Sorry, I tried to paste it in a tab and it didn't work. Here is the attachment. Hope that helps. As you can see, it was nothing stellar. Just following the guidelines.

Here is what I did for one year of age... I have for each year. I am not sure if you want that...may be too much but you will get a feel for it.


[tabTIME   DEVELOPMENT   MONDAY   TUESDAY   WEDNESDAY   THURSDAY   FRIDAY   SATURDAY   
   Language   Spanish   Swedish   Swedish   Spanish   Swedish   Swedish   
   Sound Play Music cds   Spanish   Chinese   French   Japanese   Chinese   Vivaldi and Motzart   
   Environment   Black & White in Crib   Floor textures   Side boards   Colored Mobile   Stick b/w around his room      
RESULTS OF FIRST EVALUATION      p.47 OF How smart is your baby                  
                        
Doman   Visual Competance/outline   Colored Check board every waking moment   Even on your way to sleep   One new colored card a day and keep adding            
   Visual Competance/bits   10x/day of 1-3 bit cards, 10sec   Retire one card per day and put a new one in per day repeat it for 1 week.      Dots (1-10), Faces, Colored B/W bits (2 sets)   Hold 12-18" away and say square for a few secs.   When finished go to part 3&4   
   Visual Competance 5 pathways   10x/day of 30sec each   Show flashcard   Show word   Taste fruit   Smell fruit   Touch fruit   Different fruit every day
P.64 Checklist   Auditory Program   10x/day of 10sec each, 10 stimulations   Pots, pans, symbols, bells etc.   "Now you are going 2hear blocks   Stand 2 ft away and bang loudly, wait 3 secs, do it, 3, do it   Each of the 3 times say Blocks   Ask if he enjoyed it? Have fun   
   Tactile Program   10x/day @ 60sec   Opposite textures   bottle brush/tooth brush   On arms, legs, hands, feet and torso   Say "touch"      
   Tactile Program   5x/day 60sec of tickling/massage                  
   Mobility: Inclined track   15x/day of 60sec(trip down track)   Put track at 6-24" high   Work to this. This is the only area that Lucas didn't achieve perfect on. So use the abvoe to start with.            
   Mobility: track   Min. 4hrs daily                  
   Mobility:flat track   Way of life! 3-18 hrs daily   To grow mobility pathway   Lie in prone position   BE on the floor with him   Even in his sleep   crawling, marching, skipping   
   Mobility:Balance (p.169)   15x/day fo 15sec, then work to 45sec   Twice daily   Hold sitting up, Airoplane, rock side, rock up/down, rocking chair, pull forward & back, slide l/r, clockwise, shoulder spin L, spin on right shoulder, lift baby up/down, roll back2tummy, trot around house            
   Manual/Grasp reflex   15x/day fo 20sec, then work to30sec   To grow manual competance   Start holding a bar   Gently pull baby toward you, stay for a few sec. then lower   Say - Grasp   From no weight to all weight   
   Manual/Prehensible grasp   10x/day for 60sec   Pick up 1-3 objects of varying size      small objects for 60sec.         
   Swimming   Floating with his chin on my shoulder   Floating on his back   Blowing bubbles   Bobbing up and down, passing under shower 10x nonstop, going underwater, jumping into bath, grasp sides of tub or thumbs, kisses!!!         
   Language (Ch.14)   Ample opportunity to talk and listen to baby   Listen to baby every waking moment               
   Language (Ch.14)   Have a conversation   10x/day of 60sec               
   Language (Ch.14. p.124)   Create specific sounds in poem   5x/day of 1-2 minutes               
   Language (Ch.14)   Use a choice board   How many times a day?               
   Language (Ch.14)   Assigning a meaning to a sound   New specific sounds today?               
Others   Games   Put a bell on her sock   Different color mitten   Bell on mitten   Attach string to foot and string to mobile, baby kicks   Different color sock      
   Smells   Flowers   Herbs   Perfume   Flowers   Herbs   Perfume   
   Signing   Eat   Sleep   Restroom - middle finger over forfinger and go up and down up and down      More      
   Textures   Flannel 100X   Silk   Velvet   Linen   Grass   Say the word of the texture or rough/smooth etc.   
le][/table]

HI All

It has been quite fun to go back through my records and see exactly what we did. I use WE because I crawled these with him!! No wonder my knees ache. So here is the PHD program we did. This was for when he was 5. I didn't start until he was three. Daily schedule to follow too.

This will make a lot more sense for those of you familiar with the phd course.

         Course =    230   feet         
   Times   Yards   Feet    Total Feet   Laps         
wk 1   5   5   15   75   0.326086957         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 2   5   20   60   300   1.304347826         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 3   5   20   60   300   1.304347826         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 4   5   20   60   300   1.304347826         EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 6   5   30   90   450   1.956521739         EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 8   5   40   120   600   2.608695652   2.5      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 10   5   50   150   750   3.260869565   3.5      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 12   2   100   300   600   2.608695652   2.5      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
            3375   14.67391304         
            2700   11.73913043         
            6075            
                        
                        
                        
wk 1   5   20   60   300   1.304347826         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 2   5   50   150   750   3.260869565         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 3   5   50   150   750   3.260869565         FABULOUS PROGRAM
wk 4   5   60   180   900   3.913043478         EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 6   5   100   300   1500   6.52173913   6      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 8   5   150   450   2250   9.782608696   10      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 10   4   150   450   1800   7.826086957   8      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
wk 12   4   250   750   3000   13.04347826   13      EXCELLENT PROGRAM
            11250   48.91304348         
            9450   41.08695652         
            15525            
            2.940340909            
                        
                        
                        

HI all

I am so happy to share whatever I can with you all. Although, I keep reiterating that I feel you are putting me on a pedestal and we have not arrived yet. Either way, I am happy to share if it will help all your selfless parents and lovely children. I am simply going to answer your questions and hope it sheds some light. I pray that this will inspire every single one of you to continue loving your children, as we all know, without love the brain will not respond.

