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I have heard fabulous things about the Jones Geniuses Program, their testimonials and news clips are VERY impressive!

I want to purchase this set but they are not BL affiliates and therefore there are no coupon codes available. I was thinking that if we approached their company rep with 3-5 people interested in purchasing they might cut us a small group discount? There's no harm in asking, right?

Right now, I know Waterdreamer and myself are interested in purchasing the program--that makes 2 of us. Please let me know if you are interested as well (seriously) and I will speak to JG about a possible discount. (or waterdreamer if you want to do the negotiating, that's ok with me too! you seem like you contact companies frequently for your blog, you might be better at this type of thing than me but I am willing to try).

no promise that there will be a discount, but it's worth a shot.


http://www.jonesgeniuses.com/

I AM! I'm very interested in purchasing the Early Learning program so please keep me posted on the negotiations for the discount! Thanks!!!

I'm going to leave this one with you Tonya lol. There sick of hearing from me over there lol.

I'm a little interested, because they make various dramatic claims about acceleration and because there are some very enthusiastic testimonials, but (a) the world is full of frauds, cranks, and shysters who make dramatic claims, and (b) testimonials are not worth very much, period, because of the nature of statistics.

So what I really need is an in-depth explanation of the nature of the program.  If they can't supply me with that, and are asking me to pay $150 without so much as a look inside the curricula (in fact, I can't even quite tell what I'd be buying), I can't take them very seriously.

They landed this excellent publicity back in 1997:

http://www.dallasobserver.com/1997-09-04/news/too-smart-for-their-own-good/

If their methods were truly revolutionary, why isn't Dr. Jones a famous zillionaire by now?  I know that one can ask the same question of Doman, but I think we can answer that question re Doman.  I can't answer the question re Jones.

OK, So with the 3 people here interested (Myself, Waterdreamer, & BitsofMontessori) plus one other person who contacted me via private message, that makes 4 people.  Nice!

DadDude, I would recommend contacting them via phone and ask to speak to Dr. Jones personally if the rep named Chris cannot answer your questions.

If anyone else reads this and is interested, just let me know!  I will contact them today and report back. Thanks!

Definitely interested in the early learning program - wish I had some more info about it, I keep getting redirected to the math three page.

I think I know why he's not making a zillion dollars - incompetent business man. The site is atrocious and he doesn't respond to emails or return phone calls. Who wouldn't give up. :confused:

Still, if I can get some decent info on the product and be sure my money will be in return for something I'm in :)

Hi LilyAndOwensMom, Waterdreamer and BitsofMontessori

I'm interested too. So, please keep me posted about additional information and on the negotiations for the discount.

Thanks in advance for your efforts,
Kind regards,
Gilma

hello all!
i want to let you know that i have had great luck with dr. jones.  we spent a lot of time on the phone.  yes, it did take me a few tries to contact him, but once i did he was very nice.  don't forget that this is a BIG vacation month for educators (and he does have a school in dallas) so he might have just taken some time off.  and i am using the products from him for both math and reading.  yes, the things are a bit "home made" but they are doing the trick and we are learning a lot!  remember, he did start all of this before the internet got so "slick"... AND there are some people who are not great at business.  i don't think that should take away from what they are doing/trying to do.  also, we have to thank our lucky starts that we have such a wonderful resource available to us like LR and LM and the brillkids forum.    obviously KL not only has great ideas for educating our young, but is a great businessman, which obviously in this field is rare.
and i think $150 for all the stuff/information you get is a good deal.  with that being said, i'm not allowed to buy any more flashcards, education materials for 6 months! lol
maybe instead of asking for a discount on the product you might ask for free access to the internet parent classes?  he might go for that first, then offer the discount for the other stuff.
just a thought :yes:
let me know how it goes with everything.  if you have any questions about the program, do PM me and i will elaborate further,
the doc :clown:

What do you get for the $150?

I actually spoke with him a while ago, the 150$ I believe is for a reading and math kit. If your child is reading well you only would want the math kit for 90 something dollars. I haven't made up my mind yet though. He gave me his number to call with questions or to discuss early childhood education topics, sos I would need to speak with him further before I could make up my mind on the utility of the earliest program.

I shot over an email a few hours ago to Chris whom I have been in contact with this week. I will wait at least a day or so to give him a chance to think about options and reply. It was a very  simple email, basically stating that there are a bunch of us interested in potentially buying the programs and we'd like to talk about a small group discount, so call me and let's talk.

Will keep you all posted. I was hoping for a % off, but attending the online classes free of charge is a good negotiating tool too! Great idea.

Oh, and a "homemade" vibe doesn't both me....it's the results I'm after! And the joy of learning too. ;) But seriously, KL taught Felicity with a homemade little reader prototype, just because it's simple or not the flashiest thing on the planet doesn't make it ineffective.

I am interested in the JG program!

Okay All-

While I am waiting to hear back from JG, what I need from you is:

• PM me your email address for the rep to contact you if/when a deal is worked out. You don't have to send any personally identifying information to me but a list of emails would be helpful.
• Also, specify which program in particular you are considering. I am assuming more want the early learning reading/math kit but I would like to know for sure to make a list to relay to him
• Lastly, what questions do you have? I can ask over email and post the answers here so we can get a more detailed idea of what we are potentially buying into.

I have three questions for you to pass along:

Can you describe in some detail what is included in the $150 package?

Is it possible to buy just the math stuff?  My boy can already read pretty well.

How about a few samples, eh?

My question would be:
What does a typical day/lesson with JG math (or reading) look like? 

I did notice,  DadDude, that http://www.jonesgeniuses.com/  gives a few options for math.  The early math only seems to come with the reading, but if they know their numbers and some concept of addition and subratction, it looks like you can use Math 3.  But I'm not sure it will work with younger children because, as you said, I cannot see what the curriculum looks like.

Ok, I spoke with the rep this morning. He needs to mull it over with Dr. Jones but he said that he feels they should be able to do *something.* He explained they don't have a lot of profit margin on every program so they can only do so much, but he would discuss it and get back to me. I told him after we reached an agreement I would forward on your emails and contact information. I forwarded on the questions below, I hope I didn't miss anything. I believe how it is going to work is something like a certain % if we get x number of people, then an additional % off if we get x number of people, but that was just an idea floating around in our conversation, nothing is set in stone, they may make it a certain percentage across the board, I don't know.

Hello,

Here are the questions the group had, most people are looking for more clarity about what is in the package.

Feel free to give me a call back after you are done discussing this with Dr. Jones. Thanks!

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What items are included in the kit and are any additional materials/purchases required?

Does the kit include teaching instructions and/or lesson plans?

Can the program be used as "stand alone" or is the corresponding online course necessary for it's most effective use?

What does a typical day/lesson with JG math (or reading) look like?

Can you describe in some detail what is included in the $150 package?

Is it possible to buy just the math stuff?  My boy can already read pretty well.

How about a few samples, eh?

Is it available in Australia?

What is in the pack?

How long after ordering can we expect to receive our items in the mail?

How long does it typically take to complete the Early Reading & Math program?

Most of the kids taught on our site are pretty young. If a young child started the program early and completed it by age 4 for example, would they be able to move on to the next kit (facts master) which is supposed to be for a 6-12 year old? Is that kit adaptable or would there be a break in learning until they were old enough to handle the age 6-12 kit?

Hey DocPrimo, I am sure you are just as busy as the rest of us! However, could you possibly find the time to take some up close pictures of your kit? If not, we understand but it would help us out tremendously!

Hello All-

We have reached an agreement with JG and they did agree to give us a discount. :) I will be sending out a private message with the actual numbers, they are treating our group as a co-op and asked that we not publicly discuss the amount...kind of a "one time deal."   if you were not interested before but might have changed your mind upon reading this thread or attending the online seminar, that's fine, email me and I will add you to my list. They just would prefer not to have the prices left out publicly, they are only good until the 25th.

ALL ORDERS MUST BE IN BY NEXT WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25TH TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNTED PRICE.

 If there is a financial issue at hand, such as waiting for a Friday payday type of thing, please order by Wednesday and then pay within a few days time. Ideally, pay at the time of order but I mentioned to him that this is a very short time frame and paydays are usually on Fridays and to please take that into consideration. He agreed and can charge the card at a later date, but he wants a notification and will being prepping the orders BY WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25th.

Dr. Jones is holding an online seminar just for our group via his online classroom software on Monday, August 23rd at 4pm CENTRAL TIME. it is live and interactive, you will be able to ask questions, etc. Please visit this website if you need to figure out what local time 4pm Central time is is for you.  http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ There are only 23 spots available, first dibs go to the initial 11 people interested on my list. Please reply back to my PM if you plan to attend or not so I can save or give away your spot as needed.

I will be sending out PM's shortly, please be patient, sometimes my kids don't let me do things. :)

Dear Lily&OwensMom,

To reply to some of your questions:

The contents of the Matrix Math - Threshold to Reading kit are listed with a brief description on jonesgeniuses.com

We do not include the Primer which is 100 Easy Lessons to Teach your Child to Read by Siegfried Englemann.  It is less than $20 and many people have it already so it seemed simpler and less expensive to not raise the price to include it in the kit.  So that will have to be bought separately.  Otherwise you have everything you need.

The kit is all teaching instruction to the parents both in the text and on DVD.  It is a program by which you teach your child to read and do math.  It is not a "magical" software by which you park your child in front of the computer, come back in a few days and "voila" they are reading.

The online courses are not required for the program to be successful.  We do recommend that you self organize, we will help you do so, and work the program as a coop.  We find the additional support and availability of expertise helps significantly.

The programs can be purchased separately (Matrix Math & Threshold to Reading).  Buying them together gives you a 25% discount.

