Here is a proven method that is helping kids learn to read sooner! [Discover Truth]
Your baby/Your child can read from as young as one, given the right stimulation and the opportunity to learn! I know it is hard to believe but it is true. Here is a real story of Sue and her daughter which will make you believe that a child of age just one can also read!
My Personal Experience
Hello all, my name is Sue, and I was in the same boat as you! Sure, I had watched videos of babies reading before the age of one, but at that time, I didnât give it a second thought. I dismissed the idea that my own baby (now a kindergartener) could do what those babies were doing. Hey, werenât they the exceptional few? And anyway, my little one was just a baby, I should let her enjoy her childhood, right?
How very wrong I was! When my daughter was about to turn two, I discovered to my horror how I had âwastedâ those initial crucial years of her life, by not giving her the proper stimulation to nurture a love for reading. Being quite hands-off, I just showed her some educational DVDs occasionally and read her some books, without any emphasis to teach her to read.
What Changed My Perspective
The turning point came when my daughter was about to turn two. About that time, I picked up a book by Glenn Doman called âHow to Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledgeâ, given by a dear niece. After reading the book, my whole perspective on early childhood education completely changed. A few of Glennâs discoveries stuck to my mind:
⢠Children absorb information without any effort. As they get older, they have to put in more effort to learn new things.
⢠It is easier for a 1-year old child to learn, than a 2-year old, and easier for a 2-year old to learn than a 3-year old.
⢠Children enjoy learning! In Glennâs words, âKids would rather learn than eat; kids would rather learn than play. In fact, kids think learning is playâ.
I was riddled with guilt after reading Glennâs book. I should have started to teach my daughter to read when she was only a few months old, as not only would she enjoy it, it would require lesser effort on her part when she is younger!
Our Reading Journey
But hey, no point crying over spilt milk, correct? I decided then that I would make a concerted effort to teach my daughter to read, to give her a strong foundation and a reading headstart which would set her for life! However, it is one thing to want to do something, and quite another to figure out how/where to start! To help me get started, I decided to seek out the help of my best friend Maria whose daughter Lilly of the same age as my daughter can easily read. She sure helped a lot, she suggested me for the proven reading headstart program.
I ordered that â Reading Headstart Programâ for my little daughter on the same day because I also wanted to see my daughter reading perfectly and correctly like Lilly. I started spending 15â20 minutes daily with my daughter with that program. I was regular with this routine with my daughter to provide her with a rigid foundation for a whole life.
And it worked! The reading headstart program was so promising as mentioned in the video. My daughter started to read just after 2 weeks after she turned 2! I still remember how I was completely taken by surprise when she started to read words like âcowâ, âdogâ, âcatâ, etc when I flashed them to her. It was truly the happiest and proudest moment of my life! I remember thinking to myself, if only I had started her when she was even younger, her reading journey would have even started much earlier. But hey, itâs never too late! In fact, I am extremely thrilled and immensely satisfied with her amazing progress in reading to date.
And that was just the beginningâŚâŚ
How Has the Reading Headstart Program Benefited My Daughter?
My daughter has gained so much in terms of her intellectual, psychological and emotional developments since she started to read. Just to share a few of the benefits I observed in my daughter to date:
(1) Gained knowledge in many areas
Once she learned to read, my daughter became an amazing reader (particularly of science magazines!). Her interests at 3+ years old ranged from the digestive system to life-cycles, to cavities, to metamorphosis, to the solar system and many more new topics which she otherwise would not be exposed to at her young age.
(2) Enhanced enjoyment of music
Since young, I had introduced my daughter to lots of music through children DVDs and audio CDs. She has a keen ear for music, and surprised me when she started to hum 2 tunes from a music class which she had attended only once!
Being able to read helps her to be able to sing-along to songs by Engelbert Humperdinck, Neil Sedaka, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, Whitney Houston and most importantly, her Disney Princess songs!
(3) Higher awareness of her surroundings
My daughter is a keen observer and learner, and since she started to read, she has been noticing the signboards and notices around her. Once she asked me, âMummy, why mustnât we drink and drive (when she saw a sign board that read âDo not drink and driveâ)? âCan we drink water and drive?â Oh, the innocent questions that she asks!
And âWhy arenât pets allowed in the park?â (when she read a notice that said âNo pets in the parkâ). And âWhy must we pick up our petâs poo?â And so on, and so forthâŚâŚ..
Oh, and when we go to the restaurant, we canât fool her that they donât serve ice-cream, as our little madam will just go through the menu, and catch our little lieâŚâŚ.
Yes! I also want my child to become an amazing reader.
(4) Strong vocabulary
My daughter can easily spend between one to three hours reading her books and magazines quietly. Because of her love for reading, she has picked up words and phrases which sometimes surprises me.
Once, when I wrongly said âThe snake is crawlingâ, she corrected me that a snake âslithersâ. Another time, as we were watching a video about a snake, I commented, âDid you see the snake spit out the poison from its mouth?â. She turned to me and said, âI call that âvenomâ!â
Recently, when I was trying to trick her about something, my daughter turned and asked me, âAre you trying to pull a fast (one) on me?â Looks like I had better pull up my socks before my little madam gets the better of me!
(5) A higher level of independence
Where once I had to sit through activity books and reading computer games with her, my daughter has become more independent since she picked up reading. As she can read the instructions on the activity book/computer by herself, she can now work through most of her activity books and play reading computer games on her own.
Yes! I also want my child to become an amazing reader.
(6) Application of Knowledge to Daily Life
The other day, as I was giving my daughter a bath, there were a few mosquitoes buzzing around. My daughter then suggested that I âKeep a spider as a pet, so the spider will eat all the mosquitoes!â. She had read about spiders and what they eat in some book or magazine and was using the knowledge gained to âthink out of the boxâ. HmmâŚ.keeping a spider as a pet? Thatâs a new one for me!
Another time, my daughter was in the kitchen with me, when I was peeling onions and some tears started coming from my eyes. Again my daughter came to the rescue, âMummy, peel the onions in water so you donât cry!â Just to please her, I did exactly that, and it worked! Needless to say, my little girl was mighty pleased and told me she had read that from her science magazine.
(7) Moral Developments
As my daughter loves to read, I figured why not throw in some good books on moral and character development for good measure. It worked like a charm! Okay, I canât say that she is an angel 100% of the time (which child is!), but she is so much more receptive when I explain to her why she should behave a certain way, especially when I mention the character in her book.
Yes! I also want my child to become an amazing reader.
(8) A higher level of confidence
Having exposure to many subjects at a young age, and being more aware of things happening around her, coupled with my praises when she does something well (even for simple things like making a good observation or asking a good question) has built up my daughterâs confidence level to a considerable degree. She is a very well-adjusted and sociable child and makes friends easily, be it with younger children, older children or even adults.
These are just some of the benefits which my daughter gained after she picked up reading headstart program. I hope that by sharing them with you, you would come to realize the importance of early reading for kids, and cast away the notion that âThey are just kids, let them enjoy their childhood!â
Yes! I also want my child to become an amazing reader.
















