Hi,

   Thanks for the response. I am sorry to hear his materials aren't sold in the U.S.. I am not concern about his materials not being in English.

Could someone please list of Stores, the Abacus Genius cards can be purchased in Japan, I vs. have relatives ship the cards to me in the States.

Thanks,

Micklereed

Hello,
     I was wondering if anyone would know if Dr. Shichida has material to accompany his 100 formula bead abacus?

I was going to purchase this abacus soon but didn't know if he had any lessons or activity books to ho with it. Other wise I will just use right start math abacus activities and later worksheets.

Thank you so much,

Micklereed

Hello,

   I was wondering if anyone knows where I can purchase the Shichida Tensoi the Abacus Genius Cards? Or where outside of the United States I can safely purchase these set of cards and the company will ship to the States? If no one knows could someone tell me what shops in Japan or maybe New Zealand that sell these cards?

Thanks,

Micklereed

Hi Mandy,
  Congratulations and Best Wishes. It is so nice to hear someone doing the very thing I am trying to do but I am starting to talk myself out of it. I just want to share a little of my story with you. It is nice to get feedback from others who have been where I am trying to go.

I am in bad need of advice.


I have a 8 year old as well. I have called the institute about how to follow up with a school aged child after completing the Glenn Doman program via books. I have spoken to Connie several times but I am sorry to say I have gotten a break wall with this. She is a very nice lady but when I talked to her about this, I get different response. One was that the program is for babies and the next that she doesn't see where I am trying to go with this.

I just had a baby four months ago and I was doing all of the books with him. I stopped because I was put in touch with one of the directors of the How to Multiple your baby's intelligence course. I don't remember her name and I don't think it was Janet Doman. She told me that i should just use the newborn program with him because that would be everything for me right now. She also said to continue the teach your baby reading program with my 4 and 6 year olds and that the only probably is that I would need all new words with my baby because he would have already experienced those words because I should them to his siblings. My six year old is a reader but she isn't confident. I told her this she told me that she but her daughter on the reading program at 4 and very soon her daughter was reading novels. She also stated that the incline track was created for her daughter. She told me to come to the multiple your baby intelligence course because the course would teach me how to do it with older children. But I told her I wasn't able to attend because of just having a baby and not residing in the p.a. Area. Connie told me that the evan thomas PDF how to teach your baby to read independently are for babies/toddler who don't read with confidence. I will be purchasing this for my six year old. She said it really dies the try and very interesting to read because it is very unique approach.

I have been trying to put the pieces together on how to continue on with a doman track with a 8 year old. I end up on Win wenger's  website. My eight year old is reading on a highschool level and comprehending what he reads on that same level. Books like Tom Sawyer. He is on six grade through high school level of math. He is complete algebra text due to Gattegno textbooks and he started reading through 6 chapters of Larson Calculus. The lady I spoke with also told me to read Tony Buzan's speeding book and do thus with my son. I was talking yo her about him breathing through when he reads aloud. I know in doman books that is a no no. She also repeated what the book says and recommended this book to me.

I was told by the assistant of the bookstore that the school of the institute uses singapore math books, this was three weeks ago. I also found out through google searching Evan Thomas Institute, a person visited the school and wrote an article stating that there is a class of 8-10 year olds (a history class) and it teaches the children how to research a particular person/event in history like an historians. I am not surprised that the school uses Singapore math, because after reading Dr. win's site, recommends Jerome Bruner's techniques/theories and Singapore math is build on Jerome Bruner's Concept-Pictorial-Abstract approach and his spiral approach.

I am discouraged because I don't know what to do next and I live in a state that doesn't allow student to leave highschool until 18 years of age. The state education department calls it no child left behind. Their dept of Ed. Website states they will only allow a child if a girl becames pregnant or the child has to work to provide for a family because of some type of sickness. The state also states that they are doing this because they don't want dropouts. My husband told me to go get my hands on the law and read it with a fine tooth comb. he feel that there is probably a loophole.

I know what you mean by people thinking you are ruining your son. I was told by a nutritionalist that I was trying to do too much by trying to educate my son, who was at that time 2 years old. She thought it was crazy that I was teaching him well pregnant and he was a toddler. She told me I have plenty of time for that later on in his life. When my mother caught wind to this, she called the woman a b&*+@$d. You know what is best for your son and family. Don't let anyone take you from your path and second guess yourself.

