Counting to 10 on your fingers. One slide with the number, the next slide with the correct amount of fingers showing that number, then a blank slide. Numbers 1-10

We recently started watching Tweedlewink and I've noticed how they have blank screens in between topics.  For instance, they may show the word dog and then a picture of a dog and then a blank screen before they show the next word/picture.

I'm wondering if that is to "clear your mind" or if it is another bit of information for you to register since you mind would have to decide that it only sees white.

Either way, I haven't seen any PowerPoint presentations done that way.  I think I'm going to start doing that in mine.  Has there already been a discussion about this?

If you do decide to homeschool, would you wait until the child is 18 to send them to college?  I know there are AP classes now so kids can go to college with 48 credits, can homeschoolers get AP credit? 

I guess I thought if my son went to a private school that he would skip a grade or two.  If I do homeschool I will of course keep teaching him things, but I'm wondering if you can do AP credit and still have them enter college early, with a bunch of credits. 

I want my son to fit in with other kids, but I want to make sure that he is challenged.  If he is ready for college material early, then it would just make sense to start on it.

I don't have lesson plans at this point.  I want to get there and I go back and forth feeling guilty for not doing them now since it is the best time for him to learn and then thinking that he isn't even 2 and if he only wants to watch trucks he is still building his right brain.

I know I want him to learn Spanish so I try to show him at least one video with Spanish audio on it everyday.  I also try to do at least one math presentation.  Other than that we just go with what he wants.  Sometimes we go over Presidents for 30 minutes, other times he only wants to watch trucks. 

This is all so new to me that I will get a plan soon, but it will still be based on what he is interested in.   I have a great attachment moms group with great kids so we have an art in the park morning and friday playdates and I like us both socializing with people that I respect and like.

I think socializing would be the biggest reason why I wouldn't want to homeschool.  I'm sure the research DadDude posted will show that homeschoolers are fine in that regard.  I just want him to have a crush on someone and to see the same kids on a regular basis.  My husband has had the same friends since he was 5 years old.  I really want that for my son.  I realize there are ways to connect with homeschoolers in the area and I have several friends that aren't doing preschool so they will at least be around for the next few years.

DadDude, you make some very good points.  My son has pushed me from day one. I'm here because I wasn't doing enough with him and I searched and searched to find something that would satisfy his need to learn.  He already has a "favorite president" and loves as much of this information that I will teach him.  He is leaps and bounds ahead of kids twice his age, and we have only actively been doing Doman for a month.  I guess it is hard to accept that I'm going to homeschool because it almost doesn't seem like a choice, it seems like a natural progression.  Then again, if anyone told me I would be nursing an almost 2 year old, or having my next child in a birthing center, I would have laughed!

I believe it was Doman who said that schools could handle gifted kids, but not kids with IQs of 200, which is what most of us are probably creating. I'm so thankful for the internet because it will make things much easier I'm sure.

Things you find at the grocery store.  Slides with the word on one slide and the picture & word on the next.  Grocery store, cart, basket, asile, deli, bakery, bananas, produce scale, milk, bread, flowers, balloons, conveyor belt, cash register, scanner, plastic bag, paper bag, reusable bag.

I think I'm more and more leaning towards homeschooling although I never really wanted to do it.  There are so many great opportunities out there now for homeschoolers - I know our zoo and aquarium have great classes - that I bet would be would a great experience.  And, I guess we are all homeschooling now to some degree since our kids are learning so much.  It would just be nice if the there was a good school that would challenge the children.  Maybe there are some good ones out there.

I'm all for educating my son but I'm wondering about schooling.  I don't really want to homeschool, but I don't want him to be bored in a typical school.  I'm prepared to send him to private school but from the limited amount of research I've done on schools I'm not sure that will be challenging enough.

My son isn't yet 2 so I have time to figure school out, but I have decided against preschool.  Does anyone have experience with kids that went to regular schools after learning so much so young? 

The baby just may not be showing what they know.  Sometimes I will ask my son something or show him something and he will get this smile like he knows it, but he won't answer me.  He has also only read 2 words that I know of, Chevrolet and Roosevelt.  Those are not things we have spent much time on so I know he knows many more words than that, but he hasn't told me he knows them.  He is old enough to talk and communicate.  It is nice to see your work paying off, but you will see it soon.

A day in the life of a child - what time do you do wake up?  Eat lunch?  Slides starting with waking up, going to getting dressed, eating breakfast, going to the park, playing blocks, taking a nap, eating dinner, taking a bath and going to sleep.  One slide shows the activity and then next slide shows a clock with the time.

Things you find at the park.  Large red words followed by pictures of:  bench, sidewalk, steps, sandbox, playground, big slide, small slide, swing, baby swing, squirrel, pigeon, drinking fountain, water fountain, scooter, bicycle, tricycle, skateboard.

We have been doing this for about a month now.  I'm not testing him so it is nice to have encouragement.  I know that he can read "Roosevelt" and "Chevrolet."  I wonder how many other words he knows, but I know he is learning!

We chose not to.

Obviously it is personal choice.  I was an only child and I really want my son to have a sibling.  We have had 3 miscarriages after getting pregnant with my son the first time.  We are going to start trying again next month.  I really freaked out when I had to go to college and share a room/bathroom.  I had to move to an apartment because I couldn't deal with being around people 24/7.  Even now, when we go on family vacations I can't stand to share a house because I need quiet time.  Some of that is my personality but I think some of it is because I never had siblings.  I also don't know anyone my age that I have known all my life.  I have cousins but I talk to them once a year or so.  I'm jealous of people with siblings who have that shared history and everlasting friendship.  Also, I will be the only one to take care of my mom and it would be nice to share that responsibility.

Here is something else that works well:  www.emofree.com.   You can use the technique to help with unwanted behaviors and also for affirmations.  I got my son to go from nursing 20 times a day to 4 times a day without crying.  It also worked to get him to stop crying when we went to the gym (he had to go in the nursery) and wear his sunglasses.