Lesson plans vary according to the age and skill level of each child.  We proceed in terms of steps rather than units.  We have scheduled an online demo to show you the materials in the kit and how to use them.  The demo is scheduled for this coming Monday at 4 pm CST and Tonya will send you the link.

We are considering all of you on this list as a coop for the purpose of offering a back to school discount for your group.  This doesn't entail any obligation on your part except an interest in this demo and other forums or classes you may want to participate in via this online coop.

We do provide materials to people all over the world, so far including Canada, Russia, Brazil, Alaska, etc.  The shipping costs can be significantly different.  In the United States it only takes a few days to a week, normally, for a kit to arrive once it is shipped.

A couple more important questions:


How long does it typically take to complete the Early Reading & Math
program?  Most of the kids taught on our site are pretty young. If a young child
started the program early and completed it by age 4 for example, would they
be able to move on to the next kit (facts master) which is supposed to be
for a 6-12 year old? Is that kit adaptable or would there be a break in
learning until they were old enough to handle the age 6-12 kit?
 
It depends upon the age, skill level of the child, and the consistency with which the parent applies the program.  Someone who does it 4 times daily will go more than twice as fast as some doing it twice. Once a day will work as long as you are regular.  Dropping the ball is the worst thing you can do.  A child first grade age can go through the Matrix Math within weeks, a child who is 2 years old may take a year or more.  They would be prepared to go on to Math Three our first grade level program.  There are some children who struggle to make the move from Matrix to Math Three.  We are developing a Math Two course for them but in most cases they make the transition just fine.  A lot depends upon their age etc.  From Threshold to Reading we proceed through a set of graded readers up to 3rd grade level where they can participate in Reading Lab.

I look forward to seeing you at our Demo Monday Aug 23 at 4 pm CST, here is the link:

To join as a Participant, use the link below and type in your name on the sign in page:

(edited out: I can give the link out to a maximum of 23 people and will do so via private message along with the price. Please reply back if you plan to attend or not, if I should save your seat.)

 
Sometimes your security will not allow this program to download without giving it permission.  There will be a little box below your address toolbar that will inform you of the security request, right click on it and give permission to download.  For any other problems logging on call us or contact technical support, visit http://www.elluminate.com/support-portal or call 866-388-8674 option 2.


Dr. Jones

Thanks so much Tonya! Karma too you! I just sold some old programs so now is the perfect time to get this one!!

I am interested too.
$150 is it Singapore dollar?
Is it including shipment? Or do we need to collect somewhere?
How do I make payment?
please keep me updated.



[email protected]

LilyAndOwensMom!
Thank you for all the effort! Karma to you!

eegchoon- I will PM you the discounted price and the information for the online seminar on Monday. Then, if you decide to purchase it must be done no later than next Wednesday.

They can ship world wide, they will determine your shipping to Singapore on an individual basis.

Just an update- Only 7 spots left for the online seminar. 16 of the 23 spots for the seminar are currently spoken for, if you are just now reading this post and you are interested, PM me and I will reserve you a spot.

Also, if you are on my original list of interested people, let me know if you cannot make the online seminar so I can give away your spot if needed.

You do NOT have to attend the seminar to buy the JG program at the discounted price. Anyone on the forums can receive the discount but you have to purchase by next Wednesday to get it.

I will be sending out reminder PMs & emails shortly- don't forget the online seminar is today, Monday August 23rd at 4pm CENTRAL TIME.  Visit www.timeanddate.com if you need to figure out your local time.

I have a few spots left, PM me ASAP if you just wanted to take a look at what this program is all about and attend the online seminar today (no obligation to purchase).

I think it will be a great program and I am buying it myself this week, but please investigate everything yourself to determine if it is the right program for you...I am just the messenger.:)

It was a great presentation.  I loved it.  What do you guys think?  I didn't hear the part of being a member.

Karma to you.

Of course as soon as I step out to put my kids to bed it was almost over and I missed the last 15 minutes.

Throughout the whole thing I was unfortunately only able to catch bits and pieces, I had company over for dinner that I was half-ignoring (it was a great friend and her two kids who were not offended but it was very loud), plus my two kids were needing me.

I think my daughter will get a lot more out of the math than the reading because she already knows her letters and basic letter sounds, but hopefully the last half of the phonics program will get her over the hump to reading phonetically. From math we are basically starting from scratch. However, it's just a little more to get both of the programs so I'll probably get them both anyway,I can always use it on my younger son too.

When I get my kit I'm going to have to call one of you and have you re-explain all of the parts I missed taking while taking care of everything else going on!

So the seminar has happened already? Hard to trust the competency of a company who will not email me any answers to me questions.

Yes, just ended, I am sorry you missed it. I would have gladly PM'd you the link if I would have known you were interested. It's a shame though the rep didn't contact you back, I do know that he (Chris) left the office about about 3:15 central time because he called me right before hand, so if you contacted him after that, that is why. If not, then I don't know what his reasoning is.

Tonya,
When can we expect a call from Chris to take our orders?

hopefully tmrw i think!

@waterdreamer- do you have skype? DL it so I can ask you some of the things I missed because my kids were being....kids LOL. If you think your computer can handle it. It's not a big program and it only takes a second. If not, that's ok too!

Ladies!
 Please, please, please  can you post more details about what happened at the webinar!
It happened to me exactly like to LilyAndOwensMom!
The moment the seninar started my daughter started  pulling me away from the computer, for one thing or the other, and with the sound being not loud enough,
I couldn't follow the discussion from a distance.

I'll try to say what I remember, then perhaps others can add on.

Dr. Jones talked the about the Math Matrix program first.  He spoke on how they teach numerals and numbers at the same time using dots on the numerals.  He teaches the children to count forward and backwards, then uses that understanding to teach addition and subtraction.  He also uses the Dot Matrix cards, that he provides with the curriculum set, when teaching addition and subtraction.  He said, at the beginning, it is important to start with the bigger number and count forward (for addition) or backwards (for subtraction).  Once they understand the concept, he has sets of math facts on something like worksheets that the children go through.  At first there are 4 problems, then 10, 20, 25, 50 and finally 100 math facts on a sheet.  After that, you move on to the Math 3 program.

For reading, he uses an animal alphabet to teach the letter sounds.  He said each letter came with a story.  You eventually work through 46 phonetic sounds so the child can decode (I think he said "attack") words.  They also teach rules, like the silent e rule and use word cards.  He showed us how the letter Y and the "ea" combination can have several different pronounciations.   They also use cards to teach sight words.  Oh, and they also use a poster to learn alphabetical order and letter names.  There is a primer that they use with the program (sold seperately). 

That is a summary of what I remember.  It looks like a very well thought out program.

So...here's my apology AGAIN...

I asked Dr Jones something along the lines of "So now that you've taught us about the matrix, why would we buy the program?"  HOWEVER, I didn't like the way that I had phrased it and was rethinking how to say it when my son basically blew up!  He never responds like the way he did today!  In my haste and frustration with him I pressed Enter.  I certainly hadn't meant to offend and only realized by Waterdreamer's "patch things up" comment that I may have.  So, sorry to you all...I hadn't meant to sound like such an ignoramus!  I ended up calling my mom in a tizzy and she came over to get my son for the last half hour of the presentation!  However, my guilt about possibly ticking the good doctor off combined with the guilt of ignoring my son to the point of him throwing a tantrum prevented me from staying focused!  Sigh...so...sorry.

Well....thanks Lily and Owen's Mom!  That's exactly what I was hoping to get from him, too.  You know, like when you go to a teacher's store and you pick up a set of "whatever" for math activities and under the plastic wrap you see a photo of everything inside - the laminated cardstock workpads, the little foam circle manipulatives, the sliding number line, etc...  I just wanted a list or a picture of what was all included.  I hadn't meant it to come out the way it had...

Anyway, since watching yesterday I came up with a few ideas to start the dot thing on my own until I decide whether I'll buy his program or not.  I'm not going to panic and buy spontaneously just to get the discount. 

Here they are:
1.  Easy - Select landscape on your word document. Use a simple font on the computer and print each number twice on a sheet.  Choose the option to outline the numbers.  Print on cardstock.  Fold in half.  On one numeral put the required dots (circle stickers from the dollar store - or dinosaurs, cars, fish...whatever!).  *When I do this, I'll keep the document saved and use it again later for "worksheets" for him to put his own stickers or manipulatives on...or I was thinking that I may print out one numeral per page and let him use a bingo dabber...
2.  May be more tricky - I'm going to grab some scrap wood (10 pieces - or just one long piece) and paint the numerals on them.  Then, I'll ask my dad to bore little holes or indents into each numeral according to how many dots it should have.  My son can put pompoms, stones, marshmallows (if I'm feeling really generous!)...basically anything and they won't roll out of the little divit holes.

Oooohh...and that would be so pretty, too! 

I think that may be easier than convincing my dad to do another project...I tend to use him a bit too much...it's just that he's so handy...I've always got a project waiting for the right moment to be revealed (when his response will be "yes")  :)

I know what you're saying.  I am still on the fence with the program because I was really looking forward to using Right Start (mostly abacus).  I'm not sure if it would be confusing to do them together...still working that out.

I also remembered that when I was teaching, there was something in my classroom that was exactly used for this.  It was a foam block (one for each numeral - 0 to 9) that had the numeral painted on it with holes drilled straight through the numeral.  The kids were to put coloured pegs into them.  It was too young for my group of students, so it never got used...hmmm...makes me wonder if I could call the school and ask for it :)  Or, it may still be on the market somewhere.

Are you guys getting the reading program. It seems like a knock off of letterland

Also  why not go to Michaels and buy the wooden number shapes and drill holes in that.  There like a buck a piece.

