My 8 yr old Doman Kid was accepted to College!!!! Share your success stories

[Mandabplus3]

Yeah! What she said but with videos please

[Mandy]

HI all

I am so happy to share whatever I can with you all. Although, I keep reiterating that I feel you are putting me on a pedestal and we have not arrived yet. Either way, I am happy to share if it will help all your selfless parents and lovely children. I am simply going to answer your questions and hope it sheds some light. I pray that this will inspire every single one of you to continue loving your children, as we all know, without love the brain will not respond.

You asked about math curriculum, that has become my fetish. I study, research and then employ. You must remember that my son just turned 9 and so some of the curriculum is already outdated. I used to use Singapore when you could only get the Asian version. Given the likes of Common Core (and if ANYONE wants me to tell you how detrimental this is to your children, I would be more than happy to expound), I am glad I did use those. I used a plethora of math curriculum since this is what my child loved. The likes of which were Singapore, Saxon, Math u See, Miquon, Kitchen Table Math and countless math story books eg. Sir Cumference. We did go through each of the books but as soon as he got a concept, we moved on. That being said, he did do Kumon so I felt like the drills would get anything I didn't cover. We only recently stopped that at level K. He graduated from the Sr. Aloha Abacus and now teaches there.

He did Doman dots and has a good feel for it even now. When I show his brother he is usually off at most by 9. So it is great to see that is all processed and stored. Regarding other languages, I am South African and my husband is Swedish. I can say that Christian totally understands Afrikaans (and when he Holland and Belgium understood Dutch and Flemish) and is fluent in Swedish (understand Norwegian). He went to a Spanish preschool twice a week and we did 4 yrs of Chinese School but stopped when it got too technical i.e. strokes and not enough verbal learning.

The only class I ever paid for sports wise was Gymnastics. I was blessed that he did up to 13 hrs a day. Once he hit 7, I could pay for sports and that included Club soccer, Karate, Flag football, Swimming, Track etc. Yes, he does everything. But before 5, I solely concentrated on Doman and it was rigorous. The running is 3 times a day and you have to build up to three miles which is pretty substantial, even for myself. Crawling and creeping were set by the Doman PHD class. How did I do it? ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD!! And two wonderful Doman mommies that did it with me. Ask Gloria on this site, we laughed together and only too often CRIED together.

I honestly don't know how I did it because back then we didn't have Brillkids and I created all my own bits, while running my immigration business. Crazy days. I forfeited the normal LA lifestyle of going out for teas and coffees with friends and strapping babies to strollers. My life was and still is my children. I figure that I will have lots of time to devote to other things once they are all grown up. You don't have to do it to the Nth degree like I did but once you go to the Institutes, you will realize what wonderful outcomes can come of it.

My hopes right now is that I haven't ruined my son. I have seen such enormous growth from him in just one month at College. Learning to sit and take notes and answer questions and the toughest by far - GETTING HIM TO SIT THROUGH TWO AND A HALF HOUR LECTURE WITH NO BREAK!! He has learnt to deal with pressure and was just DEVASTATED to get 90% for his first exam. He has learnt to begin to see things in perspective when his peers were thrilled to get 72% for the same test. I am praying that his academic, spiritual and physical growth will all be met.

I had to pull him out of the Anthropology class given the content. Given his age he is literally the last person on campus to get a class, so it is to my discretion if I want him under the influence of the Lecturer (usually the bottom of the barrel). I faught to have him with the most perfect Prof. in math because this is his gifting and we got that. Regarding his options, there are so many out there if you are ready to fight for it. I could get him dual highschool and college credit and he could get his AA and transfer into Uni at 14. Do I want that??? Does he want that??? Probably not. For now, I am meeting him where he is at academically and hopefully, it will allow him to avoid all those boring hours of school. Thus trading them in for life experiences. We were thinking of spending a year or two in Europe, going to a Swiss finishing school or the like? Who knows.

Key to success, is much like my Christian walk, GRACE - GRACE - GRACE. Grace to myself if I don't get through the 300 flashcards, 3 languages, piano, PHD course, math, school curriculum, monkey bars and a run. Grace to my boys on the days they simply can't pull themselves together to do it and grace to my husband who used to think I was a nutcase. Now he simply marvels. We are both gifted parents and high achievers but did we reach our full potential, methinks not. This is what I am striving for in my boys. As are all of you. The regrets I have was not cutting myself enough slack and simply going to my to do list. I have such sweet memories of us learning our tables on the trampoline, doing our log rolls in the grass, throwing baby brother to each other across the water.......

It is for this reason I am hesitant to post my daily curriculum. My A type personality used it as a checklist and I am scared that if I post it, people will take it as their daily schedule without their child's interests. I know if someone had done that for me a few years ago, I would have jumped at it. So that being said, convince me otherwise and I will. God bless you all. You are such selfless parents and have definitely taken the road less travelled by. We don't do it so our children will thank us, we do it because as a loving parent, it is the ONLY thing we can do.

