I don't see anything wrong with it for short periods. Little kids/babies love being upside down!

I agree. With math it definitely gets trickier. My son (2.5) doesn't get the math part at all. A few lucky ones like Domanmom's Hunter will understand so it might be worth a try, but I would say that it is rare to have a child learn that kind of perception of math at the 2-3 mark.

Doman says to stop before the baby wants to stop or gets fussy. We usually show multiple presentations at time especially in the morning (meaning we will go over math, reading, and a couple EK sets). It's best to keep everything separate, but that's not always practical.

I've read about different minimum times between presentations, however, if you look at how many times you would have to show a small child all the different bits for reading, math, EK, foreign language bits, and etc., you would literally have to be showing bits pretty frequently. Yikes!

If I feel like one of my boys completely ignored (I try to teach both at the same time) I will repeat slides/bits.

I'd get lots of sleep while you can!

I would probably say less sets more frequently. Intensity is the key!

To fit in more presentations, the schedule gets even tighter, and presentations would have to be shown like every ten minutes or five minutes. This gets exhausting, though.

I can't show words on the weekends because that is when I work (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays). I practically live at the hospital (only go home to sleep). This is definitely not ideal, but this is what I have to do to eat. Also, depending on my school schedule, there is a cut off time in the evening when I'm not home. Maybe this is good in the way, because it gives my boys some down time.

I don't think that it is too late (for EK and reading). My oldest is two and still absorbs some of it.

I think that it would work on adults with the exception of Doman math. I mean, I'm learning things left and right from everything that we are currently doing at home.

I say go for it!

I show presentations made in LR or powerpoint at least three times daily.

So for instance:

08:00: Presentation 1
08:30: Presentation 2
09:00: Presentation 3
09:30: Presentation 4
10:00: Presentation 5
10:30: Presentation 1
11:00: Presentation 2
11:30: Presentation 3
12:00: Presentation 4
12:30: Presentation 5
13:00: Presentation 1
13:30: Presentation 2
14:00: Presentation 3
14:30: Presentaiton 4
15:00: Presentation 5
.
.
.
etc.

You're the woman mommy_rn!

Wow! Very talented! TFS!

Some of the powerpoints/LR are in German, but not all of them.

It is possible to do the program and work/attend school, etc. Just remember that progress will be slower, way slower.

Poor Glenn, hanging in there! I really give him loads of credit!

I'm pretty much sure that my almost-thirty-month-old will never get Doman math. That's okay with me since I started him so late (around two years of age). I do think that the earlier that a baby starts and gets used to the routine of things the better.


Thank you for sharing your letter and response with everyone.

Just saw this area...

I started using GD Reading with my eldest (now almost 17 years old) and had SO much fun with it. My MIL who had never ever heard of such a thing was the best help... she spent hours cutting posterboard for me so I only had to fill in the words, make the bits, etc. Saved me a lot of time!

My own mother, who had taught both my brother and I to read before kindergarten (just by reading to us nonstop) was more skeptical, which I thought was odd.

My dad was embarrassed by the whole thing. We were out with really close friends of the family (they would have been my guardians if my parents had passed away when I was a child) for dinner and Alison was rattling off words off the menu and so on (she was about 2-1/2 ish) and the wife asked, "Is she reading already?" Because of who it was I just beamed and said, "Oh, yes, she reads very well." My dad actually said, dismissively, "Well, she can read SMALL words."

I lost it... I grabbed a paper napkin and a pen and wrote "Hippopotamus"... she read it...  "Refrigerator"... she read it... (I'd have written a sentence if I thought the napkin was up to it!)... I turned to my dad and glared at him and said, "Little words, really?"

Anyway, for the most part I have learned over the years 1) I don't need to tell everyone everything and 2) if people do find out and they are negative, that is THEIR problem, not mine.

Alison is not quite 17, going into her junior year of high school at a specialty charter school for pre-veterinary students and is in all ways a bright and well-rounded girl. She is sweet, gentle, and loving and sees the inner beauty in everyone. She thinks math is FUN and her teachers adore her (she was homeschooled until high school and would have remained so if she didn't have the strong desire to become a veterinarian and had the opportunity for this specific school).

Keep up the good work, moms!

That was truly inspirational! Wow!

While looking for Thanksgiving ppts and clipart, I found a neat Thanksgiving site that has some ppts that we can use for our children: http://holidays.pppst.com/thanksgiving.html

Another site with Thanksgiving ppts!

http://www.biloxischools.net/Schools/beauvoir/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_studies.htm

I uploaded the Thanksgiving bits that I made!

I can't even hold a beat!      

Same here, I LOVE the Pimsleur courses and I'm usually a visual learner but their method just works!  It's very natural and similar to how an infant learns his mother tongue.  Plus it's awesome to be able to throw it on my ipod and do the course while cleaning the house.   

I agree! I've done this too. I tried doing it when I did laudry in the basement, but it got me all creeped out!

I'm not sure.