That's my dilemma too, as far as the math program is concerned. I want to start teaching math using the abacus at mathabacus.com and am wondering if I would be doing too much adding this program to the mix. As for the reading program, is the one he went over the only one being offered to us at a discount? My challenge at this point is finding a program to pick up where his program leaves off. I e-mailed Chris because I hadn't heard back from him also so I am hoping I will be able to discuss things further before I make any decisions. Thanks again LilyAndOwensMom for taking the time to put all of this together!! It was very informative and did answer some of the questions I had about the programs.

Lol oh I see you already suggested that Tonya

Patience, any of the programs are discounted accordingly.

For english I am using All about spelling (http://www.all-about-spelling.com/ (http://www.all-about-spelling.com/))  .  I just got this two days ago. I love it.  It has magnetic letters so kids can make  the words and they have a CD with all the sounds.  Along with this I am using  readinglessons.com (http://readinglessons.com).  This is a free week by week lesson's.  They have a video, a pdf file and list of all the resources that are necessary for every week.  It's very easy to follow.  I love this too. 

I am still on the look out for a good Math program.  I like the idea of numbers having dots and representing the quantity but what happens when we teach 11, there will be two dots??  I am not sure if I missed that part of the presentation or it it was not told.  Any ideas?

That was one of my questions, too.  I don't think he mentioned it.

Aside:  I am in the process of making shape cookies with my son (inspired by MonkiSee - Shapes dvd) and it occured to me that my mom has numeral cookie cutters.  I could use them and have my son press in raisins according to what amount the numeral represents.  It would be a great more or less lesson, too - my guess is that he'd pick the numeral 9 first! :)

Hi all,
Thanks to those who took part in our presentation yesterday.
I will be happy to answer any futher questions you may have.
Contact me on 817 718 8822 or email [email protected]

Patience I responded to your email earlier today & left a voice mail.

I just ordered my kit as well. I wasn't planning on ordering the reading program. However after talking to Chris about my son it seems like this program could iron out some if the plateaus we are sitting at. So only time will tell. Apparently they are a not for profit company.

HI all ,
Just be aware that the Matrix System of Dot Math is original to Dr Jones & is copyrighted there unathorized use is in breach of the copyright.

I like the manipulative ideas. 

I am ordering Math 5 for my older boys.  I hope it is very helpful to them.  Chris from Jones Geniuses (JG) called this morning and was very helpful.  I was going to order Math 3, but with his help, I figured out Math 5 would work better.  

I've used the primer, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons with my older children.  (JG will be coming out with their own primer, but they haven't yet.)  It doesn't cover all of the phonetic rules that the JG program covers (which was fine for 3 our of my 4 reading sons).  If you child catches on quickly, I think the primer by itself will work.  If learning is a little more difficult (for example, they have a difficult time remembering letter sounds), I think the program will be helpful.

(noticed that there were 3 more posts while I was typing, but here it is anyway.)

I'm a little sad that my kid is too young for this program. It sounds interesting. I may have to buy it when he's older though.

The numbers with holes in them reminds me of something we had when I was a kid. They were giant plastic numbers with circles that popped out. 0 and no pop-outs and 9 had nine pop-outs. They were all different colours too. (Like 1 was red, so its pop-out circle was also red, and 2 was blue so both its circles were blue) By the time I got ahold of them they were all mixed up and a couple circles were missing.

Note to all- I just deleted any previous posts of mine responding to the creation of manipulatives at home. I don't know if that's in violation of anything or if that's giving anyway any "trade secrets" so I deleted it to be on the safe side.  So if some of my replies are missing, that is why!

I will need to word my upcoming review carefully so that it reviews accordingly without over-sharing about the program.

Thank you for the gentle reminder.

I ordered my kit too   :)  .  I wasn't planning on getting English either.  But, it has some additional things that got me interested after I spoke to Chris and if I only get Math, I was not getting any discount .  So, I ordered both.  I am sure it will be money well spent.

We were out buying books.   ;)  I forgot all about it...  :tongue:

 Hi all,

I'm trying again...for some reason my post didn't get posted a second ago...

I don't think that anyone needs to worry about copyrighted information being shared thus far. Please PM us, Chris, if we have. (Quotation bubble under our name)

I have used dots and numerals in my classroom long before hearing about Dr.Jones here a few weeks ago.  Six years ago I taught a child with Down's Syndrome.  I, together with my resource teacher, created lessons for her to work with numerals and count the amounts directly ON the numerals - very similar to Dr.Jones' program that we saw yesterday.  I'm sure his Matrix is a lot more indepth than what we did in my classroom and also more indepth than what we saw yesterday.  Also, we had a foam/peg game in our classroom, and as someone else here said that they had a plastic punch out game at home growing up.  I think that numeral/amount activities is a common idea.

I think that flashcards, wooden tactile activities and even cookies are all fine.  Photocopying the Dr Jones (or anyone elses for that matter) documents and making copies of their DVDs is definitely wrong.  Even using their ideas for simple and higher order math (addition and up) without paying for it is wrong.  Again, correct me if I'm wrong, Chris,  but I think the simple numeral and amount activities that we're suggesting is okay.  I think that most of us have a good sense of right and wrong and we would hate to damage a relationship with anyone who is interested in developing educational opportunities for our children.  But please correct us if you feel it necessary.

if anyone has any questions about  the proper age of this program, i think it would be best to talk to the folks at Dr. Jones and let them know of your child's progress before you rule it out.  we started the program at 15 mo. and it is going well for us!
i'm thrilled everyone is liking the program!
the doc :clown:

Hi,
There has not been any breaches of copyright on this site... Nothing to worry about just making all aware  that our specific learning systems are supplied under copyright terms.
As you can imagine, in the past some people have tried to copy our systems & as a non profit organization we have to protect ourselves.

I also bought an early learning kit
. My daughter is still young and I will have time to look through everything and ask questions.
I read Dr. Primo comments that she started to use this program with her daughter at 15 months,
I will give it a try.

Nadia, maybe there are some parts you can use now like the flashcards?

Chris- I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to you and Dr. Jones for working with our group and taking the time to do the presentation and answer questions.  Glad to see you on the site! It's really good.

I also checked out the Classical Conversations site you had mentioned. They will being doing 2 day practicums in the spring and I plan to attend one (hopefully before we move).

Hi,
Just to remind you that the special offer runs out soon...so if you are interested or need advise please call me
817 718 8822   :yes:
I am out of the office today but will be happy to accept calls until 4pm Central

I can't get too excited about this, based on what I've seen.  I'm sorry I missed the presentation.  But I'm quite surprised that after the repeated requests that the vendor list and detail the contents of the package that is for sale, nothing has been posted here on this forum or on their website.  Put that together with the fact that one cannot purchase just the math curriculum, or just the language arts curriculum, and I'm afraid it's no sale from me.  We'll continue using Singapore Math; we're doing well enough with it.

Hi DadDude,

As for missing the presentation, I think you didn't miss much, as, from what I understand, your son is beyond the level that was being demonstrated.  I had/have a few questions and Chris hooked me up with Dr.Jones (unfortunately, I won't be able to talk to him until next week as I will be out of town until then).  Dr. Jones personally emailed me quite promptly.  I'm wondering if you would get answers to your question if you would email them directly.

As for the deal, I think that you CAN buy them separately but you just don't get the discount.  I understand that if you combine the two (rdg and math) you get a $25 discount.  I, personally, am going to wait to have my questions answered and then, possibly, wait to hear what our esteemed BrillKids colleagues think after they've used it a while.

Hi DadDude,

In their defense, they did show us samples of their curriculum at the presentation.  But I do agree that they should put some on their website, too. 

I'm also interested to hear how other BrillKids colleagues think of the program.  Please keep us updated.  :yes:

Hi,
It appears that some emails have not been received by us at Jonesgeniuses but I think any specific questions by members have now been answered. If there are any outstanding questions please let me know, you can contact me Tel.817 718 8822 or email [email protected]
We are delighted by the response by the people who took time to join in Dr Jones's presentation.
We will be doing further presentations in the future which will for the Brillkids group.

The reason we have not put up more information on this site is because we are setting up a partnership with Brillkids & that has been delayed due to KL having been out of the country.If you need more info please check out our website www.jonesgeniuses.com
Thanks again to those who took part.
Chris

Excited about a partnership :) 

Could a 2 year old participate in this program? Or is it a little advanced for a two year old as in would a two year old be expected to write answers down?

Hi Kimba,
A very good question.
A 2 yr old can be very receptive to the information in our Early Learning courses, in fact we have had younger children successfully doing our our programs. It will give them a good understanding of Math & Reading before they get to the practical stage ie writing it down.

If you need to call me my number 817 718 8822 email [email protected]

Regards,
Chris

Just got my kit today and wanted to give a quick rundown of the contents.

Math Stuff:

*Matrix Math Binder- Written step by step information on how to teach the program. It includes a brief overview about early brain development and then lists the 10 steps in the math matrix on one page, and the rest of the binder breaks down each step one by one.

*10 Posters- Has information such as the steps of the matrix and information to use with your child for each step of the matrix, some posters are for pointing and touching while counting, etc.

*Math Matrix Copy Masters & Manipulatives Folder- Includes a large binder clip full of practice sheets for copying and an envelope full of manipulatives (double sided matrix flashcards).

*Matrix Math Instructional DVD




Reading Stuff:   

*Threshold to Reading Binder- Written step by step information on how to teach the program. Includes a a brief overview about early reading and the capabilities of children and then lists the 10 steps to the Threshold to reading program. The rest of the binder breaks down the steps and tools one by one including every possible phonics sound.

*Threshold to Reading Instructional DVD

*Animals of the Ark Book- A story book with an animal representing each letter sound (for example, E is for both Elephant and Eagle) and a paragraph for each animal with a variety of words using that letter sound in context.

