One more thing! Maybe this counts.
I am not a well-organized person at all. I have never do
word cards or math card at the same time of the day.
I never have a plan of cards beforehands, I hv just did it
in the night before.

But I am willing to change for my kids.
I will try to be more organized.

Hi everyone. I am surprised with lots of reply.
Big thanks to all of you  for being very suportive and cheerful.
I am discoraged and sad and....dont know how to say in English

This is more information , Trinity papa and all:

We are not English speaker. But We started speaking English
to both of them 2-3 months ago. Of corse, they know English less than
our mother tounge language(We are Thai, live in Thailand). Before that,
I teached my son lots of word in English. With flashing cards, I make it
in English. I think my son doesnt know all of words I flashed though.
Coz  I try to finish my category (just want to be organized).
Since my daughter is just 8 months, so I think she rarely know the words
I flash her.

For the cards, I use the cards from Gentle Revolution (Glenn Doman institute)
which i boght secondhand from my friend. So the size is big and clear.
But with those cards, I cannot flash them as fast as i wish coz it s really big.
I didnot use picture.  At the beginning, I flash 5 sets of 5words 3 times a day.
But  I found that it was too much so I decrease to 3 set of 5 words 2-3 times
a day. and I did back to back so it s 10 words for one session and another 5 words for the another session. I did not do it on the day we go out like Sat or Sun.
about math, at the beginning, i do 2 set of 5 dot cards 3 times a day. Now,
I do it 10 cards in 1 session 2-3 times a day. I have just begun to use
Powerpoint with my 2.5 years old son,
do not know the result yet. (using picture with word and sometimes only word)
It draws more attention from him. But the problem is that, he s likely to
manipulate and play with the keyboard too. He like to strike at the keyboard
to see what the change in the screen. (I have to push the button
to the next page. Should it use animation to turn to the next page
automatically--- i think it consume lots of time to do so)

My daughter can creep but not good enogh to creep away from me.
But believe me, i start it since she cannot crawl/ creep. If she is not
interested, she just turn her head way or crying. So i think mobility is
not big deal. FOr my son, he just run away. So i try to do it onhis carseat
(in the car--he goes to a preschool from 8-12). Again, he turn his head
away but he repeat my word without looking at it.

I think that all info.

And I have one question. What do you think about flash picture
with word? I think that if i flash picture, maybe he s not paying
attendtion to words.

We are about moving to a new house in 2 weeks. Maybe it is the
good  time to change into the new routine.
Please let me know your suggestions.  I will adapt it in our routine.
Thank you so much

I have been doing GD method for word and math for a couple months.(flash the paper card with no picture) My son is 2.5 years old and my daughter is now almost 8 month old. They are normal child.  My son recognize 0-10 since he was 1 year old (I mean he saw the letter and know it noit only counting) . He knew all ABC/since he was 1 year and 4 months(when he saw the letters he know what it is and what the sound of each letter-phonics)

My son was interested in my GD program  just only 2 weeks and then not interested at all. My daughter is not interested at all  since starting the program. I try to make it fun and do it when they are in the good mood.  What s wrong? One day, I stopped the program for a big while and then when we were back , it was the same.

Moreover, I found that they are not interested in books that much even we are reading to them everyday. (I am sure I and my husband read it with fun coz other kids still keep listening to our story except our own kids (they are a little bit older than our kids) ,especially my husband , he did really good as a storyteller.)

Teaching my kids is the thing I love to do and  looking forward to but seem they are not in the accept mode. Should I give up? Or this GD method just doesnt work with my kids? Can all kids learn the same way, if we teach them all the same thing??I am thinking about LM and LR. Does anyone failed with the typical GD method but success in LR/LM or any other methods?  This is really sad for me. I dont know what to do where to begin it again...

Karma to both of you!!
Many Thanks.

this is quite difficult for me to understand.

So does anyone or HH can tell me how to develop music ear and memory (for 2.5 years / 7 months)?? Thanks

Dear JudyMendes,
My girl also doesnt like to be in her belly. She cry everytime so that I have to pick her up. Could you share your experience about how you deal with that? Many thanks

Dear ed,
I hv never heard about bee bright.sorry. (heard about  bumble bee)

I end up with buying MUZZY (still waiting for it). Will try Brainy baby too

will let you know how it work

Thanks Cristofori.
Anyway, what is Trebellina DVD ? About music? sound interesting. will go check it out.

Thank you all for your input. (Thanks god! I love this website and people around here!!)

I agree with princessclem that talking with English native speaker is the best. I will give it a try. Exchange student sounds good. Not sure there is any in my country. Will check it out!

Dear luckymummy1307, I am very impressed in what you try to help me a lot not only in this topic. Karma to you (Actually, I dont know what the Karma is. Just know that it s good to GIVE ha ha    ) I and my husband have no plan to go to SG. My husband's colleague, Singaporian, come to Thailand every week  but I think I will look at the sample in utube or in this forum first. Thanks for your generousity.
PS> Last time you told me to try LR lite version. Unfortunately, they are discontinued     Thanks anyway.


Thanks Jem Jem and ed too. I watch GOGO adventure from utube. it s quite good. Thanks for suggestions!

Thanks you so much nhockaday for your opinion and your link above. It s really helpful.

Thanks anjie, I will try Leapfrog.

It is good if my kids can learn native accent from DVD. But I am afraid that TV is not good for kids. Kids can be overstimulated. Do I need to trade-off? Another way to expose my kids to the native speakers is to send them to international playgroup but it is too expensive for me.

It seems that i put in the wrong forum
It should be in Teaching Your Child - Signing, Speaking, Languages?? So sorry

We are Thai and  speak Thai as mother tounge. I and my husband plan to teach our kids English as the second language(My husband will speak ENG to them - One parent one language) . Anyway, we are not native speaker and we are thinking about English DVD that help them to learn about the real accent. Do you think that DVD like bayby einstein or Brainy baby help? (Normally , i am not allow them to watch TV) Thanks in advance

At my son s preschool, they use corn flour, rice, bean,water, sand,finger paint, foam. For the foam, I dont know what exacly it is. But it looks like hair foam or shaving foam. Will ask the teacher next Monday. The children like the foam too. They can play for a long time.
One more thing, they use cube ice which has he flat side. The children can slide it from one side of the table to the other side on the plastic sheet. This boost they to play with other child.

All those things are good for sensory skills

Big thanks Lucky mommy1302. I know that Singapore is the good place to find all everything about educational things, even the decent schools!! Actually the GD cards i used now, it is originally came from Singapore.

About SM, I just think that Shichida has lots of picture while GD doesnot have. SO If kids do Shichida, It s likely that they will refuse the GD method which has only words, no pictures. What do you think about this??

All I do now is physical paper card only. I try to keep the schedule 14 sessions. But at the weekend, I cannot do that because I think I better take my kids to play and learn outside. Like going to zoo, aquarium, museum…or even the playground.
Well, 14 sessions for me is quite tough though. Imagine, I have to do 14 sessions for each kid. It is totlly 28 sessions. I did it! I even do it in the car (only when he is happy). I think you have ever heard about the traffic in Bangkok. I have to go out everyday to send and pick my son at a preschool. Normally, with his good mood, I can do at least 4 sessions in the car in his carseat. And the rest, I do it at home. Anyway, I am thinking aout cut down the sessions or do it back to back.

I hv just know about LR and LM from this site but i am not sure how to use it or what the program look like. Is there any photo in LR? It s interesting. I also look for the info on Tweedle Wink but I am not sure if I can afford the Tweeedle Wink. I am thinking about it