Thanks KL and Kappasweet!
KL: I started teaching my son with Doman flash cards (words and math) when he was 5 and a half months old. The first two weeks was more trial and error....we started off with 5 sets of words and 2 sets of math cards...but that was realistically not possible, so we decreased the number of words and math cards. My son loved the math cards but always looked away from the word cards...that's when I bought the LR and he loved it!
We are still using the math cards....I do only 5 numbers a day (1 set 3 times a day) and add/ retire one number everyday.
For EK, its just the LR...we did colors for 7 days (twice a day) and now he knows all of them.
For reading, LR again, he pays attention for a lot of words on LR compared to flash cards....however, when I tested him, I showed him the flash cards that I had started with and which I thought he wasn't paying attention to- but apparently, I was wrong
I believe that the foundation for all of this was set when we did prenatal stimulation (I got a lot of ideas from this forum). We did music, singing, meditation, 'kick game' and reading. I read 'Cat in the hat' for him when I was pregnant- thats his favorite book now
He also started saying 'AUM' at 4 and a half months (I used to meditate by chanting AUM). I have posted our experience with this- a few days after he was born, his heart rate would drop when we would chant AUM in his ears!
After his birth, we did balance activities and some visual stimulation as suggested by Dr. Doman- as a result of that, he started crawling earlier and is a very active baby.
I was inspired by what you did for your baby- so, thanks again.
The LR reduces the time I would spend on material preparation and I am able to spend that time with my child instead. Keep up the wonderful work!
Best regards,
MK
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