*How the Numbers Made Friends with the Letters Book- A story book that integrates some of the letter and number concepts taught in the program.

*Animal Alphabet Mnemonics Flashcards- These match the Animal letter sounds taught in the Animals of the Ark book.

*Big & Little Letter Flashcards- Standard text alphabet flashcards with upper case letters on one side and lower case on the other.

*Primer Word Flashcards- A set of flashcards divided into four word groupings by color.  Some have two words on each card, for example one might have hid on one side and hide on the other. There are 16 double sided cards for each of the four colors. They are written with some markings or certain letters are in a somewhat smaller text to help young learners pick up on certain vowels or silent letters.

*10 Posters- 11 x 20 posters outlining the 10 steps to the Threshold to Reading and the other phonics steps/rules taught in the Threshold to Reading Binder.




My initial impressions: It seems that this program is carefully thought out. It may seem deceivingly simple in some aspects but it is very unique in others. It is very straight forward and explains each step of the programs well, it's nice to know that if you work your way through the ten steps it will provide your child with a very solid foundation in math and reading. These are not "quick fix" magic programs. These programs require you to work with your child one on one daily using lots of repetition until they master a specific step. Lots of counting and phonics memorization until they get it right- back to basics (but taught from a unique perspective), which is the best way to lay a foundation. Some of it seems simple like "what a great idea, why didn't I think of that?" especially in the math portion, but it's obvious that if you present the material properly until they master it, they will truly "get it." It is very thorough.

This is not a flashy program, the majority of the materials are copied on regular white paper in black and white (books, posters, etc). The story books are black and white with home made illustrations. This is not stated as a criticism of the program, just something to be aware of so you know what to expect when purchasing. Keep in mind this is a non-profit organization producing this program. Personally, I don't care about glossy flashcards (these are made of card stock) or high profile illustrations, I care about results. I haven't shown this to my daughter yet so we will see how she responds to it all. The binder reminds us as with any early learning, a lot of the excitement is in the parent's delivery and then the child will pick up on that and be joyous about learning as well. So, the magic of the program is in the information and delivery, not in the materials production.

I am really excited about having an actual step by step "curriculum" to teach my kids and I am glad I purchased it. Previously, I was just winging it and hoping something sank in. Now, I have a step by step guide to help me through. I am choosing to do this program and little math at the same time. LM takes so little time and so little effort, this is more "old fashioned" teaching and learning (in a good way). I think they will complement each other well.

I wonder if one could put the flashcards in page protectors so they withhold the use of more then one student?

Thank you for the review. Now I know what to expect.
Karma to you .

LilyandOwensMom,

Thank you very much for your time and effort in organizing the webinar, for getting us the discount, and for that detailed review. My kit should be arriving soon - I can't wait to get it! :) Initially I was interested mainly in getting the Math program and the Speed reading program as my daughter is well into reading sentences and short paragraphs. However, after discussing it with Chris on the phone, we decided to start her off with the Early Learning program as a whole. I never really taught my daughter phonics -  she was just one of those kids who figured it out on her own after sight reading hundreds and hundreds of words. So both Chris and I thought that it would be a good idea to make sure that she has a solid grasp of phonics before starting her on their speed reading program. I too don't care too much whether a program is flashy or high-tech; I just care about results! I hope my daughter will like it as much as she likes LR. :D

Thanks again!

Do you guys have Walmart in Canada? The lady that teaches "baby school" (30 minute class once a week) laminates everything in contact paper from walmart. She says to get the GREEN not the blue, the one with the blue writing on the contact paper (on the non-stick part you peel off) is a little foggy and reflective and difficult to see through. She also said that they have posters with flags of the world near the school supplies right now for cheap, I need to go get two while they still have them. One to hang and one to cut into pieces for matching up with the poster. I did that with a states map and DD asks to do it all the time.

I was taking things to the teacher store to get laminated but it's adding up very fast at a dollar a foot so I think I will switch to contact paper and see how that goes.


I think I am going to carefully color my animal ABC cards with fine tipped markers and then laminate with contact paper to make them a little more durable and create a bit more visual interest for DD. They need to last through 2 kids.

Yep we have Walmart here. Are you talking about MacTac? You know the stuff for cupboards? I use that for small flashcards but I have messed up flashcards before with that stuff. Hiw many flashcards are included in the kit? And how big are they? I know a place that will do them for .50cents per 8x11

It's for lining cabinets and other stuff, so yeah it's probably the same thing. Now you have me worried, maybe I will go ahead and laminate these. I just realized the animal flashcards I was going to color are on green paper, not sure if that will work or not now.

The matrix, words, and animal ABC's are on half an A4 (8 x 11 standard size paper) and the plain text ABC cards are 1/4 sheets.

Animal ABC Cards- 43 1/2 page cards (I might have missed counting a couple because they were sticking together) with the ABC character on one side and the corresponding word on the other. (Picture of an Eagle shaped like an E on one side and the word eagle on the other).

Big & Little Letter Cards- 26 1/4 page cards with lower case on one side and upper case on the other.

Dot Matrix Cards- 10 1/2 page cards with numerals on one side and dot matrix on the other. Forgot to add the operations symbols as well, but they're maybe a 1/4 page tops, pre cut out.

Word Cards- 16 of each of the 4 colors so 64 1/2 page cards in all.

Thank you so much for the indepth description!  It is much appreciated!

Thanks L&OM,
It is a very fair review, we are always looking at ways to improve our service & quality of product, therefore customer feedback is important to us.We have been looking to improve the quality of some of our items recently, while also keeping costs down for the consumer.
Do not forget we have curriculum for older children thru to SAT 's preperation which is our level 10.
We will be holding more online conferences soon for Early Learning & more advanced courses.
Please let me know any specific areas you would like us to cover.
Regards to all.
Chris   
[email protected]     817 718 8822

Hi,
Dr Jones will be doing a presentation / demonstration  Sept 7th 2pm Central of our online classes with some of our students followed by a question & answer session.
This will give you a good idea of how our classes work leading on from our Early Learning ... Level 3 thru Level 7
This is aimed at parents who have children who are ready to move on from Early Learning or have already done so.

Please let me know ASAP if you would like to join us & I will send you the link, please us my [email protected] address or phone me 817 718 8822.
Places are limited so please get back as soon as you can.
Regards,
Chris

Thanks very much for this!

I'd like the link too.

I would like the link to the seminar to.

I would like the link, too  :laugh:

I've got to run, but I just wanted to tell anyone who missed this second presentation that you missed something stellar.  I am astounded by what the kids were doing.  There was no way we (the visiting adults) were able to keep up with their speed (or even knowledge!).  I taught in a private school (kgtn and grade two) and there was no way in the world anyone would have expected this of our students.  The things that they (Jones) teach to children this age are not even introduced until later grades in traditional classrooms.  Wow.  If they offer another session I URGE you to sign up for it!

As long as they send the links out early enough next time so we dont miss the session...

Any chance that one of the future presentations / demonstrations will be on a Friday afternoon or Saturday so that a full time working mom like me can join?  :biggrin: That would be awesome...

Oh shoot! I wanted to make it just to see what lies in the road ahead.

I had a super busy mommy day (cleaning, changing endless poopy diapers, cooking, you know, the real glamorous stuff!) and this totally slipped my mind. dang it.

Bummer I missed the session. :(

it would be great if we could log in anytime and see the session. That way those of us who live in other countries wont have to miss out and i can watch it at my own convienance.

I tried to watch, but everything was conspiring against me - I was babysitting my brother who had homework, so I had to use headphones and the only ones I could find were old and so the sound quality was really poor and on top of that, my son decided he WOULD NOT SLEEP! Ordinarily, 7pm (gmt) is the *ideal* time, but last night it just wasn't happening for me so I missed out on a lot. What I did see was astounding, though ;)

Thanks for the comments.
We are aware that timings do not suit every lifestyle, therefore have planned the next live Conference / Demonstration for
5:30 pm Central Sept 17th which is a Friday.
Hopefully this will be a more suitable time for some.
Please register your wish to join us by EMAIL to chris@jonesgeniuses or phone 817 718 8822
Regards,
Chris

Hi  Kizudo,

Could you please give examples of the type of problems that the children were solving.
http://www.acceleratedlearningmethods.com/jones-geniuses-math-kits.html

"Dr. Jones math curriculum is the most advanced, exciting and easy to implement program I have ever found. The kids excelled quickly and came to enjoy a subject they had only tolerated before. My 3-year-old learned the basics of reading and math. My 17-year-old is doing cube roots in her head. What more can you ask of in a course of study?"
- Cindy Camp, Garland, Texas

Cube root trick-     Any two-digit number cubed.

You only need to learn the cubes from 1 to 10 to calculate cube roots

1 cubed = 1                                      NOTE:  10 cubed= 1,000
2 cubed= 8                                                   20 cubed= 8,000
3 cubed= 27                                                 30 cubed= 27,000
4 cubed= 64
5 cubed= 125
6 cubed= 216
7 cubed= 343
8 cubed= 512
9 cubed= 729
10 cubed= 1000

What is the cube root of 10,648? Start by looking at the thousands, 10 in this example. 10 lies between 2 cubed and 3 cubed so the cube root lies in the 20s. See above 20 cubed is 8,000 and 30 cubed is 27,000. Next look at 648 and notice that only the cube of 2 ends in an 8 so the answer is 22.

What is the cube root of 405,224?   

 405 thousands lies between 7 and 8 cubed so the first part of the answer is 7. Only 4 cubed ends in 4 so the answer must be 74.

I hope you enjoyed this simple trick.

Chris.

