I should add that we too are bilingual!

[Five. Every weekday. We started with YBCR, and then LR]

Hello! the answers to your questions are below:

- How many sessions have you worked with you child every week?
Five. Every weekday. We started with YBCR, and then LR
- Have you used the set of book of LR before 10 months?
Yes
- Have you used another programme such ybcr?
Yes. Please see my blog for all the details. We used several other things to transition from whole word recognition to reading anything.
 - Have you only used LR and your baby is able to read?
No, we used other things during and afterwards.
- What do you think about the teaching of phonics? I I am showing programmes such as jolly phonics, or starfallcom. She loves it.  I don´t know if another programme is necessary or with LR is enough.
By the time we started on phonics (with Hooked on Phonics), my son had pretty much figured them out on his own thanks to YBCR and LR
- If my toddler is 16 months and she has used LR, perhaps, three sessions a week, when will able to see her read? She can read some words such as hi, clap, and perhaps five more. Is it ok?
It is hard to predict. I think that your little one would be further along if you had been more consistent and did the program every week day. But you are not 'running behind' by any means. I think that you step it up, your little one has a good chance of reading by 2 or 2.5 yo.

Rivka at acceleratededucation.blogspot.com or http://tinyurl.com/giftedboy

I would definitely make a weekly plan of all the things you want to cover (and how much of it) each day, and put the week's material aside, in an organized fashion, for the week to come. I do not have a choice but to do that, since I work full time and my nanny implements our program.

I do it every weekend, when my son is either napping or early in the morning (before he wakes up), or alternatively during Daddy time. You picked just the right material, I think, so it is a matter of having a plan! Having a plan will also be a great motivator because you will be able to track progress and plan longer term.

My son is older than yours, but if you contact me privately, I will be happy to send you an example of our schedule.

Rivka at acceleratededucation.blogspot.com or http://tinyurl.com/giftedboy

Hi Mae_Jakob_Ka,

We are looking into homeschool curriculums, and if we decide to homeschool full-time, we will go with Calvert. Calvert started out as a non-profit (although it may no longer be the case), has been around for a long time, and is completely secular (as opposed to Bridgeway, whose curriculum is not secular, but from the point of view of Christianity). Calvert has really good reviews in homeschool reviews, as you pointed out. I also like the fact that it is a structured curriculum (not everyone is into that, but I am, and you can always supplement with other material and courses), and that you are assigned a tutor, who grades exams etc, so it simplifies record keeping. It is also self-paced.

Rivka at acceleratededucation.blogspot.com or http://tinyurl.com/giftedboy

I really like Mom2bee's program suggestion (post of July 10th): break it down into small(er) steps, and repeat, repeat, repeat and use real life examples and real objects to count, progressing slowly, but surely. Also use different ways of presenting the same concept (for example I love eeboo Pre-school Numbers Puzzle Pairs). I think LM works more on the subconscious level to associate numbers of items with certain numbers and to develop the 'right brain'. If I recall correctly, my son didn't start doing one to one correspondence reliably until about a year and a half (and I know your little one is slightly older, but every child, even advanced, has their own hurdles, which are all meant to be overcome). Now he is very good at math. Please don't get discouraged....keep trying different ways, it will work. The only thing that will not work is giving up.

Rivka at acceleratededucation.blogspot.com or http://tinyurl.com/giftedboy

Absolutely! At  3yo, there is still a bit of time to master the classics, LOL. We are so just so blessed with our children.

Rivka

Kiwimum, that is a very interesting list of stages, and it is very similar to the way it was with us. And Mom2tiger, I completely agree with you that the debate regarding whole words versus phonics is just irrelevant. I have a theory that when children get exposed to whole words as infants (through YBCR, Brillkids, or other methods), they almost always figure out phonics on their own (in some cases in more than one language), so no need for special phonics program, just reading with some corrections when needed.

I just wanted to comment on the fact that there is a big difference between reading level and comprehension/interest level. One is helped by the other (i.e.if you don't have to focus on the mechanics of reading, you can comprehend a lot more, and a lot faster), but still there is such a thing as a lack of context for a young child who reads books well above his grade level. Our 3 year old son can read at a 3rd-4th grade level, but he still prefers books with some pictures in them along with a lot of text, and is not really consistently interested in 3rd/4th grade type material (except science type books, because they tend to have engaging illustrations and a lot of 'real life' things we can talk about). This is why scholastic has a reading level scale, but also an interest scale.

