Give your child the bilingual advantage with My Little Thinkers

THE BILINGUAL ADVANTAGE

Raising a bilingual child has many positive advantages to their development. One main advantage to introducing a second language to a child early in life is the enhanced brain development. Children learn any language to which they are exposed. If you introduce a second language to a children, they will not be language-delayed and will not be language-confused. The child's brain is capable of assigning neurons to the sounds of different languages, even in a child as young as 4 months of age. Researchers at Dartmouth University discovered that early exposure to a second language is better than later exposure (occurring after 6 years of age).

Being bilingual gives children an advantage once they begin school. By introducing a second language at an early age, research shows that bilingual children have increased cognitive abilities, especially in language. Other research on bilingual children suggests that children who speak two or more languages have better logical reasoning, mathematical and visual-spatial skills as well. Experts believe that enhancing one cognitive area can influence development in other cognitive areas. Other studies in child language acquisition have shown that the language areas in the brain of bilingual children were larger and more active than those of monolinguals.

It is easy to give your child the bilingual advantage. Parents who only know one language can introduce a second language by showing bilingual programs, playing bilingual CDs and reading introductory bilingual books. Introducing a second language to a child, even if it is 50 words, will benefit. When and if the child begins formal instruction of a second language, in elementary school or beyond, the child will most likely speak without a dialect or accent.

How Raise a Reader Provides the Bilingual Advantage

Introduces a second language at an early age- begin the system with children as early as 6 months of age
Unlike other child development videos, the system contains books that complement the DVD- all the words from the DVD are also included in the books
Allows parents to repeat and review the words in a variety of ways (repetition is key to learning language!)

Allows parents to take 10 to 20 minutes a day to teach their child language
Introduces up to 100 words in a second language
Helps the child hear the second language through the My First Words DVD
For monolingual parents, the three board books are narrated in Spanish and English

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