We started a modified Doman program with our then newborn. My son barely a few weeks old and he didn't respond to loud clapping sounds. We were worried and had his hearing tested (it wasn't fun btw) and his hearing turned out to be normal. He is two now and is a very light sleeper. IMHO, he must have tuned out the clapping because he was probably tired from all the other stimuli. Also, the point of the exercise is to test and hone hearing. So if that blues video makes it possible, then you are on the right track I suppose.

We use an iPad in our house (we have two in fact). We also have the blackberry tablet and the kindle but iPad works best with my toddler.
My son uses it for a very limited time and with supervision. I was not a big fan of tablets for children but for us, the good outweighs the bad. Case in point: I spent a lot of money buying a good quality Montessori World Puzzle Map. My son mastered it in minutes and he wanted similar puzzles given his interest in the world map. I bought some apps by http://www.mobilemontessori.org/ (I really like the apps for the most part). While he memorized most of the world map (from a physical map), thanks to those lovely apps, he is able "solve" various continent puzzle maps for a fraction of the price and less clutter at home. In the hardcore Montessori way, it isn't the same but this adaptation works for me.
My only suggestion with the iPad is to buy the largest screen and most memory one can afford. I use my iPad a lot more than I planned.

Congrats to you and your daughter on the successful reading program!
I work two days a week and my 25 mo old son goes to daycare those days. I do find it difficult to do any EL activities those days. He is very tired towards the end of the day as well. He wakes up super early most days and is more alert then, so I am working on getting a lot of work done then. It takes a lot more organization and effort (and very strong coffee for me) to get going so early. I organize and plan my activities a few weeks before hand and that helps a lot. I was very big on physical home-made books in more than one language but I can't keep up so I am exploring making my own courses in LR; it is daunting but not as tedious as I thought it would be.  You could download the Russian input tool from http://www.google.com/inputtools/windows/ and add "Russian" keyboard in Windows to type directly into LR (I don't know if this works for Mac as well).

You'll find a lot of people on this forum with a relatively less successful math program. The IAHP Math Program is one  EL purchase that didn't deliver.  I recall reading somewhere that Doman himself made a remark on how the institute's math program isn't as widely successful as the reading program. Doman math clicks for some but from the looks of it, doesn't for a lot.
In terms of what I did, I kept at it. I tried different programs [Shichida, Marshmallow, Jones Genius, Starfall, Peter Whetherall DVDs, Tweedlewink, several math videos on youtube, worksheets from Brain Quest & Scholastic PreK/K books, used blocks/other manipulatives to help add/subtract, counting with objects/anything that we come across in daily life, read many math concept books (e.g., Math Start series), and possibly many other things I can't recall. Either my 25 mo old has a math "fatigue" or I can't seem to figure out his level to make math lessons more challenging or both. There are some great threads on this forum on toddler math.  The other resources I plan on using in the future include Mathtacular DVDs and the MEP math curriculum (http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/primary/default.htm#reception which happens to be free btw). Some people used Singapore Math with success.

I was wondering if the Brillkids team would make a video tutorial is how to make an LR course from scratch. I have made blunders before and had to delete and reinstall course content. I am sure a lot of people would benefit from it.

Many thanks for the post mrseddy! This has been the best read on the IAHP course thus far. My son is 23 mo.s old as well and we have been doing a modified Doman reading and math program so it has been all the more insightful. I am curious if the “graduate level” course is open to all of if this one you have done is a prerequisite.
Remarks on the text pointing, phonics, and dot cards are interesting. In their “teach your baby to read” book IAHP say that while it is not necessary to point a finger while reading, it is fine if the child wants to; just that the adult should continue reading at normal speed. I have read to my child pointing each word from left to right and we also did Tweedlewink multiple times (they have a segment on speed reading) along with lots of RB activities. I think my son can speed read but I think he also enjoys identifying words or blends/digraphs he knows. Sometimes, he is stuck on a word or a sound for so long it makes no sense to read further until he is done with whatever he is doing. Furthermore, most commercial books have so much text crammed between illustrations, I find this approach helpful to keep my son focused on the text (at least when we read a book the second time around). Overall, I don’t think it would hurt to do both. With that being said, while English might not be a phonetic language, some of the others out there are. One of the languages I am teaching him is South Asian and phonetic (IMHO that is; we didn’t have a word to define it that way). When I think about it, I suppose I sight read English but I do have to pause and sound out some words in two of the other languages I know (since a consonant and a vowel together make a character) esp. when I haven’t read them in while. Obviously, these wonderful folks have been researching for decades so I respect their opinion but my point it that sometimes, we may need to modify our approach.
On another note, I will bring out the dot cards just because they were the least used EL product I ever bought.

Thanks for the update Pokerdad! As always, an insightful read. It is wonderful to see Cub progressing so well.
We found a dual purpose surface very handy. Our hack was to tape a magnetic dry erase board over a small table (picture attached for those looking for ideas).

Hi Jamie: Greetings and welcome from Calgary! I wish you and your kids an incredible journey ahead!

I was curious to see if anyone completed both semesters of all three BK products.

We started all three (LM, LR, LMs) within a week of each other. It takes no more than 15 minutes for all three. LM is amazing but you might have to tweak the number of equations and the pace based on your child's interest.

Thanks robbyjo. When you do these programs together, do you let your child watch the entire session on the DVDs or just shorter segments?

Thoughts anyone?

Greetings everyone!

I was wondering if I could get some thoughts on doing YBCR & Monkisee in conjunction with LR. Given the fantastic reviews on for the product in general I don’t want to my child to miss out on these. However, we have LR so would YBCR and Monkisee be redundant or would they reinforce what he is already reading?

Also how well do Sparkabilities and Memory Magic work together?

Any input is much appreciated.

I recently bought the M&D abacus for my 1 year old. I was looking to see if we could do anything besides math on it and I stumbled upon this http://blog.melissaanddoug.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/abacus-pattern-cards-2.pdf.
My son won't be able to work on these patterns on his own for a while but I thought I'd share this with the folks here should anyone find it useful. I see a few hours of Montessori sensorial activities in the future with the abacus and a mirror.

Hi Arlene! I live in Calgary as well. A warm welcome to the forum.