Showing posts with label Prevention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prevention. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Why “Charlie and the Alphabet” and Similar Videos Cause So Many Kids to Shut Down – And How to Prevent It


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Early wrong input is hard to undo. Claude Bernard saw it in the 1800s. Thorndike proved it in 1913. Charlie Munger explained why the mind closes the door.

For years I have been warning about instructional videos that teach consonant sounds with extraneous “uh”. These videos don’t just confuse children — they cause many to disengage completely from learning to read.