I would love to see what kind of curriculum/schedule you are doing with your son.

I am so sorry this post is long. I really don't get to share with like mind people. I came back to the brillkids forum after a few years being away to get some advice because I am not going to get it from the institute unless I attend the course. That is going to have to wait. I am sad to say that but he's education shouldn't.


Thank you,

Micklereed

My work in progress blog is ucmdesigns.com/blog3

Hi,
  I am not saying that it can't be done. It is obvious that it can. I was trying to get help on how to do this with an highly accelerated/gifted child in a state that doesn't allow their children to graduate early. My State doesnt allow this unless the reason I stated above. No one is addressing this type of issue. My thoughts on this is that, there has to be away around this. One, is Ap testing because those scores don't expire.


Thanks,

Micklereed

Hi Linzy,
 
     I will try to answer your question as best I can. I am having a bit off a block at the moment. Anyways, have you looked into Real Science 4 kids High school chemistry textbook? The goal of Real science 4 kids is to reach children of all grade levels science concepts they will see in college. And also teach the college concept and vocabulary awareness of these such topics in these grade levels, so when the child/ dren encounter this topic information in college, they will be better prepared. Here is the link: http://store.gravitaspublications.com/high-school-grades-9-12/highschool-chemistry.html#

This book is as available on Amazon and this is the only textbook available by this company for this grade level.

I hope this helps.

Hi all,
  I hope all is well. I am back on brillkids site from a very long hiatus. I was wondering if anyone knows how to handle state laws inference to children like the Swanns, the Hardings and etc.? This is unfortunate, but, most states in America don't allow children to leave highschool until the age of 18. The only way they will is if the child was pregnant or has to be the breadwinner if the family is going through some type of family illness. How would a family accomplish what these families have done with a child that is already on this track but the state doesn't allow the child to graduate from highschool until the reach the age of 18? My state calls this No child left behind. This is why most gifted children parents call no child left behind, gifted children left behind, because gifted children needs aren't being met. I think that a family would have to do some type of dual enrollment but most college/university dual enrollment is the traditional sophomore year of highschool.

I am going to continue reading this thread but most people don't talk about this part of the equation. There are probably more families out there that have been in this kind of situation ("this track") but couldn't continue because their state played a factor.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Please share. I could love to hear some useful advice. Thanks.

Hi,
  I don't know the reason why children minds are wired to confuse b and d, q and p and so on,  but I know that several parents started teaching their children cursive and reading words in cursive so the children would stop confusing b and d ad the likes. There is research linking this types confusion with dyslexia. (I am not trying to say your children or child has this at all). Here an pdf article on why teach cursive first is best to deal with confusing b and d in little children.  http://www.donpotter.net/PDF/Cursive%20First.pdf  Also, if you teach the child to read with uppercase words it will stop the child from confusing the these letters. More letter recognition games will also help.

Have you tried Zoophonics program to address Alphabet teaching with your child. Zoophonics have alphabet cards and posters that has the animals drown on the letter such as the letter A would have an alligator drawn on it.  http://www.zoo-phonicsathome.com/   Zoophonics has letter cards and word cards. I know alot of us using Doman method to teach but if you are trying to teach your child the alphabet for better recognition than try using the letter cards from zoophonics. Zoophonics teaches the child to read in a similar ad Dr Jones describes on their website.  Another program that is similar to Zoophonics and the reading program of Dr Jones Accelerating Program is Child1st. The Child1st alphabets ares stylized letters, similar to the Zoophonic but this company don't use animals to display the letters but other objects. They have Alphabets stories and alphamats. Child1st alphabet cards more like the letters are trying to tell a meaning.    http://www.child-1st.com/new_site/Alphabet.html  Child1st also have a writing program that goes with their alphabet cards. Actually its a whole curriculum that reaching and decoding as well. Both Child 1st and Zoophonics are for Visual, audio, and tactile learners.

Just thought I would try to give you some helpful tips.

Good luck

Hi Everyone,
   I was wondering if any one was interested in creating and participating in book clubs for our kids such as  Dr. suess book club or Kate greenaway or  Beatrix Potter or Eric Carle Book clubs. Each family picks a book for that week and we discuss teh book with our kids. Have it on video, we all meet on line in a private area, like yahoo or live groups. We also post pictures of our kids reading the book or the favorites, since it would only be private and available to members only. Let me know what you think and if you want to start book clubs for our kids and of course ourselves.

