Guest guest Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 For Isaac, the Leap Frog Letter Factory and Talking Words Factory DVDs helped, but he is 2 1/2. I think they're worth it. [ ] Do Videos Help ? I thought I would ask,....before speding hard earned money, on the Baby Bumble Bee Vocablulary Builder DVD's. I have read so many parent comments of how their " non verbal " child all of a sudden started talking...(hummm) that made me want to ask some of you who may have tried them. My son just turned 5 and has very, very few words so I am desperate buy don't want to fall down the " expensive " black hole of empty promises.....any advice would really be appreciated. Thanks, Colleen....mom of 5 severe apraxia, and moderate oral apraxia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 COLLEEN I THINK I'VE ANSWERED THIS QUESTION ON VIDEOS BEFORE... SO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY READ FROM ME, SORRY BUT HERE IT GOES AGAIN!!! LOL. I TRULY SUPPORT VIDEO THERAPY (AS I CALL IT) MY SON ALSO 5, IS A VERY VISUAL LEARNER. I HAD INVESTED HEAVILY IN VIDEOS AFTER MY SON LOOKED AT A SOCCER BALL AND SAID " MOMMY PENTAGON " HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU LOOKED AT A SOCCER BALL AND DID NOT REALIZE IT'S COMPONENTS WERE PENTAGONS. HE WAS COMPLETELY NON VERBAL TILL 3 1/2. I KNOW YOUR SON IS A LITTLE OLDER BUT THESE VIDEOS HAVE HELPED MY SON TREMENDOUSLY. HE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOISED WITH ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT HYDROCEPHALUS (EXTRA FLUID ON THE BRAIN). AND IS SHUNTED. THESE VIDEOS HAVE SHOWN HIM HOW TO RELATE TO PEOPLE, SPELLING AND EVERYDAY SITUATIONS. HE DID NOT LIKE THE BABY BUMBLEBEE VIDEOS, BY THE WAY. I HAVE NO AFFLIATION WITH THESE COMPANIES BELOW EXCEPT TO TELL YOU THEY WORKED WITH MY SON AND NOW MY 2 YEAR OLD LIKES THEM TOO. SOME ARE RATHER EXPENSIVE, BUT WORTH 10X WHAT A PAID FOR THEM FOR THE RESULTS I HAVE GOTTEN. _WWW.SPECIALKIDS1.COM_ (http://www.SPECIALKIDS1.COM) ABOUT $25 A TAPE _WWW.WATCHMELEARN.COM_ (http://www.WATCHMELEARN.COM) $30 _WWW.SMALL-FRY.COM_ (http://www.SMALL-FRY.COM) $16 I THINK WE MUST HAVE LIKE 200 VIDEOS, BUT EACH ONE I GET HAS A REASON WHY I BOUGHT IT. IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON FROM ELMO AND BLUE'S CLUES. EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN BE EDUCATIONAL TOO, IT IS NO WHERE NEAR THE AMOUNT OF INFO ON THESE TAPES. AND YES, IT DID SPUR SOME TV TALK FROM HIM, BUT HE SUBSITUTES NOUNS AND VERBS FOR SITUATIONS HE'S IN, DOES THAT MAKES SENSE? INSTEAD OF SAYING " POOH WENT TO SEE RABBIT " HE'LL SAY " MOMMY WENT TO SEE DADDY " AND IT WILL BE TOTALLY APPROPRIATE. SORRY SO LONG OF A RESPONSE, BUT VERY STRONG ON MY POSITIVE FEELINGS WITH VIDEO USE. SCHOOL DIDN'T LIKE MY USE OF THEM SO MUCH, BUT AFTER THE RESULTS THEY COULDN'T DENY IT'S POSITIVE EFFECTS. MAYBE YOU CAN GET THEM ON EBAY FOR CHEAPER. LORI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Hi, My son is 3 yrs 10mths and LeapFrog Videos have helped him alot. He still only says the sounds, but I put up a poster with the ABCs and he goes to the letter and points to it and says the sound. I also have the first three Baby bumble bee and he likes it also. He has started saying a few words with the videos. But we have found them very helpful. Hope this helps. Phyllis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Thanks for all who responded...i am going to go shopping online today for some of the videos mentioned to me! So glad I asked! colleen Candi <csantos@...> wrote: For Isaac, the Leap Frog Letter Factory and Talking Words Factory DVDs helped, but he is 2 1/2. I think they're worth it. [ ] Do Videos Help ? I thought I would ask,....before speding hard earned money, on the Baby Bumble Bee Vocablulary Builder DVD's. I have read so many parent comments of how their " non verbal " child all of a sudden started talking...(hummm) that made me want to ask some of you who may have tried them. My son just turned 5 and has very, very few words so I am desperate buy don't want to fall down the " expensive " black hole of empty promises.....any advice would really be appreciated. Thanks, Colleen....mom of 5 severe apraxia, and moderate oral apraxia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 I think the Leapfrog videos have helped my son. He is learning to picture words in his mind and then " read " them, providing a prompt to help him form the words. The Leapfrog videos teach letter sounds and early words. The newest Leapfrog video teaches several more complex things such as simple blends (sh, ch), silent 'e', and the " when two vowels go walking " theory. I saw the set of all three language DVDs as well as the new math DVD in a set a Sam's club for about $35. That's really a deal, and I think they are worth it. One really annoying thing - these videos use all capital letters, which I think most schools discourage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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