I have a crawling track that I'm done using.  I'm in FL, where are you?

I think this is completely normal.  I remember reading something about it how children see things as pictures and they don't differentiate the orientation of the picture, so d, b, p are all the same shape, so he thinks it is the same thing.  When they get older they will naturally be able to tell a difference.  I wouldn't focus on that for now. 

My son is 3 1/2 and I'm looking for his next passion.  He loves categories - meaning topics with lots of things to memorize.  For instance, at one point he loved bugs.  He can recognize hundreds of bugs.  We have bug plastic toys, bug books, bug bits, a bug catcher & magnifying box to look at live ones. He knows where they live, what they eat and all sorts of info about tons and tons of bugs.  He did the same thing with dinosaurs, all sorts of animals (even the very random ones).   

We do Little Reader and PowerPoints and I expose him to many, many different topics.  The only thing he has been asking for lately is art PowerPoints.  I'm going to download all that I can find.  We gave him my husband's baseball cards because I thought that would be another thing he could learn all about.

I'm looking for ideas of other topics that your kids like.  I don't want to go the traditional route and let him get into army guys or star wars toys if I can help it. 

This sounds cool but I can't get it to open.  It says it is zipped but I can't unzip it.  Any chance of getting it in normal PowerPoint?  Thanks!

My son never liked to be put down, and I'll also wear my daughter in a carrier, but sometimes you have to cook or go to the bathroom, etc.  I'm hoping she will like the crawling track enough for me to use it those times.  I wonder if the vibrating seats/swings just puts them in the tummy exposed position which they don't like which is why he thought all those things were terrible.  It is worth a try.  I held him for a solid year every time he napped because he wouldn't sleep on his back.  I can't do that with #2 so I hope she will be ok with this idea.

As far as temperature, we are lucky that we live in Florida.  It is a bit cold now but should warm up very soon.  I'm comfortable around 80 and the house certainly gets that hot during the day.  I also have a space heater that I can put near her (in a very safe way) to warm things up a bit more if necessary. 

I'm excited about this.  I'm due next week and we will hopefully have the crawling track together soon after she is born.  I don't think I'll have her sleep in it at night because we will co-sleep, but during naps.  My son is much more interested in intellectual things rather than physicall so I'm hoping to see if starting the Doman physical ideas early with my daughter makes a difference. 

I don't have a microphone, nor am I the best at pronoucing Spanish.  I have made 2 PowerPoint presentations so far where I have the word in English, the the English word with a picture then the Spanish word, then the Spanish word and picture. 

I would love for someone to add a voice to these for at least the Spanish portion, and if you could also do the English portion, that would be great. 

The first one was basic words like red, bed and the second one was trucks. I would like to do several more in just Spanish and maybe a few more English/Spanish combos. 

Please let me know if anyone is interested.  Thanks!

He was already advanced before we started Doman.  I truely believe a good portion of it was from my parenting style.  I wore him in a sling and still co-sleep with him so we were right next to each other literally 24/7 when he was young.  The sling was so great because I could still do things but I was always narrating everything for him.  Our days are definitely child-centered and he is very happy and thriving.

We really haven't ever done that much with the Doman method.  My goal is to have him watch bits 18 times a month for about 15 minutes each session.  This month he has not been into it so we have only done it 5 times.  Last month we did 13 sessions. We watched Tweedlewink as well. 

We homeschool and read for hours each day.  He has the most awesome vocabulary.  We were around my 5 year old neice last weekend and I really didn't see a difference between the two of them.  They both ask what "uuuaexu" spells and things like that and he makes much more profound observations than she does. 

I will start the bits with my next one sooner and I'm having a crawling track made for her. I just wonder if she will surpass him.  They will be 3 years apart.

We have been using BrillKids since January and I'm totally impressed with the results.  The other day we got a library book, it was an easy board book with only 2 sentences per page.  It was Barney and my son loves Barney so we got it.  He can comprehend 60 page books so this was way below his level.  I read the book once.  The next day he picked it up and "read" it to himself verbatim.  I don't think he was reading because he spoke quickly and didn't seem to be looking at the words.  I think he memorized the book after me reading it once.  It has about 15 pages in it and I know I hadn't memorized it after reading it once. 

We read for hours a day and after reading a book once he will correct me if I say the wrong word when I'm reading.  So, I think he memorizes most of the books we read.  He knows all the titles of all of them after me just saying them once in the library, and we usually get 20-30 books at a time.  Sometimes it freaks me out when he asks for one and I have no idea which one he is talking about and then I find it in the library bag with the exact title.

When I read it I read at normal speed, not quickly like we flash lessons for him.  So, I'm trying to figure out what is going on in his brain that allows him to do this?  Is his right brain just developed enough that he can use it in all situations?  He has an amazing memory.  He remembers things from 6 months ago, never forgets a name, and is never wrong.  I use him to remember shopping lists and other things because he will be able to remind me and he really is always right.  He is 2 1/2 now.

These are great!  I never thought to do this with my son but I read the description and he got every animal.  We started doing riddles about all sorts of things around the house and he keeps asking for more.  Thanks for doing these and I hope you do more.

We have a local program where someone from the county comes to your house every month and gives you information about the stage you child is in now.  I really like it because they are very open-minded (including passing this site on to their other families) and can give good advice on a range of topics.  According to her, my son is at the 5-6 year old level. 

I told one of the homeschool groups I was interested in joining that I could get a letter from an education professional (the women I mentioned above) stating that he was ready and they came back and said they didn't think their group was a good fit for me.  This particular group was a religious one; way to show a loving spirit. 

We do have a musuem, zoo and aquarium that offers classes that are once a month.  I guess for now we are going to stick with those.  They don't care how old he is.

At least I was only trying to supplement with these programs but I still don't like taking "no" for an answer when it doesn't seem fair.  Who knew there could be age discrimination when you are 2.

My son is almost 2 1/2 and he loves everything we do from this site.  He has learned so much I really can't believe it.  We are going to homeschool and another mom and I do "preschool" every Thursday; the kids really like it. 

I've found a couple of local homeschool groups that have classes once a week.  They have teachers come in and teach things from science to chess.  I really like the idea of this because I would be able to go with him and when we get to difficult subjects or science where you need to do experiments, then we could do it as part of the group.

I've been so frustrated because each group has very strict age limits.  They won't let him in the 3 year old class because he isn't 3 yet.  Let them show me one of those 3 year olds who shares his yogurt with Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton the way my son does.  Or, one that chooses to build Notre Dame out of blocks.  By the time he is old enough to qualify for the classes he will be so far beyond what they are teaching at that level.

I just think it is sad that even these local homeschooling groups aren't open minded and don't realize that chronilogical age may not be the best determining factor of a child's ability.  I'm so thankful that we won't be attending public school because I can just imagine how hard it would be to get him in the correct class there.

DadDude - just wanted to thank you for posting all of these.  Since we got Little Reader we typically stick with that but my son LOVES your bits.  He still requests and quotes "My Day in Mexico."  Thanks for your hard work.

They have been sold. 

I got a PM from Joha first.  If Joha changes his/her mind then I will be in touch.