Cheers,

Micklereed

Hi everyone who respond,
  I son loves his flash cards, videos, presentations and workbooks. He loves to learn. I live outside of New Orleans were I was born and raised. I refuse to place my kids in New Orleans or Kenner's public, charter or private schools. They are simply not up to par. I would be doing them an unjustice. I will continue to homeschool my kids because since birth that is simply what I have been doing. In fact we all are on this mesage born. I will use the any methods that complies with domann and continue to use doman. If some of you are worried about social actives, there are some homeschool support groups that offer co-op classes and daily or weekly field trips. They even have graduations, yearbooks, school papers and etc. Even prom. These kind of homeschool support groups are functioning as schools to feel the social void. Some support groups even have sports team and play against public, charter or private schools. My son will be alot of fun activities with children his age starting in July. Swimming which is favorite, soccer, taekwundo, and gymnastics. I all of these activities as during the night time but his swim class which are during the after noon. These works out with our homeschool, flashcard schedule during the day and reading dueing the day as well. I understand it is about his personality, homeschool fit his. good luck to you all. I found there montessori programs so far mecs software, homeschool123.com and shiller math. I am also going to continue using spectrum curriculum for starters.  Thanks. 

Hi, Everyone!
  I have been wondering about this and I know I am going to homeschool but I am wondering how am I going to go about it since using Glenn Doman's programs, YBCR and LR. I am going to be using Tweedle wink, wink to learn, rosetta stone and magic memory games next month.  I have also made and still making my own flash cardcpresentations and videos. What we are doing with our kids is above the norm. But when trying to get my kids in regular school public or private they still see him as a three years old and will place him in school by his age and not ability. I mena I just finish talking to a curriculum advisor at Sonlight.org and she felt that I should start my kid in p5/4 or core k because he is three even if he is pass this kind of curriculum. I asked her if she ever heard of Glenn Doman and his programs and she said know. I thunk that the Homeschool world and our school system really needs to wake up we have a huge volume of kids that are being raised as genius through these programs we are using every day. Is any one else having this kind of problem? Can any one give me advise on what to do about homeschooling?  I want to get a prepackaged curriculum kit like sonlight or spectrum publishing but I need to continue with Doman's program. Doman also talked about sinding your kids to montessori school or homeschooling in taht method, is any doing this? 

HI Gloria D,
 Is the Little Pim language Dvds have any errors? I was thinking of getting them esp since I see that The Brill Kids store now have some of the Little Pim language Dvds? I was just wondering. Thanks for the heads up about Muzzy. I have seen the commercials and wondered about them. I am leaning towards Rosetta Stone even though they are quite pricey. But the kids are worth it.

ok,  I will do. I will check soft mozart but  I think I will get the pianowizard, though. I thought that Briill Kids was coming out with the little musician but I am uncertain now. Good luck with your music journey. cheers

Hi everyone,
  I really want to teach my son and daughter music. My son has expressed extreme intrest in my yamaha keyword ever since he was an infant. It is no surprise that my little man has express interest in music, he is born into a heavy musical family. My mom was part of the New Orleans' 50s and 60s music Group the Dixie Cups, (The Original Members are  my aunts) and my grandparents and Great Grandmother have been in gospel music groups. My great cousin through marriage is Mahalia Jackson. My husband plays saxaphone, I can sing and write music and my mother in law use to play piano.  I have been looking around for programs for him. I happed to come across Piano by colors by when I download the free lesson, my yamaha didn't match the Two paino teach option they had. Piano by numbers  just uses colored circle dots on different keys of the paino or keyboard. They have two key option charters. The colors are suppose to help the child tell the difference between each teach and learn how to play different songs on the piano.  I also Piano wizard academy. It is like piano by colors but it has more depth to it plus you get a keybord with colored keys. The price it a bit pricey, The complete package is like a bit over 500 dollars and their is a 200 as well.  http://www.pianowizard.com/ any one using this and if so, How is it?

Hi Gloria D,
 DOes the Thomas Evans  Institute have  a website. I just bing searched it and I found somthing called the california institute of art. I am about to google search it to se if I found this school? If you tell me if this school has a website, I would be most appreciative.

Thanks