Rivka at acceleratededucation.blogspot.com or http://tinyurl.com/giftedboy

Hi Melanie,

We are raising our boy in a bilingual (English/French) household, and he learned to read as a baby. I would really recommend starting with the whole word method, since you child is still very young. We used both Your Baby Can Read and then LR. Then yes, I would test him (sorry to the previous poster, I respectfully disagree). Your child won't speak the words yet for another few months, but can point them out from two and or more choices. That's how you know he progresses. I would also do flashcards (and/or LR) in French. Please do not worry about doing too many.. he can absorb many, many words, but you do need the repetition (there is a lot of repetition in YBCR and LR). At this stage, don't worry about categories or even whether you are using capital letters or lowercase (use both. randomly; use plurals too). Once your child knows maybe 300 hundred words, teach him letters, upper and lower cases. Then you can go into phonics (with Hooked on Phonics for instance), but chances are that he will have already figured them out. This is what happened to us in both English and French.
PS: do the above but of course continue reading at least once a day as you describe, in both English and French.

I hope this is helpful! Rivka at acceleratededucation.blogspot.com  or http://tinyurl.com/giftedboy

Hello 999,

I would have your son watch the program in his high chair. His attention may still wander, but not as much. The program is not very long, so it is reasonable for you to expect him to sit through it, and learning to focus for a little while is an important skill, even at that young age. This being said, it is also possible that your son is a kinetic learner (meaning: he moves around but still pays attention and absorbs the material)... I am sure I don't need to tell you that boys are just wired for action and girls not so much (I used to refuse to believe it, but then I had a boy  . I would still do the high chair because he will be expected to sit still at some point no matter what his learning style is...

Hope this helps!

Rivka
acceleratededucation.blogspot.com or http://tinyurl.com/giftedboy

Our son joined Mensa not to long ago, and they have great programming for kids (who are Mensa members). They have a forum too for parents of gifted kids, and when there are events, it is so nice for children who are not average to be with their own...all the kids are gifted and a little quirky, so we feel like we don't have to worry about our son 'fitting in'. Finally, they do offer scholarships and discounts to popular programs (for example, there is a 10% discount to the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth online program - which is a big help because it doesn't come cheap).

My point is that if you think your child can qualify through their test or another cognitive test, it is well worth it, beyond the reading programs.

Rivka
acceleratededucation.blogspot.com

It is mine and fairly new. My husband convinced me to start it. This blog is about: academic acceleration, including for non-gifted children; homeschooling (part-time and maybe full-time someday); and raising and educating a highly gifted child, including advocacy with schools. I show you how we have been doing it, from birth, what resources we used, what is working (or not) for us.

It is not monetized, so there are no ads, etc.

acceleratededucation.blogspot.com

Hi,

I have the beta version. From what I know, it expires tomorrow (May 18) and the real thing is not yet available. Last time it stopped working (I hadn't downloaded the previous extension) my son was very upset. So what happens tomorrow??

thanks,

Carole

We are a bilingual family (French - I am a native speaker, and English - my husband, who doesn't speak French) and we are in the US, so English is the dominant language. I make a huge effort to speak French to my son almost all of the time, and I also get French books from Amazon France, which he loves (it is expensive because of shipping). We are doing Little Pim in French (without the subtitles) and Mon Bebe Lit (the equivalent on Your Baby Can Read in France), as well as a French program equivalent to Little Reader. I got a multizone DVD player, so we could play French DVDs (not a lot). Nowadays my son gets a French tutor once a week who reads in French with him but also teaches him other things while speaking French. And this summer, my son will go in a French immersion school camp. My point is that it is a lot of work and a lot of money, but I think that it is important that the child hears the language from people other than the parent (not at first, but as they get older). Right now, my son at two years old speaks better French than English, even though he spends all day with an English-speaking nanny, so if you put in the effort, it will work.

I agree with the recommendation to start young. I started with my son basically when he was born and at two years of age (26 months) he reads children books out loud (in two languages - we are a bilingual family) and is doing KD-level math. And he loves it. A child psychologist gave an informal assessment of 'highly gifted' but I think that any child can learn these things early in the right environment, and there is no downside to it, except maybe to have him placed at the right level (academically and socially once he does start school, but if you home school, that won't come up for quite a while). He still has a lot of time to play and be a typical pre-schooler (he also swims)

First and foremost, I want to wish you a wonderful parenting experience, as this is a very exciting time for you, regardless of what method you choose.

Secondly, I want to quickly mention that the second edition of Ferber includes some clarifications (no apologies given or necessary). As evidently with the attachment method, there are just a lot of misconceptions, but the book received a 4 out 5 star rating on Amazon.com with 468 reviews as of today.

Best regards,