I saw an interview with a teenager 16 0r 18 I think and they interviewed him on bits he hadn't seen since 2 yrs old and he remembered them.

I'll start
1. Chinese Provinces (geography)
2. NFL Logos (sports)
3. Types of spiders (animals)
4. Countries of South America (geography)
5. Varieties of monkeys (biology)
6. Paintings by Monet (art)

A - Angels
B - Bells

On the subject of pennies we also take our dot cards and I let him put 1 penny on each dot.  Sometimes I will have him count out the number he will need for a card first and then put them on. I also consider it an exercise in manual dexterity.

Good thread idea! One thing we do is I write the numbers 1-5 on little sticky note paper then lay each note in front of an individual small pyrex bowel.  I then give him a pile of pennies and have him put the right number in each bowel.  We play lots of variations too like I put pennies in the bowel and he puts the right note in front of them or I leave the notes in order and have him put the notes in the right order in front of them.

We teach the encyclopedic knowledge.  When you show a child pictures/flashcards of people/objects you are giving them the pegs to hang future information on and the encyclopedic knowledge in that information.  What is the benefit of being able to identify George Washington if you don't know who he was or what he did and how he connects to other famous people/event in history? Encyclopedic knowledge provides this framework so a child can make the connections.

We are going to be teaching piano when Blaise turns 3.  Violin is the classical Suzuki instrument and as such is specifically mentioned in Doman's books.  One reason for it's popularity is that it is portable and can be brought to lessons, it is obtainable in small sizes appropriate for young children and it is easy to rent/buy whereas larger instruments (like the piano) many people may not have at their home and may be too expensive to rent/buy.

Thanks, I will try this.  That was exactly the sort of thing I was looking for! Karma for your help.

The da Vinci download contains copies of:
Annunciation
Virgin of the rocks
The last supper
Mona Lisa
St John the baptist
Adoration of te Magi
Vitruvian Man
Madonna of the carnation
St Jerome
Madonna of the flower

Each contains 10 programs of intelligence following this format:

Division: Art
Category: Great Art Masterpieces
Set: Great Art Masterpieces of Name of Artist
Bit of Intelligence: Name of Masterpiece
1st Magnitude: The _________ was painted by ___________.
2nd Magnitude: The ________ was painted in ___________(location).
3rd Magnitude: What type of work is it.
4th Magnitude: The subject of the work.
5th Magnitude: Some details of the work.
6th Magnitude: When the work was done/how long it took to complete.
7th Magnitude: What technique was used.
8th Magnitude: An anecdote about the work.
9th Magnitude: Where is the work today.
10th Magnitude: Some information about the artist.

I have more that I will try to get up in the near future for the rest of his works.

A discusion on one of the other topics got me thinking.  For those of you doing the physical program have you been able to successfully teach your child to do backward rolls?  If so please share your method.  My son is a forward rolling pro, but backwards? I just don't get how to teach it.  Thanks in advace for any ideas.

We were trying to follow the "How to make your baby physically supurb" book.  So what I should be doing with him now is working on the running aspect.  However, secondary to where we live there is no where safe to go running (shootings in the school parking lot where the track is, parks with drug deals going down, kids being run over and killed on the sidewalks, etc...) So, I am at a loss what to do.  We could drive to a park that is safe but they are a ways a way so its not feasible to do daily.

We do work on tumbling and he does forward rolls daily.  Backward rolls are not happening.  We also work on fine motor skills like tracing, lacing beads and lacing cards.  And during the summer we swim almost everyday.

I just feel like he has so much energy right now and no way to burn it off.  I really want to have a more structured program and also somehow figure out a way to incorporate more endurance type activity.

You're lucky TABS, that is my ideal.  I wish that we had space for my son to play outside.  He has so much energy but we live in vegas in the desert so there is no grass to play on, the neighborhood is not safe and the weather is not conducive.  The poor kid is stuck inside all the time.

The same thing happened to me.  I think it may be a bug or something.  You can download files in the little reader library and they will work fine with the sound too.  What I did was find the files without sound and re-downlaod them. Maybe one of the administrators has a better idea?

Thanks, I had this same question.  You guys are great about answering every question someone could have so quickly and with a great solution.

There was a man called Fred
'Rise and Shine' said he, and got off the bed.

Fred never complains, he is always happy
He smiled and would make his hands clap, clap, clappy

He lives all alone and yet,
There isn't a person he hasn't met!

Every morning, he goes to town,
Where he performs in the circus as a Dare-Devil clown

He can juggle 25 balls
with only one hand while making phone calls

Fred's best at trapeze, where he flies in the air
As his wife Frieda uses her toes to catch him by his hair

Why Frieda and Fred live apart, no one knows
But the truth is fred’s  wife is the best in the women rows

Fred's favourite pastime is to fish by the lake
He'd hook herrings, halibuts, hoki and hake!

Fred likes eating bun , he enjoys the fun
And when he's done, he'll head into the forest for a run

The only thing he won't tell you, or even ask you to do,
Is to say his ten times table, or if he could count to twenty two.

Alas one fine day, a realization hit him
His moustache had grown so long that he badly needs a trim
and so off to the barber he did go,
to trim the moustache and his right big toe.

Just then his long lost son Freddie turned up
with 2 bags of laundry and a little brown pup
He jumped in the air and shouted with glee
"I'm home Mom and Dad! Make my bed up for me!"

Up stairs he goes to take a nap