How does Jones Geniuses Math Kit compare to Singapore Math?

Which one do you think is more effective?


I am trying to figure out which one would be best for my son. Any advice??

Chris1,

I'm sorry, I only wrote down three of the problems that they were doing.  More often than not, Dr Jones was talking while the students rapidly did the math.  I was listening to him and not really concentrating on the problems.  What I saw were all number problems not scenario word problems. 

The first one was 72 x78.  I only wrote it down because I wanted to see how long it took me to do in comparison to the kids.  Even though I majored in Math & Science in highschool, I'm no whiz at it.  In fact, I only did well in highschool because I could memorize well (then...now my brain is a little less effective with memory work...I blame it on baby brain, even though my son is 2.5!).  But I'm no slouch either.  I'd say my math skills are pretty average.  Anyway, some of the kids finished 4 or 5 before I was done...some of that was because I was still learning how to input my answers, but even so, by the time I had the answer on paper they had done atleast 3 or 4. 

The other questions were right as I was leaving:  What is 35 500 squared?  What is 45.5 squared?
The students were, I believe, between 8 and 14.  I THINK it was a level five class...but I could be wrong on that.

Hi Chris (chrisatjonesgeniuses),

I joined the first session but it was 11 PM for me and I am really interested to join other session. Therefore, I was wondering if you could try to organize one session any day in the morning (UTC time). So, I am able to attend it during my day time ;-). I am in Europe (GMT+2).

Thank you in advance,

Regards,
Gilma

Hi Gilma,
I am organizing other conferences, I have made a note to make it suitable to you time zone.Give the best times for you.

Regards,
Chris

I got my kit today! Yeah!!!
Overall Im really happy with it. Two things people should know is, the book based about the letter animals is based on Noah's Ark. So for families that are not Christian this may be an issue for you. This is fine for us as I'm Christian. The only other thing that bugs me a little, in the Animals of the Ark book is written in a way that all the words line up and if one word does not completely fit on a page it is made to by adding a - like in chapter books.
For ex:
There was Amos the
Amiable Ape. Amos looks
mean but he is really the nic-
est, kindest, friendliest ape
 you can image... Really!
I just think while teaching children to read the word should be completed on the same line.
But besides that everything looks great. I'm off to watch the instruction videos!! Usually every night before bed my son and I practice reading. So I'm going to introduce the Matrix Math Manipulatives. Once life is more settled here(Wesleys tutor recently had to resign because her sister is ill, and I had to let go of a daycare child because her behaviors were affecting all my other children) I'm going to try and do way more, but right now I think 15-20mins a day is better then none.

Hi Kizudo

I suspect that the children used this trick when multiplying two-digit numbers with the same first digit, and second digits that sum to 10.

Using their example of 72x78

Take the first digit (7) and multiply it by the next highest number 8    
                    
7X8=56

Place 16 (obtained by multiplying the units 2x8) after the above.   5616     Answer is 5616
Some more examples-      21x29= 609  22x28=616  23x27=621  24x26=624   25x25=625
Note 15, 25, 35, 45 etc squared will always end in 25.  Example  35x35=1225

This method only works when the first digits are the same, and the last digits sum to 10. Using this trick enables you to calculate the answer almost immediately.

“The other questions were right as I was leaving:  What is 35 500 squared?  What is 45.5 squared?”

You can use the same trick to square numbers ending in 5 that are larger than 100.

Using their example of 35,500
Start by ignoring the zeros and calculate from 355

Using the same trick   355x355 is now 35x36. You calculate 35x35 as shown above and add 35 to arrive at 1260 to which you attach 25 to get 126025.
126025 is the answer to 355x355, you just need to add 4 zeros to get the answer to 35,500x35,500.

You can calculate the next  example  45.5x45.5 using the same trick.

45x46 and attach 25  
    
45x45=2025 (Calculated almost instantly) and add 45 to get 2070        45X46=2070

Final answer after attaching 25 is 207025. You just need to move the decimal point back to to calculate 45.5x45.5 which equals 2070.25

I hope that you enjoyed this trick.

It appears that the children were asked to calculate carefully selected questions.

 
Chris.  

Water Dreamer- I noted the same thing myself but as a Christian family we are comfortable with Noah's Ark references. I was thinking that a non-Christian family could easily  rip out the first introduction page and the last conclusion page with no ill affect to the book really since the pages are not double sides. Then, judging by the front cover it's just a book with a list of animals that live in a boat LOL.

Also, good observation on the hyphenated word. Missed that one I guess.

Chris,

Fun math tricks!  I wish you were around for my childhood birthday parties!  Who needs a clown when you have math???  lol

As for they types of questions and whether or not they were carefully selected, I don't know.  I really didn't pay attention to the sheets enough to notice patterns or similarities. 

I really would encourage anyone who is interested in this program to schedule their time to fit in at least one of the online classes being offered to observers.  It will clear up many of your questions.  You may find that it is not for you and your child, but you may find it to be a perfect fit with your preferred teaching style and your child's preferred learning style.

Hi Chris (chrisatjonesgeniuses),

Taking into account our time differences (7 hours). I would prefer to join a session between 8 AM to 2 PM, your time (CST = US Central Time)

CST (US Central Time) = CET (Central European Time)
8:00 AM = 3:00 PM
9:00 AM = 4:00 PM
10:00 AM = 5:00 PM
11:00 AM = 6:00 PM
12:00 Noon = 7:00 PM
1:00 PM = 8:00 PM
2:00 PM = 9:00 PM

Thanks in advance for your effort,
Regards,
Gilma

I decided to go ahead and color in my animal mnemonic flashcards with fine tipped markers and did the posters too the match. Then I laminated the cards with contact paper and they look GREAT, colorful and protected. No more fears when my daughter handles and plays with them, at just shy of two she is rough on things.

The contact paper was a lot better to work with than I thought it would be. I am a bit of a perfectionist and very few of them have wrinkles in the laminate, just 2-5 minorly wrinkled cards in the whole set. When I applied it really badly a couple of times, I was able to peel it off and restick without destroying the card. I got the roll at Walmart and it has a the GREEN labeling on the back. I've heard the blue is really awful, don't use it. I paid about $5.67 for the roll I think....to get it laminated at teacher store is about a $1 a foot, so it would have easily been $30-50 to get it all done there, instead it took me almost 1 roll exactly to do the animal cards and the digraphs.

My daughter is definitely getting into the story book pictures and flashcards. I was repeating/singing her phonics in the the rocking chair last night before bed and she started asking for the spiral bound ark book. I let her have it and she was repeating phonics sounds in her bed on the video monitor before dozing off to sleep. Good stuff.

Eight-year-old Veronica Martinez is calculating the cube root of 474,552 in her head.
Veronica continues to ignore the scratch pad in front of her as she moves on to other problems. Like 75,500 squared.  Or the fifth root of 2,887,174,368. (Answer: 78.)
http://www.dallasobserver.com/1997-09-04/news/too-smart-for-their-own-good/

Calculating 5th roots is just another trick which is very easy to perform once you have memorised the Fifth Powers of 0 to 9

Number   Fifth Power   Last Digit
0                 0                        0
1                 1                        1
2                32                       2
3                243                     3
4               1,024                    4
5               3,125                    5              Note how the last digit of every fifth power ends with the original number.          
6                7,776                   6
7              16,807                   7
8              32,768                   8
9              59,049                   9

To calculate the Fifth Root you start by ignoring the last five digits of the original question number and choose the memorised fifth power which is just lower (or equal) to this number.
The corresponding fifth root is the first digit of your answer.
The last digit of the question number is also the last digit of your answer.

Using their example 2,887,174,368               Ignoring the last 5 digits gives us 28,871 which falls between the fifth powers of 7 and 8 so our answer is 78.

Some more examples-
Question number     Ignore last 5     Lower 5th power     First Digit     Last Digit     Fifth Root
17210368                   172                     32                            2                   8                    28
418195493                 4181                   3125                         5                   3                    53


Chris




     

Great trick Chris.  :)    I must say, I would still be impressed by an 8 year old figuring it out in her head.  What a fun trick.  :D

Found something on youtube that reminds me of Jones system.
I just got my early curriculum pack and when I saw it I was reminded of these youtube clips.
By a different company. There are several clips by TouchMath1.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovecKKMLK64

Well I got my kit on Thursday like I mentioned before. So far we are working mostly on Math. I will get us going on the reading part in the near future, but for now I feel comfortable with our progress in reading so it's not a rush.
Wesley is already understanding the concept which number is bigger or smaller. Counting to 20 is easy for him, and backwards counting is pretty strong but we just need to work on it a touch more. I'm alittle disappointed the posters are just printed on plain paper. I landed up Mack Tacking one of them because I couldn't stand watching them get wreaked.
So far so good. Excited to see what kind if results we get

Actually just as I pressed post I heard some talking in my sons room. I tiptoed to the door and heard him practicing his backwards counting lol

I havent started it yet other than counting backwards, but will be laminating posters and flashcards.
The TouchMath website was certainly very expensive. Maybe it's designed to be bought by schools not individuals. They had a few free downloadables.
I did a google search for Touch math pdf cdrom ebook and came up with some helpful free pdfs.
Give google a try.

I love the updates.  Thank you Waterdreamer and Nikita!  I'm looking forward to hearing how things progress.  :yes:

nikita- interesting post, you jogged my memory, I think I vaguely remember learning something like that in elementary school! They do have a very "pretty" curriculum, but I cannot IMAGINE spending that kind of money on a program and having to buy a new program or at least portions of a new program every year. Although it seems to have excellent variety and it looks very professional & easy to use, I kind of get hung up on the counting "1" per un-circled dot and  "2" per circled dot versus counting each dot individually in JG. If my daughter was older and could conceptualize that and I was just starting out, I would consider spending the money, but she is not and counting each dot individually at 21 months is much more straight forward. The other thing is that with the manipulatives, DD would have a very hard time placing all of those foam circles with out any way to "lock" them in place, her fine motor skills are just not there yet. It would take a fairly precise hand. But it sure is pretty!!