Okay, now I have to go and put my tikes to bed. Hope that gave you a glimpse into our world. Krista, I hear what you are saying about all the typing

[Mandabplus3]

I think it would be pretty safe to post your daily schedules in here. The people who frequent this forum truly do love and understand their children. Plus they would have had to read through the rest of the thread and see there was love and laughter in your daily life too.

[waterdreamer]

I think your safe to post your list. Everyone here is pretty good at modifying things to suit their family's. I don't think anyone is going to copy your list to a tee and forget the fun stuff that keeps their kiddos happy. But it might help them see if they are missing anything important.

[Amalie]

I think that it is correct to say that most mums here just hope to fulfil their childrens' potential. I do step back often to make sure there we are happy and that there is lots of love. As much as good intelligence, I hope that they will also attain great motivation to learn. Your schedule will be very helpful for us on this journey which is riddled with so much uncertainty. eg. I have wondered sometimes whether early reading could stifle creativity (comments here greatly appreciated) so instead of just reading books we also make up stories. These are hilarious sometimes like the camel who walked into a restaurant and refused to sit down. He then ordered popcorn which the restaurant didn't have etc. A related question - how important is it to just focus on right brain development in the first 5 years (I assume that is how Doman weighs the curriculum?) or should there be a balance of right and left, and how did you manage that?

[Mandy]

HI All

It has been quite fun to go back through my records and see exactly what we did. I use WE because I crawled these with him!! No wonder my knees ache. So here is the PHD program we did. This was for when he was 5. I didn't start until he was three. Daily schedule to follow too.

This will make a lot more sense for those of you familiar with the phd course.

         Course =    230   feet         
   Times   Yards   Feet    Total Feet   Laps         
wk 1   5   5   15   75   0.326086957         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 2   5   20   60   300   1.304347826         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 3   5   20   60   300   1.304347826         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 4   5   20   60   300   1.304347826         EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 6   5   30   90   450   1.956521739         EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 8   5   40   120   600   2.608695652   2.5      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 10   5   50   150   750   3.260869565   3.5      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 12   2   100   300   600   2.608695652   2.5      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
            3375   14.67391304         
            2700   11.73913043         
            6075            
                        
                        
                        
wk 1   5   20   60   300   1.304347826         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 2   5   50   150   750   3.260869565         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 3   5   50   150   750   3.260869565         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 4   5   60   180   900   3.913043478         EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 6   5   100   300   1500   6.52173913   6      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 8   5   150   450   2250   9.782608696   10      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 10   4   150   450   1800   7.826086957   8      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 12   4   250   750   3000   13.04347826   13      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
            11250   48.91304348         
            9450   41.08695652         
            15525            
            2.940340909            
                        
                        
                        

[Mandy]

Here is what I did for one year of age... I have for each year. I am not sure if you want that...may be too much but you will get a feel for it.


[tabTIME   DEVELOPMENT   MONDAY   TUESDAY   WEDNESDAY   THURSDAY   FRIDAY   SATURDAY   
   Language   Spanish   Swedish   Swedish   Spanish   Swedish   Swedish   
   Sound Play Music cds   Spanish   Chinese   French   Japanese   Chinese   Vivaldi and Motzart   
   Environment   Black & White in Crib   Floor textures   Side boards   Colored Mobile   Stick b/w around his room      
RESULTS OF FIRST EVALUATION      p.47 OF How smart is your baby                  
                        
