I have a question for parents teaching their kids with dot cards (according to Doman).
Do I get it right that starting with the 3rd day I should show mixed numbers. I mean two sets would be 2,3,5,8,10 and 1,4,6,7,9, and not 1,2,3,4,5 and 6,7,8,9,10. And all following days the order of numbers should be mixed as well. Is that right?
It seems to me that skipping numbers makes the whole process rather hard for kids....

When did you start to teach your kid the alphabet? My daughter is 14 months old. She knows the pronunciation of some Russian letters (Russian is our native language). I've been teaching her English since her birth, but I don't show her the English alphabet as I'm afraid she'll get mixed over the letters that look the same but sound different.

Dear Ayesha,
Thanks a lot for your reply. Yes, I've asked her to choose between two words and she guessed right most of the time, though there were mistakes too. What do you think: if I show 10 cards instead of 5  consistently three times a day, is it okay? I see that she's able to concentrate on 10 cards. Since I have less sessions during the day, I've increased the number of cards.

Is LR software more convenient for parents than posterboard flashcards or more efficient for kids? or both?

I use power point flashcards with words followed by corresponding pics for teaching English. And handmade cards only with words for Russian which is our mother tongue.

 Hi, please share your experience (and your opinion). First I did exactly as doman says, i.e. 5 sets of 5 words, each set 3 times a day. I did so for a month, and then I had to change this schedule because I started workinh and didn't have enough time to make and show cards. So I ended up by showing two sets of 10 cards two times a day (one set in the morning, the other one in the evening, or when I have more spare time I do it 4 times a day). I show each card at least 15 times, then I retire the oldest card and add a new one. We travel a lot, so there're days when I don't show cards at all. It's a much slower pace than the one recommended by Doman. I've been doing this way for about 7 m0nths (my daughter is 1 year old). I wonder if there can be any success with this sort of schedule. My kid watches the cards with due attention, but I'm not sure that it works. She doesn't seem to recognize the words. For example, she adores horses. I show her the word "horse" but it doesn't seem to arouse any associations with a real horse. Only when I say the word, she turns to the wall pointing at the picture of a horse and starts clucking her tongue imitating the horse. The same is with other words. She can only recognize the words when she hears them, but not when she reads them. Do you think it's because I'm not sticking to Doman's recommended schedule?

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