw this on tv just the other night. I was impressed. Wished that I could just buy it, but can’t. But found this contest and this great site. So pick me pick me! LOL
    Happy Holidays to All!

  61. What I love about this program is the kids seem to be having so much fun with it..not like a drill!

  65. my little boy just turned one on the 10th of november. he is amazingly smart, i kno that every parent says that about there child, but in his case its true. he started crawling at 5 months, walking at 7 1/2 months. by 11 months he could run, do tumbles and say mama, dada, popop memaw, dog and cup. i have been trying to teach him how to read words, i even went as far as to label everything in the house…but i dont kno if i am doing it right! i really want this for my baby..if it was not so expensive i would try to save up and buy it for him. but u kno how that goes..diapers and food come first!!!

  67. I have seen Your Baby Can Read on T.V. and I’ve been wanting it for so long for my two year old son. But I’m a 21 year old single mother, attending college full-time, so I cannot afford it. I tried asking my family members to chip in money, but I was really worried that it would not work. So, I’m glad to have read your review and even more glad I can leave this comment 3 days before the draw! 🙂

  74. I would love using this system with my son, he’s 18mths and he’s trying to learn so much and he’s getting better at it to.

  80. I’ve heard about this on another board and was interested in it. I tried the baby signs and it was successful, this seems to take it up a notch — big time!!

  83. I saw this advertised on tv in Canada and was excited about it. I tried to get my daughter into a program that offered the same information as your child could read but the cost of it was just really to expensive in the three thousand dollar range it offered the same flashcard books dvd and with a third baby on the way i just couldn’t afford to spend that money. So i have been trying with flashcard and reading to them. My youngest kids 24months and 12months would benefit greatly form this.

  86. This looks great. My oldest struggles with reading, I would love to try and give my baby a head start.

  97. This would be great for my son, he’s already in school(K) and learning to read and write little words like: like, see, my, I..He could really benefit from this!

    Thanks,
    Erica G.
    [email protected]

  98. This would be fantastic for my youngest, but even more fun for my middle and oldest to help the youngest!

  99. I think my daughter could really benefit from this. I love reading, and anything that gets her to find something as wonderful as books that she can read to herself is great, IMO.
    hematopoiesis at hotmail dot com

  100. This sounds very cool. I taught kindergarten for six years. I just left to be a stay at home mom to my five month old…would love to start soon

  101. When I saw this video I was AMAZED!!! My 3 month is very vocal already and is very curious about everything. I think he will really benefit and enjoy this kit!!!

  102. Great to hear feedback on the program. I think the program is great. Do you know if it comes in Spanish.Would love to teach my son, just not in the budget right now.

  105. Oh my gosh: i have been PINING for this for my 20-month-old and newborn ever since i first saw it on tv, but i just don’t have the cash. i really hope i win it!

  111. I saw this online and I am so interested. Anything that gives our kids a little bit of a headstart in life. Why not?!

  122. I have been interested in this for a while and would love to try it. Please enter me in your contest.

  127. Oh man! I would love to win this. I was just telling my husband yesterday that I really regretted not purchasing this set when my son was an infant. He is now 2 and he is really into learning his letters and numbers.

  129. I’d love to try this system out! I have a three-month old, and while I don’t let him watch tv, I would totally go for this.

  130. We have this system and it’s great – especially for little ones. The films are educational and fun, yet not too stimulating. I’d love to win this for my friend Rhonda and her 1-year-old little boy.

  145. Pick me! One of my greatest desires is that my children will learn to read and love it the way I do!

  146. This would be really awesome. I would love the chance to win this for my grandbabies. Thank you so much!

  147. Wow.. looks like an amazing resource. I keep trying to teach my little one his letters, and he seems bored! This would be wonderful!

  148. I beg each of you to really think about whether you believe sitting your babies down in front of the television is a)the most appropriate stimulus for them to recieve during their toddler years, especially when social interaction and object play is what truly is best for them and b)an appropriate way to nurture their early literacy skills.

    I ask this because as an early childhood specialist, research and studies from large groups (American Academy of Pediatrics, International Association for Reading, etc.) have determined electronic stimulation from videos (whether claimed as “educational” or not) is not appropriate for children under 3 years old.

