If these guys were at the Stampede, I would have bought it. I'm glad that I didn't, cause my 18 month old son seems to be picking up words at an amazing rate. I think he knows more words that Stortini right now.
In all seriousness... we read to my son, and let him watch only developmental shows (Sesame Street, Word World, Baby Einstein, Backyardagans, Night Garden, etc). He blows me away with everything that he's picking up. He knows animals, letters, shapes... He even knows most of the characters on Sesame Street (His new thing is pointing out Cookie Monster... "Coo-KEY").
We give him puzzles to work on, and he loves the big lego blocks. But the key is that when he's playing, we're there with him, and we try to encourage him and challenge him as we go.
Is this product bad? I don't think so, it's another tool to use, but I don't think it's the magical be-all-end-all to teach your child to read.
PS - I may or may not have downloaded the DVDs, and it may or may not look basically like a lower production value Baby Einstien... just saying)
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