Brainy Babies

Brainy Babies
Teaching Your Infant to Read
By Anne Marie Kirby

Little Trinity Veith is just learning her first baby words. But when she started to read at 18 months, that surprised everyone. Trinity’s mother, Georgia, demonstrates by holding up a flash card with the words “arms up,” and Trinity reaches toward the sky. But her wealth of vocabulary doesn’t stop there. Her mother says Trinity is reading words out loud, such as “ears,” “clock” and “Hi.”

Learning to Read by Video

Georgia Veith says at 6 months old Trinity began watching the Your Baby Can Read video series. Trinity couldn’t take her eyes off the screen, which repeatedly shows the words, then the action, by children. A Southeastern Louisiana University professor, Dr. Robert Titzer, developed the tapes for his daughters.

“I wanted to play stimulating games for them,” Dr. Titzer says. “I made up many new activities for us to do, one of which was reading.” The tapes caught on, and there are now five in the series, with more on the way.

Childhood experts agree: The more time you spend with your child talking and introducing books, the more likely they develop a lifetime love of reading.

Learn more about Dr. Titzer’s approach on how to teach your baby to read.

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