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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child to Read / Re: Vid: My 9-month old Reading!
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on: August 31, 2009, 07:20:17 PM
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Hi Great video and impressive reading by Cammie!
Just wanted to share how our 11 month old is also reading. We use YBCR and figured out Tobias can read when on a whim we set up his toy animals on the floor and showed him a flash card with one of the toy animal's name on it (for example "elephant") To our surprise,Tobias would then pick out the animal! We thought it was by chance, but when we tried with other cards, he consistently picks out the correct toy animal to match the card. The excitement is definitely contagious. Thank you for sharing your experience.
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EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: Don't Bother -- Little Vent
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on: August 27, 2009, 02:10:02 AM
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I completely agree. My only regret is that I didn't start even earlier with my kids. There really is so much for them to be exposed. I actually feel I'm cheating my kids by not educating MYSELF more about early education. It's a world of unlimited potential that I feel is important to take advantage. I actually had one mother tell me that this early education quells a child's right brain activity. I thought, if only she knew of the many techniques to stimulate both left- and right-brain development. I also agree that home schooling is probably the answer to the question of how to continue a childs early education into "the school age years". Not enough of today's curriculum addresses children who have an early foundation of reading and learning. Despite the many years of positive experience from earlier generations, it will still fall to us parents (and rightly so!) to build on the early learning of our children
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EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: Don't Bother -- Little Vent
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on: August 26, 2009, 11:07:01 PM
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It's great to see the comments. I currently am using YBCR for my 3 y/o and now 11 month old. My 3 y/o is sight reading without difficulty and I believe my 11 month old can read a small subset of words now as well. Despite the naysayers, I am grateful for the programs. It makes perfect sense that if you teach children at a younger age, they are able to assimilate what is taught without considerable effort. The shining example comes from language. Each child picks up language without "formal" training,in large part because it is introduced to children at an early age. To extend the model to reading and encyclopedic knowledge is not a large leap. I'm going to keep teaching despite the negativity, and ultimately it will be our children who will benefit.
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Local Support Groups / General Discussions / Re: Roll Call to All Pinoys! [PLEASE READ]
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on: July 14, 2009, 09:24:00 PM
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Hello, I'm second generation Filipino and my son is almost 10 months. I've been using YBCR for the last 2 months in English and have been researching other systems. I don't speak Tagalog, but can understand and am trying to teach Tobias through some DVD's. My wife has a French background and together we are trying to teach Tobias French as well. I've also learned some Spanish and since both French and Tagalog have some crossover, we are also trying to teach Tobias Spanish. I've recently subscribed to the LM so Tobias and I are keeping busy and having fun. I'm interested in what other parents are doing with regard to teaching Tagalog?
Thanks
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