Learning Language Requires Interaction with Language
Infant educational videos decrease vocabulary, study says
. . . researchers found that, among babies ages 8 months to 16 months, every hour spent daily watching programs such as “Brainy Baby” or “Baby Einstein” translated into six to eight fewer words in their vocabularies compared with other children their age. . . .
Children whose parents read to them or told them stories instead of showing them videos had bigger vocabularies . . .
posted by Degolar @ 4:21 PM
5 Comments:
But if those kids had been playing Grand Theft Auto, they'd be friggin' geniuses!
Jesus river-dancing Christ! Reading to a child is better than sitting them in front of a TV!? Who the fuck could have ever guessed that one!? What's next? You aren't going to tell me that going for a walk is better than sticking your penis in a cage filled with rabid gophers, are you?
Grand Theft Auto is more suited to 8 to 16 year olds, not months. Toddlers' motor control skills aren't good enough for that kind of complexity; they should be playing simple shooting games like Halo. You obviously still have much to learn about early childhood development.
I've been playing World of Warcraft for the last couple of hours, and I think I've now figured out the cure for cancer, and a surefire plan for Middle East Peace. Really.
This from a colleague:
before we draw horns and a pitchfork on the Baby Einstein company, here's an excerpt from their website http://www.babyeinstein.com/about/01-01_aboutus.asp. Notice anything about the intent for their products?
All Baby Einstein products, including its video line, are designed as interactive tools for parents to use with their babies. Since the debut of the very first title, Baby Einstein videos/DVDs were developed with the idea of creating a “digital board book,” allowing a parent to have two free hands while enjoying and experiencing the video with their little one – leaving their hands free to clap, point to objects and interact with their baby.
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