Anna Panna,  Thank you for asking.  No, I have not bought the program yet.  I am still interested if anyone has comments on the Wink program.   

Ah, yes, I understand.  That's why I like her saying,"Jump in where you are."  Even if you don't do everything, anything you do makes things better.  Don't try to do things perfectly.  I liked her, "Just do it for 15 minutes," saying, too.  Well ... okay, for moms it might be 5 minutes.  But the 5 minutes makes something cleaner and makes you feel better too.  But I understand going into a slump.  (Been there, too.)  Maybe when baby is older, you can teach her to clean with you.  My baby boy loves wiping windows and mirror.  I just give him a dry rag and he "buffs" the windows for me.  He likes it when I vacuum, too.  He either rides on my canister vacuum, or he helps hold the tube.  The one thing I haven't figured out his how he can help when I fold laundry.  I put things on hangers and he just can't do it yet.  But he tries.  I guess that's good enough for now.    

My secret (not that my house is perfect) is www.flylady.net.  I signed up for her emails.  She sends me on "missions" every day and it helps to keep my house clean.  The missions usually take less than 15 minutes. I like the fact that I don't have to spend a lot of time thinking (she does that for me) and the fact that she helps establish habits that help me keep my house clean. 

Hi Indy_mom,

You can begin introducing equations after 20.  However, that means you will have more sessions of math, as you continue to teach him 21-100 as well as begin with addition. 

You can check to see if half of an A4 paper is big enough by watching him interact with other objects that are the size of the dots on the paper.  Does he see grapes the size of teh dots and can he focus on one (to pick it up) when there are several on the plate?  Can he follow a toy that size around with his eyes when  you move it around in front of him? 

There was a good explanation of the Doman math method here:  http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-math/maths-equations/15/

Hope it is helpful.   

Yes, I know what you're saying.  I think my boy is finally over the paper-eating stage.  And before, he would have gone around and ripped off the papers and thrown them on the floor, but he seems to have grown out of that now, too.  Praise the Lord!  

For now, it may be good to just continue to model for him (or with him) when you read to him.  Going from knowing the sounds, to being able to say consecutive sounds and remember them is a big step.  It is easier for them to understand the word when you say it because they aren't distracted by having to figure out the sounds themselves.  It would sort of be like trying to figure out the word "cat" when your thought are saying.  "Oh, I know that letter, it is 'c' and then the next letter was... oh yes, 'a' and the last letter, was it 'm' or 'n?'  Oh, it is 'n.'"  Then, we say, what's the word?  And they think, "What was that first sound again?" But as they practice their letter sounds, they will get better at connecting the letters to make the words. 

One tip I heard of was to sound out the words without putting any breaks between the sounds.  "Ccccccccaaaaaaat."  As opposed to, "Cccc, aaaa, tttt."  It helps some children to connect the sounds and also helps their audio memory of what they just read.

Another tip I heard was to start at the end of the word.  Start with "aaaat."  When he gets that down, it is easy to add the "c." "CCCCCCat"  It will be like having to remember 2 things instead of 3.  After that, you can do a whole slew of word that rhyme with "at" (mat, hat, sat, rat, ....)   
 
I would guess, if your child is running away, it may be because he feels he isn't ready to be "tested" or doesn't enjoy having to do something that is still difficult for him.  Maybe, if you continue to do it together, one of these days he may say, "Mommy, stop!  I can do it by myself!"  Until then, I would continue sounding things out with him, and keep practicing those letter sounds.  If he likes to show off for guest, I'm sure he'll show off for you when he is ready.   

I'm always looking for new fun ways to reinforce reading, math....  I started putting flippable sentences (and words) on my walls.  I used my computer to print out tent-fold cards (in the form of a greeting card with the fold at the top, which I print on normal paper).  I put the sentence on the front, then put the pictures on the inside.  I then put the folded papers on the walls.  My boy liked these after he figured out he could lift the corner (which I pre-bent for him) and see a picture of what he'd just read.  It is like a flip book, but it's on the wall at his level.  I put them on differnt walls and he has to look around to find them.  He liked that.  It works well for my active little boy who'd rather run than sit.   

Just another idea to enjoy reading. 

Love to hear fun ideas y'all come up with.   

Dear rabbit_chong,

It sounds like you have been doing a lot of work with your son.  It also sounds like you have been getting pretty good results. 

