Talking about MIL -- Now don't get me started! 

I guess MILs are the same globally! What to do, at least you guys be happy that you have to be with them only for a few days in a year...unlike here in India where majority of the families have a joint family system, mine included....

What to do, its all part of the package..

Glad you liked it! Thanks!

Cool down! Don't be so hard on yourself. You are not alone, may of us are there in a similar position. Keep building your loyalty points and wait for them to announce discounts, that might help. I am waiting for the same too...

Thank you very much! Karma to you! Seems like a good read...

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[Jyoti]

Jyoti - Good that you have found this site! It gives you a lot of information on how to go about it. If you have any questions, shoot away. Some of us will be available to answer them.

Vani - Welcome aboard.

Yes as per Doman, reading comes first, then math, then encyclopedic knowledge (picture cards).

But the number of words is not just 5. You start with 5 and you increase it to 25 gradually. Please check my post to Preethi in this same thread regarding this. You will add 5 new cards everyday and retire 5 old ones, maintaining 25 cards to be shown in total. Number of cards is just a guideline. No hard and fast rules here.

Regarding the time gap, Doman does not say 1 hour specifically. You have to spread it out into 3 sessions throughout the day, say morning, afternoon, and evening.

Doman suggests to start with categories, but again no hard and fast rules. You can start with the words you think will be appropriate for him.

Perhaps you can keep pictures aside for sometime until he gets interested in reading and math. This is because words and dots may not captivate a child as much as a picture does.

You can continue the powerpoint presentations. You can use those cards for problem-solving sessions.

For more clear and detailed info, I would suggest you read "How to teach your baby to read"
and "How to teach your baby math" written by Dr. Glenn Doman.

Regards,
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Nadia - A big congrats to you! Thats the fruit of all the hard work you've been doing!   
The video was really nice to see...Camie seems very composed and picks pictures with ease...She seems to be very intelligent for her age...And she has got a cute face too! Just went through your blog...Looks like you guys have been doing a lot of things...Thats great! Comparitively, I feel i am doing nothing...Well, you are really inspiring me to boost up my current program with even more zest!   

Shaman - A big congratulations to you too!    I know how thrilled you must have been to witness it the first time. See your child proved that he knew a lot! Hard work and perseverance pays off! Try to capture it on video (which is another big challenge, because kids get more interested on the camera than the cards).

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Hi all,

Would you like to teach your little ones about interesting animal facts? Then, please take a look at the file I have just uploaded. It is named as "Interesting Animal Facts-1" with pronunciation and pictures (3 different pictures for each pronunciation). Hope you all like it! Let me know what you think about it.

Will post the part 2 soon!

Thanks & Regards,
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Preethi,

Great to know the program is going well!

1. There are no hard and fast rules. 25 words per day is just a guideline given by Dr. Doman which I think is workable. However, if you think it is too much for your babies and that they are turning away at some point, you can reduce the number of words and go with their pace.

2. Once you have done about 50 or more single words, you can start making couplets with the old words like "good mummy" "my daddy" etc. That is how you review the retired words. Later you can move on to phrases and sentences using the old words.

3. You can check the price in rupees at the "Buy Brillkids Software" tab. You can select Indian Rupees and it translates into rupees. If you are buying both, then there is a 10% discount I guess. There is a trial option too.

Have a great time teaching your LOs!

Shaman - Great to know IAHP has a course scheduled in India in 2010! Will find out more about that.

Khush - Welcome aboard! Hope you have a good time here..

Regards,
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I don't think Doman has suggested anything particular to pronouns. I do show them as single words. In fact, I have been trying to show all the words in the Dolch's list. It will be easier when you show phrases and sentences.

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Nadia,

That was well worded, "Alert, calm, and purposeful." Thats exactly what I meant. That lady whom I mentioned before also said about the calmness, though I would say that my baby is calm only when we are outside. At home, he is very active and always wants to talk something.

Well, I did a problem-solving session again yesterday after nearly 3 months and he was almost 90% right. The couple of words he missed were from his earliest sessions (when he was around 4-1/2 months). So that reinforces the importance of doing couplets regularly. Something interesting happened. I had shown him some EK pictures of indian national leaders when he was around 5 months. I would have shown him this around 3 or 4 times and then I stopped as Dr. Doman asks to do EK only after reading and math. So I just wanted to see if he could remember those. I picked up 2 pictures and asked which was Mahatma Gandhi. It was just beautiful to see what he did. He looked at both the pictures one after another, did that almost 3 or 4 times, and then looked imploringly at me, as if saying "mommy did you teach me that? I dont know this." Though It was really sweet to watch him do that, I felt bad and realized I should not have done it as I was actually "testing" him. Just felt like sharing!

I guess only both of us are sharing instances here. It would be nice if others could also join and share such interesting incidents, however small it may be. We will only be motivating each other by listening to each other's stories!

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Nice to see so many inputs. Regarding TV watching, I was under the impression that too much TV would make the child passive as he keeps sitting in front of it doing nothing. This point is new to me. Anyway, American Academy of Pediatrics says to minimize TV watching until 2. Thats the rule we have at home, "no TV until 2," but its hard to practice when others in the family watch a lot of TV. Needs reinforcement every now and then.

Agree that if we stick to our schedules, we aren't doing any harm. Whether or not we teach them anything, children ARE going to learn/get stimulated from somewhere else. So its definitely better if we channelize it in the right direction as we are doing now. 

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If she is not interested in physical flashcards, let her be. Most babies are, including mine. Mine refused to see physical flashcards. He would simply show his disinterest and look away. But when I showed the same thing on the computer, he was interested. He was interested to look at the different colored fonts, the way the slides appeared one after another etc. Now that we have the new LR curriculum, it is more interactive. Unlike DVDs where you can only watch, LR curriculum gives us an opportunity to go at our own pace, especially the multisensory part of it where you can interact with your baby and let her show her emotions. She will gradually pick up the words. Therefore, I suggest rather than simply watching DVDs over which we have lesser control, it would be better to do something interactive. Little Reader would be a good option, I feel.

Regarding languages, perhaps you could concentrate on two languages now. Perhaps you can teach one language and your husband can teach another, rather than you handling all 4 languages. I am sure other experienced parents here can help you with this.
 
Apart from all this, spend a lot of time with her. Keep talking to her and tell her whatever you are doing and ask her questions and reply yourself, if she does not answer. Point at things around the house. She will definitely pick up words. If we give a lot of input, she will definitely give the output in due course.

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Nadia and meandlinc, thanks for your replies. Well, I don't have any problem right now. My baby is quite active, but definitely not hyperactive. I was just worried because we teach him reading, math, and other things and was wondering if teaching so much would amount to overstimulation. We do stop when he wants to stop, and if he is not interested, he will show it by turning away and we don't force him. I was just wondering if any of you knew about the relationship between overstimulation and hyperactivity, if at all there is any.

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Just happened to hear from someone that overstimulation could lead to a hyperactive child...I am not sure if there is any scientific backing to this..Is it true? Does stimulating too much have any adverse effects on the child?

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Nadia,

We do get a lot of motivation when they do such things, don't we? I still remember how I felt the first day my little own showed he knew the words. It was actually an impromptu problem-solving session when he was around 6-1/2 months old and he identified 7 out of 8 cards! It was simply amazing...! If it were not for these instances, I too would have found it difficult to do the program consistently.

Apart from that, do you feel that your kid looks brighter and smarter "look wise" when compared to other kids of her age? Have people told you that? Though I have heard this comment in my son's case, I am not sure if this is true. I heard this from a  lady who teaches Doman method here in my city. She has dealt with a lot of children and she swears by it. Any comments anybody?

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