Doman   Visual Competance/outline   Colored Check board every waking moment   Even on your way to sleep   One new colored card a day and keep adding            
   Visual Competance/bits   10x/day of 1-3 bit cards, 10sec   Retire one card per day and put a new one in per day repeat it for 1 week.      Dots (1-10), Faces, Colored B/W bits (2 sets)   Hold 12-18" away and say square for a few secs.   When finished go to part 3&4   
   Visual Competance 5 pathways   10x/day of 30sec each   Show flashcard   Show word   Taste fruit   Smell fruit   Touch fruit   Different fruit every day
P.64 Checklist   Auditory Program   10x/day of 10sec each, 10 stimulations   Pots, pans, symbols, bells etc.   "Now you are going 2hear blocks   Stand 2 ft away and bang loudly, wait 3 secs, do it, 3, do it   Each of the 3 times say Blocks   Ask if he enjoyed it? Have fun   
   Tactile Program   10x/day @ 60sec   Opposite textures   bottle brush/tooth brush   On arms, legs, hands, feet and torso   Say "touch"      
   Tactile Program   5x/day 60sec of tickling/massage                  
   Mobility: Inclined track   15x/day of 60sec(trip down track)   Put track at 6-24" high   Work to this. This is the only area that Lucas didn't achieve perfect on. So use the abvoe to start with.            
   Mobility: track   Min. 4hrs daily                  
   Mobility:flat track   Way of life! 3-18 hrs daily   To grow mobility pathway   Lie in prone position   BE on the floor with him   Even in his sleep   crawling, marching, skipping   
   Mobility:Balance (p.169)   15x/day fo 15sec, then work to 45sec   Twice daily   Hold sitting up, Airoplane, rock side, rock up/down, rocking chair, pull forward & back, slide l/r, clockwise, shoulder spin L, spin on right shoulder, lift baby up/down, roll back2tummy, trot around house            
   Manual/Grasp reflex   15x/day fo 20sec, then work to30sec   To grow manual competance   Start holding a bar   Gently pull baby toward you, stay for a few sec. then lower   Say - Grasp   From no weight to all weight   
   Manual/Prehensible grasp   10x/day for 60sec   Pick up 1-3 objects of varying size      small objects for 60sec.         
   Swimming   Floating with his chin on my shoulder   Floating on his back   Blowing bubbles   Bobbing up and down, passing under shower 10x nonstop, going underwater, jumping into bath, grasp sides of tub or thumbs, kisses!!!         
   Language (Ch.14)   Ample opportunity to talk and listen to baby   Listen to baby every waking moment               
   Language (Ch.14)   Have a conversation   10x/day of 60sec               
   Language (Ch.14. p.124)   Create specific sounds in poem   5x/day of 1-2 minutes               
   Language (Ch.14)   Use a choice board   How many times a day?               
   Language (Ch.14)   Assigning a meaning to a sound   New specific sounds today?               
Others   Games   Put a bell on her sock   Different color mitten   Bell on mitten   Attach string to foot and string to mobile, baby kicks   Different color sock      
   Smells   Flowers   Herbs   Perfume   Flowers   Herbs   Perfume   
   Signing   Eat   Sleep   Restroom - middle finger over forfinger and go up and down up and down      More      
   Textures   Flannel 100X   Silk   Velvet   Linen   Grass   Say the word of the texture or rough/smooth etc.   
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[Mandy]

Sorry, I tried to paste it in a tab and it didn't work. Here is the attachment. Hope that helps. As you can see, it was nothing stellar. Just following the guidelines.

[Mandy]

Given the year, 2010 made Lucas 3 months old. I have one schedule per level of brain development that co-incides with Doman and again can post if interested.

[Mandabplus3]

I can see a number of things in that list that I don't remember reading in the books. So I guess your comment re the course gives you more is true 
Many many of those activities wouldn't take long at all and would be entirely feasible for any stay at home mum and frankly most of them could be done by childcare workers even in a group. They may struggle with getting it all done each day with multiple babies but it would be interesting to see a Doman inspired activity book for the childcare centres!
Ok now what's for the next year 
Can you tell I am curious?
Oh and I forgot to mention. Congratulations to your son for getting a solid mark on his first assignment at college. He must have worked hard and focused on the key points to get that. Good effort!

[Korrale4kq]

Oh do please keep sharing. So much of this is familar. It is what we did with my son when he was an infant. Pretty much all of this sans the languages. But we did it through play. I kept notes of what to do and just kept trying to make a habit of doing these things. Many things can be implemented each time the baby is nursed. Or after a not. Or as they get older after feeding time. It seems so overwhelming. But a groove can be found. Just do things incrementally.

[A_BC]

Thank you so much Mandy for sharing your schedule and yes please we want more   . I can tell by looking at your schedule that you are the organized mom I am trying to be (but simply struggling as there are so many things to fit in a day). How did you remember to do everything? Did you keep a super long checklist with all the activities PLUS preparing the teaching material PLUS cooking/ cleaning/ appointments, etc  ? Do you usually get enough sleep?

Oh and how did you juggle between a baby and a preschooler? (I have a 4y and an 8m baby, they both need my attention pretty constantly.)

[Mandy]

Yes, I had this checklist posted up in our play area. I always tell everyone, I will sleep when I die. I am finally turning in my immigration business after 15 yrs. College is taking up a lot of prep work!! Here's my oldest's summary of all the years.

[A_BC]

Thanks for the prompt response! What I love about your schedule is that are so many activities but each of them doesn't take a long time. I guess consistency plays a big role as well.

I edited my previous post while you were writing yours. I guess I ask that question again: How could you juggle between a preschooler and a baby that may seek your attention pretty constantly?

[A_BC]

Another question: You mentioned that your son went to Aloha (Soroban math school). Mine started last week, he just turned 4 and he entered the Jr. L1. They were reluctant to accept him in the beginning because of his "young age", though we do math at a 2nd grade level at home. They tested him and were pretty surprised by his math abilities.

During his first session, he would just write down the answer if the tutor is standing by him. He wouldn't finish the rest by himself. So they advised me to bring him back in a year or so when he's "emotionally ready"  . I was so disappointed and suggested he may need more time to get used to it. Did you have a similar problem when you started Aloha? Do you have ideas to get him more motivated to finish his worksheets by himself (He wasn't impressed by Aloha Dollars last time    )

Also, how frequently did you practice Soroban (in addition to the required homework)?

Thank you.

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