I agree that the way maths is being taught is wrong, not the teaching of it. We would not expect primary school children to sit and drill verb declensions and come out with perfect literacy, so why do we expect the memorising of facts in maths to create a perfect understanding of numeracy?

Learning the facts is important, but learning them in a real-life context is what makes them stick! 

Wow! Well done baby!

My son didn't crawl for ages. He couldn't go on his stomach for six months because of bad reflux making him sick every time and he was about ten months when he finally figured out how to put his hands and feet on the floor to move. 

I am a big advocate of early language learning - we can pick up so many things later in life, but languages are not generally one of them (to native level, at least!) I really wanted to cover as many languages as possible with my son, but just couldn't manage consistancy with so many and pared it down to just four, two native and two foriegn. For now

I agree that it is possible to learn languages through dvd - I have no Mandarin or Japanese myself, but since they are the most linguistically different to English of the languages I wanted to cover I have focused on them first of all. My son now insists on naming dogs only in Chinese (I think this is due to Little Pim's dog films) yet has only heard the word on dvd. He refuses to use English or Russian words for dog, though he does understand them.

It is undoubtedly true that babies can't get a native-level understanding of a language through dvd alone, but it is an important resource for those without access to native teachers to at least introduce the sounds and workings of a language.

Hello Everyone,

My name is Alex and I have a 20 month old little boy. We have been doing some early education in a rather haphazard way, and I hoping to get more of a routine going now that he's finally settled into more of a regular sleep routine.

My focus is primarily on languages, since that is my passion. We have LR and have used Doman math cards, but I haven't managed proper consistancy with them. I hope to get back into them after breaking for six months - so long as he enjoys them! We are a 2-language family, speaking English and Russian, but also learn Chinese and Japanese through the Wink to Learn dvds, as well as Little Pim. The Wink dvds are the only thing we have been consistant with the last few months, since he demands them at least once a day.

Hopefully this forum will supply much-needed inspiration and support!

Alex

Thanks! It took me a while but eventually I figured it out. Typically it was only the last option that worked for me