    If you have questions about this, please I’d be happy to email you any information you would like. You can also talk with your pediatrician about this.

  149. I would LOVE to win this! I saw firsthand how well this works. A friend of mine uses this system with her girls and it’s AWESOME!!!

  150. Very interested.. Having one on the way and a cousin who is 6 months old. Thanks for the chance to win this!

  151. I would LOVE that for my 2 year old son, and I’m sure his Aunt (who is a teacher), would be pretty impressed! Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂

  153. I was just telling my 19yr old daughter about this program that I learned about just last night! (Sat)She & my grandson (15 months) live with us and we’ve been telling her that she needs to work with him more because he’s not saying much. I think this set would help him sooo much and I’m excited for anyone that wins this. I was just so impressed with this and would love the opportunity to win. Thanks!

    [email protected]

  156. My friend just bought this system and told me about it. I have been reading a lot of reviews and I would love to win. I am going to purchase it for my children. I would love to win a set for my baby brother.

  160. I have heard of this video and it does seem to be remarkable. I have a new grandson and his mom (not suprising) thinks he the smartest kid she’s ever been around. As a new mom (& grandma), we want to ensure every advantage is given. Thanks for your review.

  170. Wow! Saw this on tv last night – couldn’t wait to look them up. Homeschooling mom of 4 would love to give the younger ones a jump on reading!!

  172. I made my own flash cards for my little man to start with, and would LOVE to win this for him! Thank you for the chance to!

  176. Hmmm, this is an interesting concept. Id love to try it out…!
    Our 3 yr old recognizes letters and some simple words, but Im sure this would help give her a boost in learning to read.

  183. I am about to have my first child and I would love to win this and have it for them. It sounds amazing!

  184. I’ve seen a sample of the dvd and it’s a great set. I’d love to use this to help my nieces read.

  186. I would LOVE to try this! Maybe my 17yo brother could watch it WITH my son and they could BOTH learn!

  187. Wonder if this will product will work for adults? Thank you for this great contest and prize!

  189. This would be wonderful for me to use with our 2 year old. He could then pass them down to his little brother who is due in December. Thanks for the chance to win.

  190. I would love this for my 6 month old grandson and two year old granddaughter! They may not learn to read, but it certainly can’t hurt!

  195. My little niece’s favorite thing to do is to sit and “read” her books. At 17 months old, I think the whole idea of this program would be just perfect for her.

  197. I would love this for my youngest son…he is 20 months. Anything educational for my children is a plus. 🙂

  198. I have been trying to find out more info since I saw the infomercial. It looks amazing. My daughter would love it.

  199. I would love to try this program on my new born baby Elizabeth. She is a month old right now, and I would love to get her started at 3 months.

  200. I’m skeptical — but maybe this is just what our little ones need to compete in a tough environment, and what America needs to compete in a tough world. It couldn’t hurt!

  201. When my kids were young, I read to them. I think that helped them to read ate early ages. This day and age, I see how little time my full time working duaghter has for her 20 month old for things like sitting down and reading. I would like to try the “Baby Can Read” program for her. It would not replace good old Grandma reading her a book, but could be a great tool for those BUSY-Mommy times.
    Thank you for a marvelous giveaway!

  206. awesome! i have a 3 year old and a 13 month and i really think this would be great for them. thanks so much!!!

  207. That’s amazing. My daughter started talking at 8 months, way before she could walk. I wonder if she could have learned to read at that time. I would love to give this to my nephew…he loves educational televison.

  209. I am so curious about this program. My 15 month old is so smart and loves to watch learning videos. I think she would do well with this.

  211. WOW!! People are coming up with more and more things for our babies to do! Amazing! It is almost too good to be true.

  212. I was amazed to see a 3 year old and 18 month old reading! The flash cards with he slide out pictures are a great way to introducing your baby to their surroundings. It would be a blessing to win this!

  214. I had read once before about the man who developed this and his program. Can’t begin to tell you how thrilled I would be to have the chance to use this with my daughter! Thanks so much for the chance to win!

  215. I would love to have this for my 2 year old. He’s already showing an interest in reading.

  217. Hope I win it’s my son’s birthday on the 27th of October and I cannot afford a gift so this would be ideal.

  218. Wow, that is amazing! I would love to win this, especially because I have 3 kids 5 and under that all need to learn to read!! Thanks for the chance!