During the 5 months of teaching, he knew the following:
a) recognise number 1-10, A-Z (upper and lower case), his name, about 20 chinese words, about 10 english words, basic shapes
b) recite 3 chinese tang poems with memory
c) know lettersound about 50%

Are you having fun?  I would continue whatever is fun for you and your son.  Relax and enjoy the process. 
If the processes is getting stressful or boring, I would try something else.  These threads might help a little. 

http://forum.brillkids.com/general-discussion-b5/how-do-you-teach-a-very-active-baby/
http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-to-read/my-17-months-old-baby-does-not-show-interest-in-flashcards/

It sounds like you know your son well. If you think you are doing too much, cut back a little. 

P.S.  If your son likes the computer, www.starfall.com is good for phonics.  Someone also mentioned Meet the Sigth Words DVD, and my son really liked them and picked up on those words quickly.  Each child is different.  It think it is important for us to find what is fun for them and go "play".   

Tankit,
Yes, I understand where you are, too.  When my oldest was ready for kindergarten, I went to the school (at the end of the year before he was to enter) to observe a class.  My boy already knew most of what they were doing at the end of the year.  Yet, as Mandi Quiring said, I didn't want to move him up a grade because he wasn't socially ready.  I looked into different things.  The had a combined K/1st class that was interesting.  In California, at the time, they also had charter schools.  One charter school would pay for curriculum (of my choice), but would let me teach him at home.  For the charter school, I would meet with a teacher once a month to evaluate how things were going, and they had other activities like fieldtrips for the children to do together.  I eventually moved and continued by homeschooling.  Now, in Colorado, I continue to homeschool, but can send my child to school for any class he chooses.  Right now he gets free music lessons at the school but  he (and my husband and I) chose to continue homeschooling for the other subjects.  He (13 years old now) says he likes it because he can move at his own pace (ahead of others) and have a more flexible schedule (so we can go fishing or something).
It is an option.  I understand it isn't for eveyone. 
My son is ahead enough that we could skip a grade (I'm sure your little one could skip a few grades )  and be in high school this year, but again, socially, I think he is better where he is for now.  (And I like having him around )  Here in Colorado, they have a nice program where he can do 2 years of college work (at the community college) when he is in highschool and graduate highschool and finish with an associaltes degree.  We are hoping to do that in a few years.  I know that is still far in the future for you, but thought I'd share what we've done so far. 

But, like Mandi Quiriing said, I think it is important to relax and keep learning fun.  Thankfully, schooling has been a pretty positive experience for my boys.  Oh, we have our days, but not too many. 

I just came across this site with printable rhyming number cards.  I'm working on introducing numerals, so found this fun.    
http://www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/28/Rhymes.xhtml

Thanks Questers!  It is good to hear from grown Doman baby.   

Hi Celeste,

At what age the child is unable to instantly recognize quantities seems to depend upon the child.  For example, Domanmom (a mom on this forum) started her son when he was 30 months.  He was still able to go through the program and learn to do instant math.  ( http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-math/anyone-get-results-from-doman-math-method/ )  But I did read that it is good to teach numerals and switch to numerals before they lose the ability to see quantities.  (They say it is usually around 36 months, but I'm supposing that is an average and some lose it sooner and some later.)  I suppose your friend could start the math program and see, if she wants to.  Even if she only makes it to 20 dots, she will be able to teach many of the math concepts using those.  I would also suggest having the numbers in a grid rather than random, as older children have an eaiser time that way. 
But for reading and EK, I think there would be no problem at all.   
P.S.  For how to teach math, this link was helpful.  http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-math/maths-equations/15/   

Very interesting Jinjl.  Thanks for posting them.  I'll have to show it to  my older kids and see what they think. 

Thank you Questers for the interesting info from IAHP.  I did not know they had an updated Math book. 

Nanayaya, I will be looking forward to hearing what you learn. 

And thanks mommy_rn for sharing about your son.  How wonderful!

It will also be interesting to hear what kind of results people are getting using LM.  Won't it be fun to hear how things are in 10 years.

I just thought I'd let y'all know that Right Brain Kids has a new book out.

Wennie had told me they were working on getting Right Brain Education published in the US (they already had it in Asia).  I am looking forward to reading this book and learning more about right brain learning.

http://www.rightbrainkids.com/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage5/product_id,168/category_id,54/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,26/