Thought of starting a new topic ....its basically explaining a day in the life of your baby's and ur life (in regards to early education).I would love to hear from everyone.
I am just wondering....how do you fit it all in a day....YBCR twice, Tweedlewink twice, LR twice, LM twice, EK cards thrice, Math cards thrice, Reading thrice....then reading books....now that BK is going launch Little musician....that thrice....its quite a lot. Can someone pls let me know the timetable that u guys follow...or some tricks to make it all work.
Hi , Well, I can't answer your question in a simple no or yes. When I was young I was taught 2 diferent languages starting at the age of 3 1/2 and guess what I can speak, write and read both the languages pretty well now....so it is POSSIBLE
Thanks a lot for the lovely comments 2010BEBES...It definitely is more gratifying to be able to teach my baby...I absolutely look forward to teaching (well we call it playing ) her everyday......the fact that I am imparting knowledge into her and that she is receptive of it is what gives me more happiness than the results. I am sure we are all looking at the long term results than the short term ones.
Woww that's interesting... While I was pregnant I happened to watch a Documentry (DVD from the library) called smart babies.....the whole documentry was slamming Doman method and in there they featured this one particular baby whose mom did doman parenting including EK flash cards ...they followed his development and when the boy became a teenager they tested him and found that he couldn't remember a single thing that his mom taught him.....but I was amazed at how they missed to point out the fact that the boy was doing wonderfully well @ college and he spoke in a very matured manner compared to other boys of his age.
I am delighted to let u all know that from the time my baby turned 6 months old ....she could pick up a range of word cards and EK cards rightly. I initially thought that it was just a coincidence but then found that...that was not the case. She is getting it right each and every time. As far as LR goes...she is starting to recognize certain Action words...especially smile and clap....right when the word smile comes ...she will smile (before the picture of the smiling girl comes). She is now 7 months.
That's a wonderful thought u have there. Its just natural to wonder if the baby is going to remember all those EK flashacards once he/she grows up. Likewise most probably they don't even know the idea of countries and continents when they are so young. They are probably just byhearting what they see without knowing the meaning of the contents. However, I just happened to watch this youtube video posted by one of the wonderful mom's in this forum. http://www.youtube.com/v/uov17e7r5cQ&rel=1
As u can see the child is great at memorising details and this is especially useful when later on they start learning history and dates. I guess its also important to have memory power to learn a lot of subjects like Zoology, Botony etc where u need to byheart the names of the species and botanical names of plants etc.
According to Doman, the whole idea of flashing EK cards is to increase the brain capacity. He clearly explains how when Dr Klosovskii exposed newborn kittens and puppies to visual stimulation ....they developed 22.8 to 35 % more growth in vestibular areas in the brain compared to the animals that grew up in a normal manner. He saw that both the control group and experimental group had the same number of brain cells but the experimental group had 1/3rd larger and more matured brain cells. In conclusion, its not about the babies remembering what we taught them while they were babies, its about how much matured their brain cells are while they become adults.
THERE ARE 5 PARTS TO THE VIDEO....AM ONLY POSTING THE 1ST PART HERE...MAKE SURE U SEE ALL THE 5 PARTS ON YOUTUBE. Seems like Susan Polgar remembered all the chess games she played when she was young...this MADE IT EASIER FOR HER TO BE A CHAMPION LATER ON IN LIFE...so its possible that our babies might remember atleast some of the EK subjects that we taught them. Moreover, they will by that age know the meaning of a lot those EK cards.
I am a mom to a lovely little 7 month old baby. Well I just wanted to let u all know that I started blogging and would love to hear ur comments and suggestions. Pls visit me at : http://earlyeducationlover.blogspot.com/