| Every weekend in America movies are rated by the | | | | Be Global |
| millions of dollars they bring into the box office. Even | | | | With the globalization of both business and education |
| with the high costs of tickets, 31 millions dollars is a lot | | | | the more languages any person speaks the better off |
| of people in the seats. We are a movie culture. | | | | they are. Many schools are developing dual language |
| Many people thirty and over remember the very first | | | | programs where children can learn in two languages at |
| movie they saw. Children of the next generation aren't | | | | the same time to make them more fluent in the global |
| as likely to remember that first one though, because | | | | village. When is the best time to learn a second |
| they will see it when they were babies. | | | | language? When you are learning the first one. |
| DVDs for babies seems like a silly idea, but | | | | The website features a full line of DVDs for babies |
| researchers are discovering the added color, | | | | that teach language acquisition. Among the languages |
| movement, lights and sounds introduced to a baby's | | | | represented are American Sign Language, Italian, |
| environment can actually have very positive effects of | | | | French and Spanish. Using songs and visual word |
| neurological development. Plug in and watch your child | | | | associations these DVDs help a child and the parents |
| learn and grow. | | | | learn together. |
| Make A Genius | | | | Speak Local |
| For decades it was thought that some kids were born | | | | Language is made of words and the key to |
| geniuses and some kids weren't. You either came out | | | | development for babies along with the physical abilities |
| of the womb as Einstein or as Joe. With vast | | | | is vocabulary development. DVDs have been show to |
| improvements in understand both babies and | | | | highly improve a baby's ability to form and speak |
| intelligence, researchers now know that many children | | | | words early. Bee Smart Baby is a DVD vocabulary |
| can attain a high IQ and ability simply by the learning | | | | builder that teaches words with music, games, visuals |
| and experiences they develop in their primary years. | | | | and repetition. |
| To further that, the Disney Company has come out | | | | A testimonial on the website claims their baby had |
| with a line of videos and products called Baby Einstein. | | | | learned 10 words by nine months of age. By using the |
| The Baby Einstein DVDs feature music, sounds, nature, | | | | DVD along with the constant communication parents |
| and babies as they explore things like a child's first | | | | have with children, new words (that a parent might not |
| movements, and sound recognition. Encouraging babies | | | | think to teach) can be added to the child's vocabulary. |
| to clap, jump and move help begin the kinesthetic | | | | None of these DVDs are ever going to win an |
| process at a very young age. It doesn't mean your | | | | Academy Award, but it does appear that the movies, |
| child will do quantum mechanics at 4, but it will add a | | | | our tried and trusted escape, may actually be helping |
| set of experiences and abilities to their repertoire. | | | | our children after all. |