Reading Program:baby-5yrs

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Hi Everyone

IMDSA has been in contact with a company called Your Baby Can Read.

http://www.yourbabycanread.com/

This company has DVD's geared to baby's and preschoolers to help them

learn to read not only by site but also by phonics. They sent me

their Starter kit which included the first DVD and some really great

flash cards that have the word then you slide out the side of the

card and it has a picture of the word.

It takes a whole lot for me to be swayed to promote a product of any

kind. But, I was very impressed with this simple video and I can see

the potential for children with MDS to not only learn to read but

also improve their verbal communication skills!

I have read a few testimonials from parents of children with Down

syndrome and these parents were very impressed with the DVD's. They

said that their children were learning from them and they were

recognizing the words without the pictures within just a few months!

After speaking extensively with the company's representative, I told

her that parents of children with special needs would be more apt to

purchase a product like this, than parents of children with typical

development. The company fully agrees and wants to promote this

product to families of children with special needs. But first, they

need some testimonials from the parents.

The company would like to send a starter kit at no cost to the

following age groups. Keep in mind that this will probably begin in

Feb, so think about how old your child will be then. You will need to

watch this video with your child at least once a day but I think

twice a day is recommended when beginning. You need to be able to

mark reactions of your child while they watch the video. The starter

kit will be yours to keep and then if you want to purchase more DVD's

after you see how your child is doing with them, you can get them at

our Usborne Books representative's site.

http://www.ubah.com/ecommerce/main.aspsid=V0259 & gid=10449190 & afid=AFF0

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When you purchase books through this site, IMDSA will receive 10% of

the sales. So, not only are you helping your child, you are also

helping IMDSA!

If you are interested in receiving a free starter kit and sending

your feedback on how your child does with the video, send me your

name, address and how old your child is to imdsapresident@...

We need the following age groups:

2) 8 mo olds (2) 1 yr olds (2) 2yr olds (2) 3yr olds (2) 4yr olds (2)

5yr olds.

Thanks!

Kristy