Robert C. Titzer, Ph.D., an educator and researcher in the field of infant learning and father of two daughters, currently lives in San Diego County in California. After earning his teaching credentials from San Diego State University, he taught in the public schools on Guam and in California. He completed a master of science degree from The Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Human Performance from Indiana University, where he worked in infant development laboratories conducting theoretically important experiments related to infant learning. He has conducted research in laboratories around the country and he has taught at several universities.

Dr. Titzer has become a recognizable expert in the area of infant learning and his work has been published in scientific journals -- including the prestigious Psychological Review. He has given talks about early learning on four continents speaking with thousands of parents around the world. He demonstrates fun learning activities that parents can do with infants and toddlers to stimulate brain development. Dr. Titzer has appeared on thousands of TV programs and networks including Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, Channel 5 (in the United Kingdom), UTV (in Northern Ireland), The David and Kim Show (in Australia), Canada AM, A Current Affair (in Australia), CNN, MSNBC, Headline News, The Discovery Channel,  CBS This Morning, ABC World News Now, Knowledge TV, Real TV, Parenting Principles (on PBS), EXTRA, and The Learning Channel. Dr. Titzer has spoken with US Senators and other government officials about the importance of early learning. Dr. Titzer created the Your Baby Can Read! DVDs and books as well as the new Your Baby Can Learn! books. He taught his children to read as babies and he is available to provide private consultations for families with babies and toddlers.

Aleka’s Story

The Your Baby Can Read Learning System began in 1991 with Dr. Robert Titzer’s first child, Aleka. At that time he was leaving his infant daughter with a babysitter while researching infant development at Indiana University. Through his studies Dr. Titzer knew that a baby’s brain develops rapidly, and he wanted to make a difference in Aleka’s learning development. So, he created a simple, interactive homemade video to help Aleka recognize the written word at the same time she was learning the spoken word.

The results were astonishing! At 9 months, Aleka recognized over 30 written words. By her first birthday, she read more than 100 words. Her progress at 18 months included phonetic reading of first-grade-level library books! At two years, she regularly read 10 – 20 books a day, and at three years, she read all 314 pages of A.A. Milne’s The World of Pooh in less than two hours. On her 4th birthday, she read at the 11th grade level phonetically, on par with the average 16-year-old!