Many words don’t follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as ‘sight words’, ‘instant words’, ‘high frequency words’ or ‘star words.’ A new reader finds sight words very frustrating until they are memorized. A good reader will be able to instantly recognize sight words without having to ‘figure them out.’ Preschool Prep Company makes learning sight words fun and easy by implementing the technique used in their other award winning DVDs (Meet the Letters, Meet the Numbers, Meet the Shapes and Meet the Colors). Now childreen can master sight words witht the same rapid speed that they learned letters, numbers, shapes and colors! Preschool Prep DVDs have won over 25 national awards and are used in thousands of schools! You will be amazed at what your little one can learn.
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October 31, 2010
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Review by Sprout’s Mama
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That is the tagline for Preschool Prep and it is absolutely true. I would never have bought any of the DVDs but for a friend loaning us Meet the Letters, Meet the Shapes and Meet the Colors. My son went crazy for them and picked up information from them like a sponge, so for Christmas I bought him this set and they were his favorite gift by far. He loves the videos and has mastered recognizing all of the sight words and spelling most of them. I find that they have also been an excellent jumping off point for learning other words. (After learning “at” and “that”, he has been able to learn “bat” “hat” “cat” “fat”, etc.) It really is amazing. Between this and learning a few other words, my 2 year old can read a few books. He loves to point out his sight words when we are out and about and people never cease to be surprised that he is 2 and picking out words like “play” and “they” by himself. I don’t know if all children will be as interested, but my little one thinks these DVDs are the best.
October 31, 2010
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Review by R. Ruston
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Unlike other reveiwers, i did not get these videos for my 2 year old. Because, there’s really no reason a two year old needs to learn to read. My daughter is 5, and loves them. After watching video number one for two weeks she knows all the words, and picks them out in books. Same thing with video 2. I pair these videos with her sight word books, and sometimes she can read a whole sentence by herself, just from all the sight words she’s learned. While the video is a little boring for me, saying the word a million times, this is how kids learn, and i have no problem listening to “AND” fifty times. Also, my daughter is like a lot of kids growing up with CGI movies, but she still has no problem with these videos being regular cartoons. I would recommend this set to anyone wanted to help their kids.
October 31, 2010
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Review by Amy M. Earls
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While the DVDs are meant to be viewed by preschoolers, they do a fantastic job at capturing the attention of kindergarteners as well. I am a big proponent of phonics, but some words just do not follow the phonic rules; we call them sight words. The videos are animated in a way that repeats the information in a way that continues to capture the child’s attention. For example, the word is repeated several times while changing the background. My only criticism is that the DVD does not play continuously, that is, you have to play each segment separately. It would be more convenient if the DVD has a “play all” selection. If you are homeschooling a beginning reader, then these are definitely worth the cost. They are a wonderful supplement to your lessons. DVD quality is also very good.
October 31, 2010
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Review by A. Rother
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I purchased the entire 7 Preschool Prep videos. I was very pleased with the “Meet the sight word” series. I purchased them as an experiment but after watching them 10-12 times (at about 20 min. a time since we didn’t watch the repeats) my 5 year old learned almost all of the sight words and my 4 year old learned about 1/2 of the the sight words. It is WELL worth your money, as I have spent an entire school year trying to teach these words. Once the kids know them, it makes reading so much easier because they don’t have to sound out every word. I prefer “Meet the sight words” over Your Baby Can Read just because the kids will see the sight words in print in almost any book they pick up.
As for “Meet the Letters” it is a huge disappointment. My kids were so bored with it that they wouldn’t even sit through 1/3 of it. Also, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE LETTER SOUNDS, which is fundamental for reading success. I purchased “LeapFrog Letter Factory DVD.” which is much better for teaching letters and sounds. It is 35 min. long and is much more engaging. I will be using the letter factory DVD and the meet the sight words DVD. I suggest buying the Meet the Sight words and not the “Meet the Letters, Numbers, Colors, or Shapes.
October 31, 2010
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Review by Lilly N
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I bought these videos for my 2 1/2 year old and within about a month he knew all the words. I had purchased Your Baby Can Read for his 2nd birthday and he had mastered all the words on it in 5 months and I wanted to further his reading skills and found this series. He already knew letters, numbers, shapes and colors so I didn’t need those but am sure they are also wonderful videos. The Meet The Sight Words series helped him learn the sight words for Kindergarten in a fun way and he found many of the scenes to be comical and wants to watch them over and over still 6 months later. By watching this video series he has learned sight words faster than my friend’s 6 year old who is in Kindergarten. At 2 years old he knew more sight words than 2 children I knew who are both in Kindergarten! Their Mom’s were not happy that a 2 year old knew more words than their 6 year olds. Your Baby Can Read gave my son a great foundation for reading skills and Meet The Sight Words built on those skills! I’m not saying you have to purchase Your Baby Can Read to make these videos a success I already owned it and wanted to find more similar DVD’s to continue his reading skills, My cousin’s 4 year old also loves Meet The Sight Words and her pre-k teacher can’t get over how many words she knows before Kindergarten thanks to these videos. My son has special needs due to a brain hemorrhage at birth, he has Sensory isues, gross motor delays and a speech delay but these videos helped his speech delay because he wanted to say the words, because the word repeats several times he is hearing it more and tries to say the words with better success. His speech has dramatically improved. I highly recommend these videos to all children ages 2-5.