My "make your own JG manipulatives" project is about half done. And boy is it.....primitive LOL. I got the numerals 0-9 from the craft store, made of wood and about 6 inches high. My husband drilled the holes in them, some of them went all the way through, some didn't. I might have him go back and redrill all of them through, I am kind of a perfectionist and then they will all match. :) I paid about $26 for the wooden numerals and $3 for a bag of golf tee "pegs" from wal-mart. Also bought a can of spray shellac/sealer from walmart for $3-4 and need to buy more paint. I'm not really counting that in the cost though because my DD is always using paint anyway. I figure they will run me about $35 when it's all said and done. I still need to paint each number, I am coloring them to match the flashcards. I copied a second set of flashcards (for personal use only) and colored them in rainbow colors. I have to finish laminating those and they will match the manipulatives. Once she "gets it" I will transition back to plain white flashcards.

Having said that, my daughter loves playing "numbers" and putting the pegs in each wooden number. She thinks it's a great game! I did cut the pegs down very short, we only play this game when my 9 month old son is sleeping b/c they're a total choke hazard. Even for her I guess, but I am right there with her the whole time.  We touch and count the holes in the numbers, touch and  count the pegs after she puts them in, and count the pegs themselves before/after we put them in.  So far it's very effective for hands on learning. My complaint about the numbers I bought (from Michael's craft store) are that 1) the 6 & 9 look the same and 2) the way the font of the numbers are raised up makes it difficult to drill into without splintering the edges and 3) the fonts are not perfectly symmetrical on some of the numbers (8 comes to mind.)

Even so, they are getting the job done and will serve us well. I will post pictures when I am through and they can be the beta version for the users on this forum. LOL.

Hi,
Just an update for those of you that do not know Dr Jones will be doing another presentation this Friday
Sept 17th  5:30 Central. I know this time is not suitable for all of you .We will be doing the next one to suit European time zones.
Spaces are limited so it would be helpful to let me know if you would like to join us by an email to [email protected]

It will include a demonstration by a 4 year old who has been doing Early Learning with us for a little over a year to give you an idea what our courses can do for your childs education.

The link
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=voffice&password=M.44143CEB7B4589A0C6C2435F328859

We advise that you do a test login right now to make sure that the settings on your computer will not block your entry into the demo.

Click the above link and input your name to login. The virtual demo classroom should begin loading immediately (if it asks you if you want to Save it or Run it, click Run).

If the demo classroom doesn't load, look closely again at your login screen - you may have a message from your antivirus software at the top saying that it is blocking you from downloading the file (in this case just right click the message and allow the download). If you continue to have problems getting into the classroom, you may need to adjust the settings on your firewall or antivirus software, or call technical support at 866-388-8674.

We are looking forward to having you at our Amazing Demonstration and Program Introduction

Regards,

Chris Willsden

Is Numicon similar to the Jones Geniuses Maths system?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgwM5Z1tMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2IsImqm5fQ
Chris.

I don't think they are really similar just briefly looking at the second video. I really wanted the pegs ON the numbers, not alongside of them, which is why I opted to make my own so they would match the JG flashcards. The JG system includes a list of 10 systematic skills to build the proper foundation in math before moving on to the next level. Judging by the matrix dot system alone, I would consider it more similar to touch math.

My daughter learns songs pretty quickly (she could do hand motions and mumble along to the preamble after just a week or two although her vocabulary is still not 100%). She has her counting 1-10 verbally down pretty good, so we are working on 11-20 and back down again.

I racked my brain trying to think  of a good tune to sing 0-20 to, so far the best I could come up with is Mary had a Little Lamb. DD is really enjoying it and starting to sing along. Yes, it's a bit silly, but it will surely help her memorization. I really need to invest in a floor number line too. I hyphenated the numbers that kind of run together a bit.  If you use a different song or can think of a different song to use, do share!

Mary had a little lamb / little lamb / little lamb
zero-one, two, three, four, five / six, seven, eight / nine-ten, eleven, twelve   


Mary had a little lamb / It's fleece was white as snow....twenty!
thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen / seventeen, eighteen, nineteen....twenty!


Everywhere that Mary went / Mary went / Mary went,
Twenty-nineteen, eighteen, seventeen / sixteen, fifteen / fourteen, thirteen

Everywhere that Mary went / the lamb was sure to go....zero!
twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six /  five, four, three, two, one....zero!

Numicon sounds like a good idea. And easy to make your own shapes. it's great to have a variety of manipulatives like cuisinaire rods etc.
Because the number 3 isnt really 3 the numeral three but 3 spots, or dots, fingers, apples, grapes or counters. The numeral 3 represents that.
I will incorporate the numicon idea into our learning. Thanks Chris.

Twin Sisters has a counting CD that has two songs on it that go to 20.  Very catchy. I like these two. We frequently sing them in the car.  My son has even started playing his ukelele and singing them.  I can't say that I, personally, like the entire CD as it seems somewhat repetitive, but I suppose that's a good thing for my son's learning.  He likes it and he's learning...too bad if I get bored.

A few places left on the Demo today 5:30 pm Central time.
So far people from Australia , Canada, Japan, Singapore & USA have registered.

I was watching the session and suddenly I got a security warning the site was unsafe, and it signed me out. Then my security would NOT let me sign back in. DRATS!!

But thankfully got back in. Was a good session. have to look into joining the online classes.

I'd love to do the online classes but sadly the times don't work for us :(

Ok, so I have taken some time to process what I heard this evening.
- Its really encouraging to me that Kara's son Buck went from a very early reader to *poof* almost overnight a great reader. This helped me realize we need to keep trucking and one day it will just click. I'm noticing with my son, he may struggle with a concept for a long time, then suddenly one day just get it.
- If you guys are looking for some Read With Me Books, one of the companies I'm doing a review on sells a 80pack of books for $20, some of them are early readers, some of them are parent/child books, and some of them are chapter books. They are designed to follow certain lessons and they are not flashy at all(black and white coloring book style) but for my son they are some of his favorite early readers. http://www.headsprout.com/catalog/index.cfm?event=MiniSproutStories_DetailPage
So far I thank this program for his recent improvement in reading.
- I really like how they have the exceptions to the rules grouped together.
- I have to email Dr.Jones or Chris and ask what I should do about Math U See. We are doing lesson 21 out of 30. BUT at this point we are doing
_+3=5
Up till now everything was flowing really nice for us, I mean we finished 2/3 of the curriculum in less then 5 months, however this stuff is just not sitting with him right. And after listening to Dr. Jones, I believe we are missing SEVERAL steps...
Anyhow! Thats what my thoughts are on today.

I missed it again bummer.

I have some questions though.

Does the maths program require you to enrol in the on line classes? Or can you teach it from the materials supplied?
How relgious is the program?
How much time a day is required to make the early program work? My two year old is very busy and there is no way I could get her to sit still for a more than 5 minutes.
Do you ship to Australia?
Im very interested in getting this program for my daughter and for my baby when he/she arrives.

Hi Kimba,
To answer your questions:
You can do the curriculum only option & achieve your aims.
We do have secular options in the courses if requested.
All children have different levels of attention span, 5 mins is OK to start with, as the learning skills develope more time can be spent on the curriculum.We have children as young as 18 months starting our Early Learning.
Yes we do ship to Australia,  in fact anywhere in the world   $ 55 shipping costs to Australia.
Regards,
[email protected]

So, it's been a little more than a week since I started doing the math matrix with Ella. Since she had just turned 2 recently, I had been trying to think of ways to make the method more "hands-on" for her to help her more easily memorize the dot placement on the numbers. She is only starting to learn how to grip a pencil and won't be able to copy the dots onto the numbers for quite a while. I considered making the wooden numbers with pegs following LilyandOwensMoms instructions but couldn't find suitable wooden numerals. I finally stumbled onto this idea that is working really well with my sticker-obsessed toddler. I copied the number outlines (the blank ones without the dot matrix) onto cardstock and covered them with contact paper. Then I gave Ella a sheet of smiley face round stickers and asked her to stick them onto the numbers to match the dot patterns on the dot matrix numbers. Since the cardstock is protected by contact paper, I basically just peel off the stickers after she is done and re-use them again the next day. For the past several days, I had the dot matrix flashcards out so she can copy the pattern. Today, I walked in on her making the matrix on the blank numbers from memory! It appears she has memorized the dot placements for numbers 1-6 after just a few days of working with the dot stickers! I am so surprised and happy I just wanted to share this method just in case there are parents out there doing the math matrix with kids who can't write or hold a pencil yet.  :biggrin:

excellent idea, I am going to use that!

Great idea.

I have yet to receive my package, but in anticipation I bought a foam number puzzle yesterday at a dollar store.  Each number is about 3 inches high.  I'm planning to pop them out of the puzzle and make the appropriate holes in them.  I found some little pegs at the 2nd hand store a few months ago and I'll use them in the same way as the wooden numbers idea.  (My parents checked the price out - they were $3/piece at Menards - too pricey for me to make a full set)  I may use little toothpicks and maybe give him cheerios to loop over each toothpick (a fine motor skill activity to boot!) .  The foam numerals have a bumpy texture, too, so that will be nice when I have him trace them with his finger.

Thanks to the participants in our online demonstration  last Friday.
Quite a United Nations with people  from  Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, UK, USA joining us.


