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Your Baby Can Read - How It Works

Parents are missing out on their children’s natural learning window for language. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, most children learn to read by age six or seven. This has been the norm for years, but, there’s a catch. By waiting until a child is five, six, or older to begin teaching them to read, parents are missing the best window of opportunity for language learning.

Children typically begin their "formal reading education" when they begin elementary, but this time frame misses the natural learning window where children’s brains are most receptive to language. By age four, that window of opportunity for learning begins to close. The best time for a child to learn to read is during the infant and toddler years. At that age, a child’s brain is creating thousands of synapses every second. This high-speed development phase allows a much easier and quicker process for a child to learn to read.

The importance and challenge learning to read poses is often under estimated. But, before the age of eight or nine, children will have to learn 26 letters upper and lowercase, master more than 100 phonics rules, be able to recognize 3,000 words at a glance, develop a smooth reading speed around 100 words per minute, and learn to combine words and punctuation into meaning. And, if a child doesn’t master these skills by the “appropriate age,” they can be designated as “learning challenged” for the rest of their school years.

The Michigan Department of Education has reported that 75 percent of children who are poor readers, who are not helped before age nine, will have reading difficulties through all of high school. The department went on to report that 10 to 15 percent of children who have poor reading skills will drop out of school, and only 2 percent of children with poor reading skills will earn a college degree.

Studies have shown that the earlier a child learns to read, the better they will perform overall later in life. Early readers, on average, have more self-esteem, are more motivated, and more likely to stay in school. A national panel of reading specialists and educators has also determined that many of the nation’s reading issues could be completely eliminated if children learned to read earlier in life. It’s estimated that 90 to 95 percent of poor readers could have significantly increased reading skills if they had gone through an early intervention learning program.

Don’t let your child’s critical phase of development pass them by. There is just a small window of opportunity to enhance your child’s learning ability, and set them up for the rest of their life. Reading is a major foundational for all other learning your child will be faced with. Start early, and your child will enjoy a lifetime of benefits. With the right tools, your baby can read at amazingly early age.

The best time to begin to teach your baby to read is as soon as their visual tracking develops, this is typically around their third month. At just three months old, your baby can start on their road to literacy. One system has been developed that works with your child’s natural language learning period.

Your Baby Can Read is a system developed by a doctor with more than 15 years of infant learning and development experience. The Your Baby Can Read systems focuses on your child’s natural ability to learn language. As early as three months old, your child can begin to recognize words and associate them with their correct meaning. To give your child the head start they deserve, use the Your Baby Can Read system, and take advantage of your baby’s natural learning ability.