  220. This is a great review. My youngest daughter’s daycare provider recently started the kids on this. A 3 year old there is already recognizing 16 words and they’ve only been doing it a couple of weeks. I notice that my daughter (who is 1 and a 1/2) has some interest in it and in the van one day it sounded like she was trying to spell. And she says the words from the video over and over. So, I would love to be able to do this at home too.

  221. I’ve seen this product before and was skeptical–until you blogged about it. Now I feel more confident knowing you are trying it with your children. 🙂 I hope you keep us updated on their progress.

    I would love to win this for my 8 month old grand baby!

  228. I have seen the infomercial for this and thought it was the neatest thing! I am very tempted to by it for my 6 mo. old little girl, so hopefully I’ll win it! 🙂 Great giveaway! Thanks!

  229. I have seen the infomercial for this and thought it was the neatest thing! I am very tempted to by it for my 6 mo. old little girl, so hopefully I’ll win it! 🙂 Great giveaway! Thanks!

    [email protected]

  234. Would love this, I saw the commercial on tv. I homeschool and this would come in handy with my son!

  244. My mother was telling me about this. I would love to try it out for my 22 month old. She’s learning so fast, it would be fun to use this.

  247. This looks awesome. We would love to win, we are at the learning to read stage at our house! 🙂
    ~Danielle

  249. This is an absolutely amazing idea! The video that you showed looked wonderful. I book marked this site for future reference. I am just amazed!

  257. What a great idea! I have a 3 month old and a 2 year old…this would be great for both of them!!!

  261. That sounds amazing! I would love to have something like that for my little one!!!!! 😀 Thanks for the opportunity! 😀

  262. I’d be curious to see how my house full of little sponges would respond to this. Thanks for the chance to win it!

  264. This sounds great. My 22 month old love to “pretend” read – It would be great if he could do it for real!!!

  266. I rented the videos from my library with my first daughter, she is a five year old super-reader today. 🙂 I believe like all products, this system works well if you use it, and I would certainly use it! Please put me in the drawing too. 🙂

  274. The Vikings are 2 and 4 but I’d still be interested to see how these would improve Pojke’s speech.

  276. This sounds really interesting. I’ve been thinking of how to get my nearly three year old a jump start on reading.

  284. I am very interested, my daughter has learned a lot of the sight words from watching Meet the Sight Words, so this would help her step it up even more!

  286. My baby is going to be an only child so I’m going to spoil her rotten and educate her to bits! This would really help me!

  287. I’ve seen this and I really want it for my 2 sons, but it is quite expensive for us at the moment. It would be so wonderful if I could win it instead!

  289. I would love this for my children, I have 3 and would love to have it for the younger 2! They all love to learn. And with a baby on the way what a great way to start with them.

  291. We have a three year old who is VERY interested in reading right now but isn’t quite there yet. We also have an eleven month old who would love to share it with her sister. Thanks!

  292. I’m intrigued by the video & I babysit two toddlers so it would be fun to have. Plus my four year is just starting to learn so he’d probably enjoy them as well. Thanks!

  294. We would love to try this. Samuel is 5 and nonverbal due to cerebral palsy. It would be monumental for him to be able to read and finally communicate with us. We woul LOVE to give this a try!

  297. How awesome would this be?!!! I would absolutely LOVE to win this set (as would everyone else, I know)! So, I’ll just cross my fingers and hold my breath . . . 🙂

  298. Great give-away! I’d love to win. I have four kids, 5 1/2, 4 1/2, 2 1/2, and 14 months. My oldest survived brain cancer and started kindergarten this year and he’s just starting to read. Watching him learn is amazing….I just wish we could have helped him learn earlier. We use starfall.com daily with the kids, but I would love more tools to help them learn!

  299. I’ve seen these in baby magazines but was never sure how good they really looked. Would love to try it out with my twins!!

  301. Wow…watching the little girl in the video really moved me. It was so sweet to see her identify the words and where “they” were on her body. I would love to win this set for my 16 month old daughter. It would also be an opportunity for me to spend some quality time with her while her two older brothers are in school.