 Regards,
 Chris

Hey!
Everyone that has ordered this kit recently check your kit careful to make sure everything was included. I know that myself and someone else are missing the dot placement worksheet. Dr jones got back to me himself and is sending me those pages. I just don't want anyone else to be missing these too.

Anyone knows if they are planning another session? It seems that this product is a must and combined with LR and LM will give your children an excellent start.

Chris1,
Do you know where can i find Numicon?
It looks like a good complement for teaching math concepts

some counting backwards clips to help with teaching this skill...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE3CdCaTmJM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tME7o3YcnS4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_dV9gr3eUQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ege3mfugMo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdRwXbg-s8s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WM4ejBK-UI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=973cOWud9a0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdsAWLJjXPY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j56I70FtMqQ&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcV8Wxvo4Wo&feature=related

more backwards counting clips from Youtube to help with Maths

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LMoBU3EPk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFRGyimG2RQ&feature=related

Yes we are having another demonstration   "Early learning, the transition to school age"
Wednesday Oct 13th  at 7pm Central.   

It is online  you are welcome to join us.
To register a place please email me at     [email protected]      & I will send the link.
Regards,
Chris

Hi,
We will soon be an official partner with Brillkids, which takes time to set up.Therefore we have extended the discount that Brillkids users have enjoyed until the partnership is in place. Then we will be using the coupons system as per other partners.
We are looking forward to partnership.If you are aware of other forums that would benefit from our products please let me know.
Thanks,
Chris

We have had a good response for our demonstration next Wednesday Oct 13th 7pm Central,
"Early Learning, the transition to school years".
There  are a few places left, if you like to join us please register by emailing me  at   [email protected]
Chris

Hi,
Only 6 places left for the online demonstration     "Early Learning, the transition to school years"
Wednesday October 13th 7pm Central.
Email me at     [email protected]    to reserve your place & get the link.
Regards,
Chris
.

can somebody tell me what will this be gmt time ??
viv

+ 6hrs   1am British Summer Time.
You will be more than welcome to join us, although we will be holding other demonstrations at a later date which may be a more convenient  time for you.
Regards,
Chris

is this demo free?

Yes,totally free. :yes:

Hi, here is a quick update.
We are still awaiting our placement as a Brillkids Partner ...apparently there have been a few technical gremlins.
As soon as they have been resolved Dr Jones will be presenting a live online demonstration aimed specifically at Brillkid members & the Early Learning part of our curriculum. If you miss it live we will be recording it & it will be available by request.
In the meantime we have held open the discounted rates for Brillkids members.
Regards,
Chris    [email protected]

Chris- I just posted some more ways we are practicing with the matrix in the other thread. We are still early in the steps but Lily is enjoying placing dots in multiple ways and singing her numbers 0-20 and down again. We are working at it!

Thanks for the update. Great that Lily is enjoying our course ...well done & keep up the wonderful work that you are doing. We supply the courses & direction but it is the love & time put in by the parents / teachers that really makes the difference.
We have been getting really good results with Dr Jones's online classes also.

I'm very interested in purchasing the Early Learning program so please keep me posted on the negotiations for the discount! Thanks!!!

Catherine

Whoopee,
We the have been informed by Brillkids that we should be a full partner in the next day or so.

To celebrate we will be holding free Brillkids demonstrations...watch this space for updates.
Regards,
Chris

Hi,

for a 27 month old toddler, how much time required daily for the early learning reading & math program?

thanks.

Chris, that's great news!

As you probably know, I started Matrix Math with my daughter Ella about 2 months ago. I have to admit that I haven't been as consistent as I would like but, most days, I am able to work with her for about 15-20 minutes after getting home from work. She has progressed steadily and has completed the Dot Matrix 4's worksheets. She can't write the answers properly yet but I have her choose her answer from a set of number stamps, stamp in her answer, and then trace it with her pencil. I tried to advance her to the Dot Matrix 10's but, due to her age and attention span (she is only 28 months), she's not able to complete the 10 problems in one sitting. My question is: should I break up the 10 problems into smaller chunks that she can solve as her attention span would allow? Should I just have her re-do the 4's worksheets? She has obviously gotten the concept of addition and subtraction already and I don't want to be repeating material with the risk of boring her or making it not fun for her anymore. She is the kind of child who hates being tested on things that she knows already - she will either refuse to answer or deliberately give the wrong answer. How important is it for kids at this age to complete the worksheets under the time limit before progressing to the next steps (multiplication, division, matrix three??)

Thanks!

Reei,
Every child is different, so there is no hard & fast rule. In an ideal world you should work with your child 4 / 5 times a day in 5 to 10 minute segments depending on the child's attention span, you should see progress. More if you can, your child's attention span will determine the pace.
Regards,
Chris

 :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:   

We are now up & running as a partner of Brillkids.
You can now use your coupons for 10 to 20% discounts, remember we also do  Math curriculum for older children as well as Speed Reading & Spanish.

We will be holding free online demonstrations Monday Nov 29th 6pm  US Central Time
                                                                  Tuesday Dec 7th  10am  ''        "         "
                                                                 Saturday Dec 11th 1pm   "        "         ''

Hopefully that will cover most time zones. Please email me at [email protected] to reserve your place & I will send you the link. We will also record them for future viewing.
Dr Jones will also be recording a demonstration specifically for Brillkids on Early Learning which can be downloaded from this site early next week.
Have a great weekend.
Regards,
Chris

Hi every one,
Just a reminder that we have a free online demonstration today 6pm Central time. The subject is EARLY LEARNING.
Please let me know if you would like to join in. Email me at [email protected] & I will send the link.
Regards,
Chris

I logged in but I could not hear anything even after I tried to fix it. Just wondering was it recorded???

Hi Kimberley,
Sorry to hear that...Did you have your speakers on ? LOL ...Sorry but it has happened.
It should have been recorded, I will email the link to you.
Regards,
Chris

Hello Chris,

I'm watching this topic with great interest but have not been fortunate enough to see your live demonstrations.

Could you please advise the address of the demonstration you referred to above.

Thank you,

Mum.

I'm very interested in purchasing the Early Learning program . I have tried to contact the retail shop in Malaysia. However , no one picking up the call when i call them during weekdays lol . Do u have any other outlet in Malaysia? :D

Hi Michell,
You can order through the Brillkids Partners with the coupons system.
If you have further problems email me at [email protected].
Regards,
Chris

Hi Mum,
It has not been posted yet, that will be resolved soon.
You can take part in a live demonstration & ask your specific question to Dr Jones on 7th Dec 10 am US Central time  or 11th Dec  1pm US .Cental time

If you would like the link please email me at  chris @jonesgeniuses.com
Regards,
Chris

I just tried your link and there is no sound :( I tried adjusting the settings but it didn't help. Though I am useless with technology so chances are I missed something silly  ;)

Hi,
I just tried as well and it doesn't have any sound. Could you please help us to check the file published?
Thanks,
Gilma

I will check it out with our tech. people.
Regards,
Chris

An Early Learning Demonstration has been posted on the Get Discounts from Jones Geniuses link in the Forum News & Announcements .

There is an online  Early Learning demonstration Tuesday 7th  10am US Central time,  if you need the link email me at
[email protected]

Regards,
Chris

We will be starting online Early Learning classes on 19th Jan,  times to be confirmed subject to demand & time zone suitability. We are offering an exclusive offer to Brillkids members : at least 20% discount... more if the demand allows.
The normal cost the course of 12 weekly lessons & support is $220 course fee + $30 Documentation fee total $250 so the cost to BK members will be $200.

For a small admin fee this can be split into two payments if required.

Please contact me ASAP if you are interested as spaces are limited via [email protected]

Below is a brief description of the course format, more information will be available on our website www.jonesgeniuses.com in the next day or two or by contacting me.
Regards,
Chris

" Dr. Jones is quite possibly the top early learning specialist in the world. 
He has developed a program to activate the inner genius of children of
all ages, even as young as 2 years old or less.  The focus is on early reading
and mathematics.  Jones Geniuses is famous for students who mentally
solve advanced mathematics faster than professors with electronic
calculators in hand.  Children learn early to read well then to speed read
and master memory training with ease.

We are now offering Dr. Jones expertise weekly to parents doing early
learning.  The class is limited in size.  Each parent will get to consult
with Dr. Jones weekly on their kid(s) individual learning program.
 Dr. Jones will regularly treat different aspects of accelerated learning
that enable parents to be effective teachers.  Participants will also
share experience, encouragement, and practical solutions to early
learning situations with other parents.   

Parents report the following advantages to Early Learning Online:

Expertise - Dr. Jones is one of the best in the world at developing genius
                  in young children.  Learn from the best.
Individual Attention -  Priceless planning and supervision of
                  your child's individual program on a regular basis.
Savings -  Stop wasting time, energy, and money on things
                 that don't work.  We have all thrown away money
                 on ill-chosen curriculum.  Learn the expert way
                 to do more effective learning with less expense."
         

 We still have some places on the demonstration 1pm US Central time  tomorrow. phone me 817 717 8822 or email [email protected] for the link
Regards,
Chris

Here is the link for the Dec 7th Demonstration.

Session:    Institute For Accelerated Learning  : Early Learning

This recording was created on: Dec 07, 2010 - 08:38 AM Central

https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2010-12-07.0738.M.5D1A2677D0A9E49DE51C80E992253D.vcr&sid=voffice

Regards,
Chris

Hi, We at Jones Geniuses are often ask question about Domans & whether to combine with our program, here is
Dr Jones reply :
The Matrix Math is an improvement upon Doman's Dot Math.  I have studied Doman's programs intensively, taken workshops with the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (Doman's outfit in Philadelphia).  I know his strengths and weaknesses. 
Here they are: 

Doman was the pioneer in early learning for which we owe him a great debt.  However, once you get beyond presenting one bit of information at a time his methods are not very good.  He does not prioritize his objectives.  For example, memorizing random patterns for the numbers is far less useful than the Matrix Math method of memorizing a pattern of dots that forms the digit when the dots are connected. Learning to recognize the "Water Lillies" painting by Manet is far less important than recognizing the letters and their sounds.  In Threshold to Reading we use animals twisted into the shape of the letters to teach their sounds.  These mnemonic devices work quickly and effectively even for very young children in learning the key skills of reading and mathematics, rather than stockpiling endless bits of data on birds, insects, paintings, etc. that do little to unlock the gates to the great universe of knowledge.

