This is funny, I dont have children, I'm not pregnant or married not even engaged. My 2 sisters are the same but I have been exploring Baby Education in depth since the summer and I presented the idea to my sisters (19, 22, and me 20) that when we have children we could do these programs with our children.

First they said they were unwilling to "waste their time" doing all this "crap" for an infant who wont understand it anyway.
Then I offered to do the program for their children if they have children at a time inline with/convenient to me having children and they declined, laughed and scoffed and said if I do this, their going to forbid me from ever babysitting their hypothetical children. Remember, NONE of us have kids, we're no invovled with anyone, we're not married, nothing. But we've always talked of having our kids grow up together.

I said, well, I guess I'll just do it for my children and we literally had a 1.5hr long argument/discussion with them about how they would "blacklist" me from their homes if I do this to my children,not let my kids around theirs, how they will encourage my children to not listen to me, calll child services on me, (try to) turn my husband and our parents against me etc, etc, etc...

They refused to read the blogs, browse this forum, watch the youtube videos, read the pamphlets or view the DVD from the IAHP or read the Doman books, they got mad every time they saw me reading them or sitting on the desk near me.

I mean they totally flipped out on me. It was weird to see how aggressive they got about this especially since they refused to view any of the literature or videos and since we dont even have kids.

I dont care in the grand scheme of things, I know that what I'm planning for my children isn't wrong or hurtful to them. I troll the internet for the best curriculum choices now because I want to learn about as much as I possibly can now and have a smooth transition into a full-time mothering role.

Some of the things I dream of doing with my kids:

From 0 - 3.5 years
Multilingual Environment (English, Spanish, Arabic and another modern language) + Signing
Elimination Communication (I dont want my elderly parents in diapers, why would I put my baby in diapers?)
Doman from 0-36months (Physical, Reading, Math, and Knowledge cards)
1000 books a year.
Your Baby Can Read
Little Reader
Little Math


From 3.5 -7 years
Jones Geniuses Math Curriculum
New American Cursive Program (I would prefer they only write cursive and pick up manuscript on their own)
500 Books a year minimum
Speed Reading
Mental Calculation Arithmetic
Algebra
Spalding for Reading/Spelling
2 Instruments minimum (Recorder, Violin, Piano, anything that interests them)
Swimming
Gymnastics

My goal is to nurture as much of my childs natural genius as possible from jump. If a dog can be trained and conditioned from birth to bring out the best of its breed or species then why is it hard to believe that a human child cant?

My goal is to have my child comfortably on a Middle School level of academics by the time they are "elementary" age so that we can spend "elementary years" 110% on what they want to study.

To this day I struggle in math so badly, I want my kids to be Masters in Math and have a can do attitude about math no matter what. I plan to use a combo of Doman, JG Math and Rays Arithmetic (for its extensive use of emphasis on word problems) with my kids until we exhaust that. I'm hoping that by then there will be a few more options for teaching "advanced" mathematics such as algebra and calculus, if not, I'll work that out also.

I want to put the money typically spent on cable television bills and keep my child supplied with educational games and materials. Sue me.

I'm a technut, I hope my husband will be a technut and I hope to raise my kids to be technuts.

By the term "multiliteracy" I mean the ability to read and understand multiple languages.

It is my goal to raise my children multilingual with 4 languages.

Spanish -- Me
English -- Community/ my extended family
Arabic -- Dad / dads extended family
Undecided 4th languages -- DVD's/ Nanny/Immersion program in school/ friends/ etc.

Which seems more beneficial to the child for the future? The 4th language is strictly for their advantage in the global market and their enjoyment with DVD's, books, video games, etc...


I plan to do a reading program like Doman and Little Reader, etc. I'd like to keep the balance of abilities within as many languages as possible. I'm wondering if I should use the same words in 2-3 languages and  do one language a day, or do the complete program in English, then the complete program in Spanish, Arabic and 4th, one after the other. I'm interested in having my kid read in all their langauges, even if only on a basic level, and if they have a good understanding of the language orally, aurally and in their heads, I'm wondering how those of you with multiliterate little ones have done it.

And what about bits of Knowledge, I'm thinking of teaching bits in just 2 languages and then have the child talk about their bits in another language.

My aim is to have them tri-or quadrilingual by the time they are 6. I put understanding and speaking a language above reading or writing it so if I cant find a feasible way to do multiple written languages then I will not worry about it and just do the reading and bits program in 1 or 2 languages.

I'm having trouble finding a good Video curriculum on Sign Language?

I have seen quite a few books but I'd like something on DVD, Signing Time and Baby Signing Time are fine for vocabulary, but I'm interested in the language as a whole.

Is there an indepth series available that you can use to learn grammar as well?

I know of Lifeprint.com which is a great free resource and if need be then I will stick with it for myself, but I was wondering if there was something well put together, professional and indepth with the language. Something that you could use for ASL 101, 102, 201, 202 and maybe 301 and 303 also.

I want to know how to sign in the present, past and future tenses and such.

Is any one here raising their kids to be bilingual by speaking a non-native language to them?
For example, I'm from the US, my first language is English and I study Spanish in school and I'm pretty good. I always wanted to learn Spanish as a child from the time I was like 4 or 5 years old, so I have always wanted to raise my children to speak Spanish.

I'm hoping that if I get good enough in Spanish and maintain Spanish then one day, when I have kids I can speak Spanish to them so that they learn it naturally. (I have a HUGE family, I'm not worried about the baby learning English so long as I live in an English Speaking country or with my family)

What I'm looking for are other parents experiences and opinions on doing this. Did you try using a non-native language with your kids from early on? How did it work out, was it strange speaking to your baby in a different langauge?

I found one blog, http://www.domaninspiredparenting.blogspot.com/ that shows the progress of a now 3 year old who was a Doman Baby. Check it out.

Wow, everyone does so many things! When I mention infant education to my family they look at me like I'm crazy. I've been trying to get them to believe me about this since I was 12 or 13.

I'll guess I will have to wait for my own kids someday to see whether I'm right or not.

I honestly think that the best thing you can do for a fetus is TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

Take a walk everyday. Drink extra water, cut out junk food. Eat right, but try not to over eat.

Do some things that relax you, learn something new, like drawing, solve crosswords.
Take time to relax. read a book (for yourself) and have something fun playing in the background constantly.

Take high quality prenatal vitamins and begin to prep your materials for when baby gets here, you may not have enough time once s/he arrives.

Get a massage, rub your stomach and laugh a lot. . Best of luck and a bright future for you and your baby.

Nooo!
Look right under the picture of (1+2=3). This is an error in the actual words!
It is right next to the heading of Extended Equations.

Please, explain to me, how I'm supposed to confidently expose my child to Little Math when the sales pitch has such a silly error in it?

(1+3+5 does NOT = 8!)

Did no one else notice this?

I plan to do use a modified Doman with my babies from early infancy and on. I am just wondering, if someone were to do this regularly and properly, with their child and make the transitions from dots to numerals and from words to sentences, then paragraphs, etc. With their child and then just continue to keep their home so that it inspires learning and reading on a regular basis, does the learning really stick?

Can I realistically expect my child to know how to read well after their last flash card has been learned?

I dont mind my child not retaining the quantity thing, where they can look and instantly recognize the number of objects, so long as they have the ability to do arithmetic down well.

I'm more than willing to put in the work needed to successfully do Doman and maintain it through out toddlerhood but I am curious as to how many middleschoolers did this method and how they benefitted.