Hi everyone.  Wondering if there is any parents interested in meeting now in 2017? Looking forward to hearing from anyone in Australia

Hi all !! This site is great!! I didn't hear about it when I started now I'm seeing it advertised at Ted site and tv as well.  It is helpful if u have a teen who wants more independence or a mom who is busy and need a help.  As a mom you can check weekly progress and change classes any time if you want, increase goals for the week etc.. It allows for plenty of control - I like that.  Teachers are very good.

In addition to this we do Rosetta Stone for Chinese and brainHQ and Lumosity for smart games.  We are also getting into coding and programming ( we are super behind but hey we are catching up now

Plenty of after school activities are needed daily to provide social support and provide a well rounded environment. Music orchestra, swim team, dance classes this semester.

Hope this helps.

Gloria

Ps: almost forget we do Classical conversations Essentials -coop-  for writing on Wednesdays. It's good grammar from iew - Google it-

Simplest way to be complete are you are following the Doman method and therefore will benefit of their enormous potential is :
1. Attend the seminar : no amount of books or DVDs or theory will ever ignite you as much as you being able to see with your own eyes kids outperforming any and every standard you may have; when u attend the conferences at the institute they bring kinds demonstrate the training and there is no faking it... These babies and younger kids don't know how to lie they are just simply genius and moms are there to share all the info.  All of it!!

if u need assistance with hotels there is a company that will set you up in a family for the week free of charge - I used this service and my accommodations were better than any of the 4 star hotels in the area!! Highly recommended - the info is in the welcome package at institute.

If given geography or money constrains you can not attend this week training (around $1200 )

2. Second best to attending buy the book!! Very straight forward info; clear step by step directions.  This info is too important to rely and second hand info - if u ask me I will tell you what I remember if the program and what worked for me but not necessary all the details that I followed at the time - in other words I may misinformed you in good faith.  Best to learn from the source.  You can get the same books used for a fraction in Amazon or half.com but if u can pls buy them at the www.iahp.org and support the organization. 

Hope this helps.  Sorry typing from my phone while in transit. 

Happy Sunday and remember what ever you do will be best than nothing but also remember where there is a will there is a way!!!


Gloria.

Hello Everyone !! Happy weekend!!! question - I am exploring online learning to supplement what we are going to be doing in our homeschool year .. has anyone heard of: https://www.acellus.com/browse-courses.php
Does anyone one have any recommendations? I have explored at least 15 different systems and I have 5 final contenders - but this one is particularly affordable - would love to hear opinion or tips from parents who have been into this journey of online learning . Thanks a million! Gloria

Saludos a todas y buenvenida!!! Si hay bastantes
Muembros que hablan espanol y de todas las edades
Mi nina tiene 10 anos - empeze a educarla EL bastante
Tarde a los 4 anos cuando atendi un seminario de Doman
Y bueno el resto es historia.  Leena pezo escuela privada
Hace dos semanas y super bien. Cualquier pregunta
Dejame saber y si alguien aqui esta interesado/a en los libros
De Doman en espanol porfavor PM me

Abrazos y les deseo lo mejor!!

Carinos

Gloria

Thanks everyone for the excellent recommendations. I have read most of the book mentioned above, but others were just added to my list.
Grain Brain is fabulous - on that note - about brain health and improvement I am currently reading  The brain that change itself, by Norman Doidge
fantastic read. and on the pipeline my next read - recommended by a good friend is Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman.

Great week everyone
Gloria

Thanks for sharing
G.

Dear Rena, I send my prayers and best wishes to you and your family; I just came across this thread and wish to extend my condolences. Time has pass and although I know life will never be the same, I wonder how are you doing these days, how is your little girl doing and is there anything we could do to help?

I worry as I remember how I felt a few years ago when I had to take almost a 2 year break from homeschooling my daughter, although I never actually  stopped - the quality of what I did and intensity was severely reduced as I was busy worrying and researching about colon cancer-  my husband was diagnose stage 1. He is fine- better than ever but what I didnt see coming was me being extremely debilitated by the continuing state of stress i endured during those months, I didn't care for my self as I should have and I regret it now. I am back and strong - getting better every day  

I want to encourage you to pls look after yourself - all the tips and suggestions expressed here are terrific, you should implement many of those therapies for yourself and your whole family, KL is absolutely right - we all should use these therapies and not to wait for a diagnosis to start bringing our bodies to the highest level of health we can afford.

I am amazed at the support offered here- I wish I would have shared my pain at the time but on the contrary I left without a word to anyone. not smart!

Hope you are doing well, will pray for your family   Gloria

Thanks Chris, this is a great talk!   I love TED -

for an older child 8+ some of my fav apps are:

touchPhysics
DropBrick
Lumosity
BrainTrainer
Unotan (shichida app)
Classical Conversations (we use it every day as we participate in this coop- good app)
Elements
Presidents vs Aliens
Stack Countries
Stack States
BrainPop ES
Brainpop
MagicPiano
SpellingCity
StarLight  (astronomy)
KhanAcademy (  a+)
Nova Elements (chemistry)


Chinese:
DianHua
Speak and Read chinese
iLearnChinese
Mandarin Fastrack
LL chinese (Living Language Chinese)
google translate
Skritter  (one of my all time fav computer tools for chinese)
nemo (very good as well)

Games:
lights Off ( love it)
fruit pop (silly but Leena likes it)
minecraft
Draw this
madlibs
DIY

diary : love the app called   my W days  (my Wonderful Days) has speech recognition in case kid wants to dictate to preserve memories without worring about writing or spelling - we have lessons for that

Productivity:
30/30   (fantastic for keeping up on schedule)
Brainscape


for moms:
Unstuck
remember the milk
Quizlet
evernote

fun for mom
ToonCamera
8mm


ENjoy ...

Gloria

... so sorry to add something without having time to read the whole tread - my apologies to everyone for that ... but in reply to the title
why should my baby become smart .. all i can say is ... why would you feed a baby?  LOL
why change the diapers?   

Personally!!!  we can say with certainty that Glen Domman changed the quality of life of my daughter!  and now my nieces and everyone of my friends who is willing to listen and do the work it takes to help our kids achieve their potential!
Domman is for tough moms who are willing to dare the status Q of school and traditional medicine.  Blessings to the Domman family here on earth !! 

Thanks for sharing!
Gloria

I have many to recommend for an older kids 8-12, if anyone interested pls post here - ill be happy to share -

Anyone from the DC area - VA or NC here?  just checking - would be great to meet like minded people locally   Gloria