hi lelask!

thats a great idea on the flashcard photos ! hmm..i will check out sparkabilites too (since you mentioned it)..

 

Just wanted to share this youtube video about how you can use the net to make a timecapsule to capture all the memories of your precious little ones growing up..

well, blogging works too, but not if you're a private person. Hope this will inspire you mummies and daddys! as how this video inspired me.

it's actually a goggle advertisement for chrome. a very good one indeed

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/R4vkVHijdQk&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/R4vkVHijdQk&rel=1</a>

p/s : I sort of teared up a little bit at the end ..

you're warned  enjoy!

it's my pleasure!

enjoy! 

btw, if you plan to use the Glenn Doman deluxe kits flashcards.. you have to add in more words.
i think my GD sets comes up to 600 single words, 100 couplets, 60 phrases ..etc
(let me know if you need me to update the spreadsheet :P)

hi babymum...

I made a spreadhseet for you..

All you need to do is to type in the words you want to show to your baby in the Yellow boxes on the left side.
The words will appear in the table accrodingly.

You do not need to change anything else in the spreadsheet. Only the Yellow boxes.

After you type in the words, you can print out.
The Session1, Session2, Session3 boxes on the right is for you to keep track.. That way you dont have to write the dates/sessions on the flashcards..

There is also speadsheets for couplets and phrases in there.. (after you finish showing the 200 single words)

Hope this helps !

hi babymum..

to add on to dna's reply..
http://www.childandme.com/glenn-domans-method-teaching-baby-read-brief/

also a suggestion to your question on how to retire words after the 5th day (taken from childandme.com also) :-

After showing your 25 words for 5 days you don’t have to retire all 25. You retire just five words and add five new ones. Daily. Here is an example: I have a set of five words for my baby
- apple
- milk
- bread
- carrot
- banana
I am showing these words for 5 days, 3x a day. At the beginning of the next week, I retire just one word (let’s say, a word “banana”), and add a new one, so the set looks like this:
- apple
- milk
- bread
- carrot
NEW: soup
My baby is happy to see old words (someone just recently mentioned that her baby loved old words so much, this mom ended up with two piles – the baby got very upset when any old words would disappear) and even happier – for a surprise: a new word (“soup”)!

I show these words 3x on Monday. On Tuesday I retire another old word (“carrot”) and add another new one, so my set looks like this:
- apple
- milk
- bread
- soup
NEW: butter

So, similarly, on Wednesday my set will look like this:
- apple
- milk
- soup
- butter
NEW: cereal

By the end of the week, all the words from week 1 would be replaced and the baby will start getting familiar with the 5 new words! So you just continue like this adding one/removing one from each set and adjusting your sets according to your baby’s interest.

hope this helps.. 

[Mums should breastfeed for at least four months to avoid having naughty kids]

Hi A_BC,

Cheers to you for championing breastfeeding! i'm 100% pro breastfeeding too!

if you noticed I posted previously in this thread :
Mums should breastfeed for at least four months to avoid having naughty kids

and then quoted :

" The golden rule then when it comes to feeding an infant seems to be to breastfeed exclusively for the first four months of life, then begin to offer them vegetable puree to ensure they develop a healthy taste palette"

I guess both article has a common theme..
that breastfeeding is good! preferably for a longer duration! (at least 4 months as per the study) BUT suggested not to be done Exclusively for too short or too long a period.

Notice the word EXCLUSIVELY is mentioned a few times in that article on obesity.. It recommends breastfeeding exclusively for the first four months of life, then begin to offer them vegetable puree to ensure they develop a healthy taste palette.

 

[Exclusively breastfeeding too little or too long can cause obesity.]

Hi krksona ,
Interesting indeed there are so many different takes on how long we should be breastfeeding our babies..

Sharing an article suggesting that prolonged exclusive breastfeeding could lead to obesity..
quoted from blogs.babble.com

Exclusively breastfeeding too little or too long can cause obesity.

The New York magazine blog Grub Street brought up an interesting juxtaposition the other day, suggesting that American mothers don’t breastfeed long enough, while mothers in the UK breastfeed too long.  That’s because most American mothers don’t breastfeed exclusively for the first four months of life as the American Association of Pediatrics recommends, but British mothers are taught to abide by the rules of the World Health Organization that suggest they should offer their infants breastmilk exclusively for the first six months of life.

Dr. Mary Fewtrell, a pediatrician in London, believes “there is a higher risk of a baby developing iron-deficiency anemia and food allergies like celiac disease if kids don’t get certain solid foods before they’re 6 months old.”  So the Brits are hoping to move to a model that encourages mothers to start feeding their infants some solids in addition to breastmilk at around 4 months of age.

Interestingly enough, Fewtrell and her colleagues also believe that “prolonged exclusive breast feeding may reduce the window for introducing new tastes, particularly bitter taste which may be important in the later acceptance of green leafy vegetables.”  They feel this could “encourage unhealthy eating in later life and lead to obesity.”

