Hm, thanks for the informative post for others considering buying this product!

I wouldn't be too hard on the set though. I have not bought it myself but am considering it and am not put off by the issues you raised. I don't think the discrepancies you mentioned are significant enough to throw a child's understanding. I have used similar methods for learning French as an adult and often the pictures are a fairly poor example of the word but are nonetheless valuable.

If this is your only concern I still think the vids are probably quite good, especially if you watch the videos with your child and you can help clarify. I would by no means toss the set based on those minor discrepancies but if you continue to find more serious errors please let us know!

I am also interested in this subject. My baby is only 4mo but I'm already wondering what to do with him when he reaches school-age.

I live in Australia but the situation is the same as TeachingMyToddlers said of Virginia: Kindy is optional.

I would love to keep my LO at home for that year at least and would consider homeschooling grades/years 1 and 2 as well.

I'm very worried about him being too advanced and do not want him to be skipped ahead a year (as happened to gifted hubby) because the innumerate social problems of being so much younger than classmates (especially in the teenage years and especially for a boy).

TracyR4's story horrifies me! I don't think we will be able to afford private schooling for the primary years as I have no intention of returning to work so I'm left with the public system--a frightening prospect.

Baby and I are currently spending time on physical, emotional, musical and verbal development including both English and French. We have just started math and will commence literacy in English, French and Latin soon. (I hope most people will understand this is not out of an interest in results but in feeding the mind of a child who has a lot of gifted people in his heritage and is therefore likely to need a lot of intellectual stimulation)

Sometimes I wonder if my plans to stimulate baby in his youngest years may end up being a diservice to him when he starts school. Will he come to hate school if school cannot meet his intellectual needs? Will they just want to skip him ahead and throw him into a pot of social problems?

This time is about you and your baby.

Pleasing anyone other than yourself and your baby is not your priority, even your husband.

I actually wanted my mum and dad at the delivery and they were very helpful, they put hot towels on my back and were there to take some photos while hubby and I were still dazed and confused. I wouldn't recommend having anyone in the room who you don't feel 100% comfortable with being there--but those you are very comfortable with can be a big help.

After the birth my mother-in-law turned up uninvited before I had even showered. I was too exhausted to argue and hubby was too beaming with pride to send her away himself. I thought hubby and I had discussed this very clearly previously but apparently not.

If you have great relationships with your own fam or his fam then having them visit and take some film or photos can be lovely. But this is about you and baby only so if you don't want them there, they have no right to contest your decision. If you have a difficult relationship with these people, having them around while you are tired, sore, vulnerable and emotional is probably the last thing you could possibly need.

I would love the opportunity to beta test the program.

Both my husband and myself are keenly interested in music and place a high value on music as part of a child's education.
We play both guitar and piano and have experience writing music as well.
We especially love to make up our own songs to amuse our little one!

I, myself, have been particularly interested in early music learning and hope to have our little one learning piano and/or violin from the earliest age possible.

I'm hoping that your program will meet my expectations as a sound introduction to the joy of understanding music!