  304. I am intrigued to say the least. I think my 9 month old and two year old would love to watch this together. And, as a teacher, I will feel good about their early literacy.

  305. Wow! That’s incredible!! Never heard of it before….I would LOVE this. I have 20-month-old twins and this would be so fun to watch them do it together. I could use the help too….very cool! thanks for sharing!

  308. We are so addicted to books in our household. If my two could unlock their secrets earlier, they’d be ecstatic!

  309. Sign us up! I have 3 children, 3 and under also. I have a singleton who is 3 and twins that are 2. Each are at completely different ends of the spectrum – if you can split it in to 3s! I would love to give this a try – I hope we win! Thank you for the opportunity.

  311. This would be great for my little ones. I’m currently working on trying to teach my oldest two to read simple words.

  313. We’ve just embarked on the ‘teaching to read’ journey with my son – this would be so helpful! 🙂

  314. Oh, I would so love to do this with my daughter! Thanks for the giveaway and the review – I had never heard of them before!

    Lindsey

  320. I am intrigued. Would love to win the set so that I can put it to the test with #5 and #6.
    ibeeeg(at)gmail(dot)com

  322. Id love to win this to see if it really works! I’d love for my toddler and baby girl to learn to read!

  323. Hmmm sounds interesting. I would love to use these dvd’s with my kids at home and at school!

  327. I saw a commercial for this the other day and I am glad to hear that it is a good program! Put my name on the list!

  328. I’ve never heard of this before today! My baby is almost 3 months old, so this would be the perfect time to try this out!

  330. I would LOVE to give these to our school’s developmentally delayed program. I think this could be a huge blessing to special needs kids or even to the large Spanish speaking group of kids we have in our school. What a neat thing!

  331. My 1 year old son is watching this right now! It’s the only thing that he will actually watch and pay attention to. (I don’t need to enter the contest, I just wanted to leave a comment!)

  332. I would love these! I’ve been reading up on ways to teach babies and young children to read and both methods just seem like so much work. Maybe that sounds bad, i’m willing to put in effort to teach my children but I not what they are asking. This would be perfect. Please enter me.

  333. I would so completely totally hugely LOVE this for my kids.

    You’ve been stumbled 🙂

  338. This sounds wonderful. I think it would be a great thing to try. My daughter doesn’t talk much, and I think it may help a lot with that.

  339. Oh we would love this! Someone told us about these when I was pregnant and I have been contemplating buying them for awhile now.

  340. We all know babies are like sponges. Just because they can’t talk doesn’t mean they can’t read!

  342. Hmmm, I wonder how it would work with a developmentally delayed child. I’d love to win one and find out!

  347. This sounds totally fascinating! I deliver my 5th child tomorrow, this means three children age three and under in my home… one with a speech delay and one with a mild hearing impairment. Sign me up for the give away! 🙂 Maybe it can help with speech and language development too!

  354. I would love to get this and see if it could help. I have never heard of the program, but that video is amazing!

  357. Wow. I would love to have this. I hope I win! I’m trying to use flashcards with my toddler now, and of course I read books to her. This would be a great addition.

  358. This does sound intriguing. My daughter is 2.5 and is just starting to read short words, although she can read letters very well already. I would be happy to try this out.

  359. How exciting! I am trying to teach my 2.5 yr old to read, but she is having problems going from individual letter sounds to words. I would love to be able to find something to help us over this hurdle.

  360. I would love this for my little girl – she just turned one and she is super smart, so I know she could learn to read…. as long as all the words have to do with animals (her obsession!). 🙂

  364. I love these dvd’s, Evie (13months) has been watching them for close to 2months now and has learned a lot of basic words. She is not reading yet, but she recognizes a lot of different words now. I know a couple with twins who would love these dvds!

  365. This looks very cool! It’d make a great gift for a couple of babies coming up!

  367. My baby is 3 months old but we can already tell he is going to be very smart. Little Jack is like his Daddy. I sure hope to win this to help him not to be behind like I was when I started school.I never was very good in school but Jack will be because I am going to start him off right.

  368. With a 21 month old in the house and a new baby on the way this would be a great learning tool to have.

  369. Oh My I would love this. My two year old leans so fast. We do the ABC’s but this would be awesome!