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BrillKids Software / Little Reader - General Discussion / Changing LR to include more Encyclopedic Knowledge? Can you cycle through facts?
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on: December 18, 2014, 05:14:56 PM
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Hi--I have a quick question about LR Pro--does it have the functionality to vary the descriptions given of each element easily?
I.E. currently for balloon there are two "descriptions"--"balloons are full of air and easy to pop" and "can you blow a balloon?!" I would like to change it so that there are more facts about each of the objects that cycle through (so that she's doing something more like Doman's 10 facts per bit of encyclopedic knowledge (and I'm going a little crazy listening to the same one over and over...)
Any of you that have pro? Is this possible without editing every lesson? Have you done something similar?
Thanks!
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EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: Introducing Reading
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on: December 04, 2014, 11:00:30 PM
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A lot of the products specially designed for young readers take into account how easily they are distracted. Your Baby Can Read DVDs and Books/Flashcards, Little Reader, and, to my knowledge, MonkiSee, all show words separately from the pictures, so that your child isn't distracted by something else. Glen Doman's book talks about the importance of this and how books for young readers should also have text seperate from illustrations.
Try a different product and maybe try returning to Preschool Prep later.
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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Signing, Speaking, Languages / Re: Learning to Read in Multiple Languages?
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on: December 04, 2014, 10:54:38 PM
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Thanks for you thoughts. I guess that it makes sense that if kids aren't confused by learning multiple languages (which studies show they are not) then it most likely wouldn't confuse them to learn to read multiple languages, however I think I may hold off and just do LR English for a while (next 6-9mo) and then layer back in LR Spanish. Until then I think I will try and use other avenues for spanish exposure that are less reading focused (Little Pim, billingual story/play time at the library). I'll have to pick up some Michel Thomas CDs for myself and try to learn more because I learned it in high school and don't remember much so that I can speak some with her as well.
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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Math / Re: UCMAS vs Kumon
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on: December 02, 2014, 12:42:39 AM
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The Kumon method stresses 100% accuracy (and part of the business plan is quick grading), so if your kid misses any problems on a worksheet, they will get the exact same worksheet again and again until they get it all right.
If you subscribe to the Doman method, then Kumon definitely wouldn't be for you, and personally I'm not really for that type of thing. I think there is a reason there are so many pages for Kumon sucks. If you want that type of center environment and math worksheets, consider Mathnasium.
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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Signing, Speaking, Languages / Learning to Read in Multiple Languages?
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on: December 02, 2014, 12:35:06 AM
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I am trying to decide if I should be doing little reader English and Spanish at the same time? I want to start exposing my 9 month old to Spanish, but am a little worrier that doing LR in both might be confusing her phonics since the letters are the same.
Anyone have any experience with using LR with two latin alphabet languages? Or personal thoughts/ideas?
I am leaning towards using Little Pim and other spanish language programs with less emphasis on the words now and then once she is further in LR english (hopefully reading some around 1 year from now) then introducing LR in Spanish...
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