Perhaps most important, Doman falls down badly in the department of building a suggestive norm of high achievement, the major causal factor in success.  In other words, students will rise to the level of expectations if they have competent materials, teaching, and pace of learning.  Doman says things like "It is all over by age 5" and "Adults are mentally retarded compared to children."  These are demonstrably false statements and are demeaning to the human ability to learn and to teach.  After all, your child will hit the 5 year mark at some point in the near future.  I once had a mother at one of his seminars confide to me, after hearing such statements, that we were doing math next and she was afraid she wouldn't understand it.  We were teaching children how to count to ten!  That is the power of suggestion for good or ill.
Dr Jones.

Regards,
Chris

    Jones Geniuses Newsletter Jan 2011
       

    Happy New Year 2011!
    In This Issue
    Tax Free Holiday
    Spring Specials
    Jones Geniuses Co-op
    Spring Schedule
    Orientation Week Jan 10-14
    Classes start Jan 17-21

    hours Central Standard Time
    Math Five Monday 12-1:30 pm
    Math Three Monday 2-3:30 pm
    Math Six Tuesday 12-1:30 pm
    Math Seven Tues 2-3:30 pm
    Math Eight Wed 10-11:30 am
    Math Nine Wed 12-1:30 pm
    Early Learning Wed 2-3 pm
    Math Five Thurs 2-3:30 pm
    Math Six Thurs 3:30-5 pm

    Jones Geniuses Co-op:
    Friday 12-1:30 pm (free)

 

    Performance Team
    Jones Geniuses have performed before audiences of college professors, home school parents, and educators of all kinds.  They have competed against experts with electronic calculators in their hands and beat them with the power of their mental mathematics alone!
    It is truly amazing to see how this affects our children.  The math phobia disappears replaced by confidence, pride and desire to pursue the fascinating study of mathematics.  Various former students have gone on to major in math and advanced science in college.  Nothing quite motivates students to master their math skills like doing a public demonstration.

       
    Dear Miles,

    Happy New Year!  It will be a great year for our families.  Lots of opportunities to excel.  We are inviting all our children who have their Grand Facts Master to participate on the Performance Team.  Focusing on a performance goal is the best way of enhancing math skills.  We will be doing some TV and other media this season.


    Tax Free Holiday
    Jones Geniuses LogoAs a non-profit educational organization we are allowed two Tax Free Holidays per year.  We are declaring Jan 7, 2011 as our Tax Free Holiday.  All who are purchasing kits on that day will not have to pay state sales tax (more than 8%).  Add that to the Spring Special Savings and you have a great value.  Clients outside of Texas do not pay state sales tax.
    Spring Specials
    Jones Geniuses







    Making a world-class education available for all children has been our goal since beginning the Institute in 2004 as a non-profit educational organization.  We have made great strides in doing that this coming Spring semester.  Our courses advance math students about 4 times faster than traditional courses.  That means a semester of math with us is the equivalent of 2 years or more in a conventional program. This already represents considerable value for a modest price.

    Now, we are offering a 10-15% discount on our tuition and registration for those who register by Jan 7, 2011.  Our 12 week courses (Early Learning, Math Three through Six) formerly $240 are now only $210.  Our 16 week courses (Math Seven, Eight, Nine) formerly $300 now $255.  Great savings but let's make it yet more affordable.

    Parents can now pay their tuition, registration fees, and cost of materials in 3 payments per semester.  This will reduce many tuition costs per student to around $100 a month for 3 months.  This is a small price to pay for the world-class education offered by Jones Geniuses so hurry to take advantage before we come to our senses.

    To register or for more information:
    call Chris at 817 718 8822 or [email protected]

    Join the free Jones Geniuses Co-op where parents meet online Fridays 12-1:30 pm CST. Contact Kara Jones 903 675 4419 for information.  Register early and save 10-15% more on classes. 

    Sincerely,

    Miles & Michelle Jones
    Institute for Accelerated Learning, Inc.

Thanks for putting the link up for the Dec 7th informational session.  I have found this very helpful.

I have some questions about the program.

1) When do you know when the child has reached mastery of each step. For example Step one counting forward and backwards. HAs the child reached mastery when you can show them the dot matrix and they can count forward and backwards by themselves without prompting or do you show them it for a prescribed amount of time for example one month and then move on and not show it anymore or keep showing it every day?

2) Step 2 in the folder is not the same as step 2 on the dvd. In the folder step two is actually step 3 and step 2 is using the number manipulatives to ask the child which number is bigger. Does it matter which way I follow the program or should I follow the DVD which I have been doing?

3) How long should you wait before moving on to the next step?

Thank you in advance

Kimba

Hi Kimba,
I have forwarded your specific questions directly to Dr Jones & he will get back to you ASAP. In future if you have specific questions you can contact me directly at [email protected]
Regards Chris

Dear Kimba,

1)  "When do you know a child has reached mastery of each step?"
That would depend upon the step.  Counting forwards and backwards should be your daily warm-up to any math activity.  It activates that part of the cerebrum which does mathematics.  Children receive little practice in counting backwards and their ability to subtract is consequently worsened.  As for memorizing the dot matrix, once it is done, it is done, and will be used daily in doing math.  You should be able to tell when they can correctly place the dots on the numbers.  Review it if you see they are making mistakes on a particular digit.  Addition and Subtraction steps will proceed until their Matrix Math ribbon is obtained, then continue later as they get Facts Master ribbons.  Multiplication and division we handle in Math Three.

2) Yes, there was a change in the steps.  The official steps are those in the text and folder but it does not matter as long as you don't skip any steps.

3) There is no prescribed time period for the steps because all children are different ages and abilities.  Some finish a step in a day, others in a month, depends upon their mastery of the skill stated which you should be able to assess without any problem.

Dr Jones

Hi All,
Last few days for the discounted  & spread payments Early Learning Online Classes, this of course does not effect the Brillkids Discount for our Curriculum using your Partner Vouchers.


Let me know  by email if you are interested [email protected]    or 817 718 8822
Regards,
Chris

Hi all.
Jones Geniuses Accelerated Education will have a stand at 25th annual CHAP Conference May 13th & 14th,
8am to 5pm at the Farm Show Complex ,  HARRISBURG , PA.
Robbin Czerny our representative will be in attendance, with information & curriculum.
If you are in the area pop along, Robbin would love  to see you there.
Regards,
Chris

Hi all,
Jones Geniuses Accelerated Education will also have a stand at the following conference:
Eastern Panhandle Home School Conference  March 26th,  9am - 6pm.  Robbin Czerny will be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding our Early Learning, Math, Speed Reading & Spanish curriculum also our online classes.
The mission of the EPHSC is to support and encourage high quality home education in the Eastern Panhandle and surrounding areas by providing educational and informational sessions and an opportunity to review and discuss resources and materials.
Covenant Baptist Church, Shepherdstown, WV 25443
As it is the time of year for book fairs & home school conferences we have listed all the fairs we are attending on www.jonesgeniuses.com.
Thanks,
Chris

Attend the Jones Genius Accelerated Education booth March 24th - 26th  at the
Greater St Louis Educators Expo and you will get chance to win a $50 voucher off any of our products.

Dr Jones will also be speaking at the Expo & you will have an opportunity to ask him any questions you may have.

Check out all the book fairs & home school conferences we are attending this year by clicking on to our website www.jonesgeniuses.com  its in the ' about us' section.
Regards,
Chris
   
Greater St. Louis Home Educators Expo
First Evangelical Free Church of St. Louis County
1375 Carman Rd.
Manchester, MO 63021

Hi,
Dr Jones is holding a Brillkids workshop online April 21st 6pm US central time  ( hopefully we will catch the early risers in the Far East & Australia as well as our North American users)

It is called "Taking your child to the next level."  Basically Dr Jones will review any questions you may have about our Early Learning curriculum that many of you have purchased. Also advise on  a smooth transition to a more advanced level when the Early Learning has been completed.
We are very interested in your feedback & look forward to hearing from Brillkids parents / teachers.
Spaces are limited, to reserve a place please email me ASAP & I will send you the link.

email: [email protected]

Have a great weekend,
Regards,
Chris

Hi,
The workshop is now fully subscribed ( Yin Wee  I have sent you the link.)
I will start a stand-by list in case any subscribers drop out. email me at [email protected] if you wish to go on stand-by
If you have already booked a place & your circumstances change & you can't make the workshop please let me know ASAP.
I will be organizing another workshop in the near future at a different time to suit other geographic locations.

Regards,
Chris

Hi guys,

I've sent mail to Chris but he's on leave.
Phoned & received automatic answer,

Any one can help me to contact him???

Tks a lot

On Chris's phone message he gives Dr. Jones telephone number I will send it to you in a personal message.
I called Dr. Jones and he was able to help me with all my questions and give me his guidance and take my order over the phone.

Tks MB a lot,

It's abt 11pm in US & should I call him now?
'cause we have very different time zone.

Hi, I am back from vacation, you can email me at [email protected] or phone 817 718 8822.
Regards,
Chris

Hi Chris,

I've just re-sent,
Pls check,

Tks