What is even more remarkable is that supplementing breastmilk with juice or solids too early is thought to have the same obesity-causing effect. 
A new study in Pediatrics shows that 20 percent of babies in low-income families in North Carolina “were fed solid foods or juice by age 1 month; and by 3 months old, 70 percent were getting fed something (often fruit juice or added cereal) in addition to milk or formula.”  Rodale.com reports that “Infants fed these foods consume 100 more calories a day than infants given only formula or only breast milk, which can lead to babies who are overweight for their height.”

The golden rule then when it comes to feeding an infant seems to be to breastfeed exclusively for the first four months of life, then begin to offer them vegetable puree to ensure they develop a healthy taste palette.

karma to you indeed KristaG..

hi dna & krksona..

here's some suggestions for your alpha wave music search! 

http://www.rightbrainkids.com/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage6/product_id,111/category_id,47/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,26/

https://www.innertalk.com/cgi-bin/store/agora.cgi?cart_id=3764.27580*kQ1fR0&p_id=CD13190&xm=on&ppinc=search2

http://babyworld.com.sg/alpha-brain-wave-music-collection-p-533.html

http://www.rightbraineducationshop.com/products.php?id=1

I used the innertalk (second link above) alpha wave music for myself (way before i got pregnant) due to the tremendous stress & extreme working environment (unable to sleep, mild depression blahblah bla)..

Found out about alpha music when I was browsing at a local book store. Innertalk is available at major bookstores here..so I read the brochure, testimonials.. and bought it straight away. (desperate for help! )

I do believe it helped me to be more calm.. 
Now i used it for my baby .. & I can sense that he enjoys it   

btw, innertalk has a huge library of titles to choose from.. i think the only difference in theirs CDs are the positive affirmations embeded in each title.. one complain for them is that they are not cheap 

hope this helps

Many thanks Greenlemons for sharing the link!

happy swimming everyone! *splash splash

That is good news WINKtoLEARN  
the WTL factory must be working very hard these 2 months ehh?

Looking forward to the spanish DVDs releasing in June !

Keep me informed! Thanks!

oh ya,

for those parents who are uncomfortable with letting their babies into swimming pools.. I found a solution ! stumbled upon this product online earlier.

now with about USD60, you can buy a baby swimming pool!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HdVrnTTScAg&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/HdVrnTTScAg&rel=1</a>

my husband says  haha

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Hi TracyR4 & akalori ,

I asked myself the same question just now. and I remembered this thread.. Dont think I got my answer here so I did a bit of experiment (trial and error) and somehow I managed to post videos to my post ! Yay!

Posted with vidoes on this thread.. http://forum.brillkids.com/general-discussion-b5/swimming-lessons-for-babies-when-did-you-start/#msg71687

So here's how I do it. It's a little cowboy style, but that's the only way I know how  *NOOB*   If someone out there knows how to properly post /embed youtube videos on posts please do share~   

1. Open the Youtube page of the video you want to add to your post
2. Click on the SHARE button : at the bottom of the video (it's next to ADD TO,and not the Flag icon)
3. Click on the EMBED button : below the video link
4. Check only the USE OLD EMBED CODE (there are 4 options)
5. Copy the code, Paste on your post
6. Delete everything except the sentence highlight with glow Example below

that's it.
it's easy to spot that sentence..it's the first sentence with the youtube address..and it starts with " and ends with ". the rest is deleted.

Hope this helps

<object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://wwwww.youtube.com/v/JA9irtSlsYE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://wwwww.youtube.com/v/JA9irtSlsYE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/JA9irtSlsYE&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/JA9irtSlsYE&rel=1</a>

Wow, many thanks Kimba15 for sharing! Learning new things everyday from this forum!

I've never heard of formal swimming classes for 4 months old (mostly due to ignorance on my part) 
now i wish there is a swim center like that in my area!

and you're right on the benefits of swimming and how it outweights the effects of the 1/2hr of chlorine dip 

anyways, I found these interesting videos in youtube about baby aquatic survival!
we always hear about the dangers of child playing in pools.. and drowning . glad to know there are skills that can be taught to babies and toddlers to prevent unwanted accidents like that..& potentially save lives.
 
" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/aseQsDBJS6c&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/aseQsDBJS6c&rel=1</a>"

" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7zesZi6rqGA&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/7zesZi6rqGA&rel=1</a>"

" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/-cn-dSZEjjQ&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/-cn-dSZEjjQ&rel=1</a>"

" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Odp1OIDN_FY&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Odp1OIDN_FY&rel=1</a>"

Hi Brillkids team..

Any future plans to incorporate Chinese content for Little reader into a Value bundle ??

(Little Reader) + (Little Math) + (Chinese content for Little Reader) = better value priced = happy/happier customer