You asked about math curriculum, that has become my fetish. I study, research and then employ. You must remember that my son just turned 9 and so some of the curriculum is already outdated. I used to use Singapore when you could only get the Asian version. Given the likes of Common Core (and if ANYONE wants me to tell you how detrimental this is to your children, I would be more than happy to expound), I am glad I did use those. I used a plethora of math curriculum since this is what my child loved. The likes of which were Singapore, Saxon, Math u See, Miquon, Kitchen Table Math and countless math story books eg. Sir Cumference. We did go through each of the books but as soon as he got a concept, we moved on. That being said, he did do Kumon so I felt like the drills would get anything I didn't cover. We only recently stopped that at level K. He graduated from the Sr. Aloha Abacus and now teaches there.

He did Doman dots and has a good feel for it even now. When I show his brother he is usually off at most by 9. So it is great to see that is all processed and stored. Regarding other languages, I am South African and my husband is Swedish. I can say that Christian totally understands Afrikaans (and when he Holland and Belgium understood Dutch and Flemish) and is fluent in Swedish (understand Norwegian). He went to a Spanish preschool twice a week and we did 4 yrs of Chinese School but stopped when it got too technical i.e. strokes and not enough verbal learning.

The only class I ever paid for sports wise was Gymnastics. I was blessed that he did up to 13 hrs a day. Once he hit 7, I could pay for sports and that included Club soccer, Karate, Flag football, Swimming, Track etc. Yes, he does everything. But before 5, I solely concentrated on Doman and it was rigorous. The running is 3 times a day and you have to build up to three miles which is pretty substantial, even for myself. Crawling and creeping were set by the Doman PHD class. How did I do it? ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD!! And two wonderful Doman mommies that did it with me. Ask Gloria on this site, we laughed together and only too often CRIED together.

I honestly don't know how I did it because back then we didn't have Brillkids and I created all my own bits, while running my immigration business. Crazy days. I forfeited the normal LA lifestyle of going out for teas and coffees with friends and strapping babies to strollers. My life was and still is my children. I figure that I will have lots of time to devote to other things once they are all grown up. You don't have to do it to the Nth degree like I did but once you go to the Institutes, you will realize what wonderful outcomes can come of it.

My hopes right now is that I haven't ruined my son. I have seen such enormous growth from him in just one month at College. Learning to sit and take notes and answer questions and the toughest by far - GETTING HIM TO SIT THROUGH TWO AND A HALF HOUR LECTURE WITH NO BREAK!! He has learnt to deal with pressure and was just DEVASTATED to get 90% for his first exam. He has learnt to begin to see things in perspective when his peers were thrilled to get 72% for the same test. I am praying that his academic, spiritual and physical growth will all be met.

I had to pull him out of the Anthropology class given the content. Given his age he is literally the last person on campus to get a class, so it is to my discretion if I want him under the influence of the Lecturer (usually the bottom of the barrel). I faught to have him with the most perfect Prof. in math because this is his gifting and we got that. Regarding his options, there are so many out there if you are ready to fight for it. I could get him dual highschool and college credit and he could get his AA and transfer into Uni at 14. Do I want that??? Does he want that??? Probably not. For now, I am meeting him where he is at academically and hopefully, it will allow him to avoid all those boring hours of school. Thus trading them in for life experiences. We were thinking of spending a year or two in Europe, going to a Swiss finishing school or the like? Who knows.

Key to success, is much like my Christian walk, GRACE - GRACE - GRACE. Grace to myself if I don't get through the 300 flashcards, 3 languages, piano, PHD course, math, school curriculum, monkey bars and a run. Grace to my boys on the days they simply can't pull themselves together to do it and grace to my husband who used to think I was a nutcase. Now he simply marvels. We are both gifted parents and high achievers but did we reach our full potential, methinks not. This is what I am striving for in my boys. As are all of you. The regrets I have was not cutting myself enough slack and simply going to my to do list. I have such sweet memories of us learning our tables on the trampoline, doing our log rolls in the grass, throwing baby brother to each other across the water.......

It is for this reason I am hesitant to post my daily curriculum. My A type personality used it as a checklist and I am scared that if I post it, people will take it as their daily schedule without their child's interests. I know if someone had done that for me a few years ago, I would have jumped at it. So that being said, convince me otherwise and I will. God bless you all. You are such selfless parents and have definitely taken the road less travelled by. We don't do it so our children will thank us, we do it because as a loving parent, it is the ONLY thing we can do.

Okay, now I have to go and put my tikes to bed. Hope that gave you a glimpse into our world. Krista, I hear what you are saying about all the typing

Wow, that sounds like an awesome idea. Then would you do an audio on Brillkids?

Sure, up until they were 4, I did nothing but DOMAN. I started supplementing Doman with Shichida and Right Brain kids and then added the curriculum i.e. Stories of the World, Singapore, Aloha. But if you Doman correctly i.e. only 30 bits of intelligence at a time, the reading, the math and the physical education, there really isn't time for much more. I followed it by the book. I still have the binders of when they reached their different milestones. I wish I could say it was all me but that is exactly why I am posting here. I feel like Doman is a resource that is so overlooked. It would give anyone a fantastic foundation. I hope that helps. If you want, I can post the excel spreadsheet I had but I hate to do that because then I don't want the Atype personalities (myself included) using that as their daily curricula....

Honestly Krista, I don't know what you would interview me on. He has just entered College. Do you not want to see how that turns out. I keep telling people, right now I feel like the fool in "fools rush in where angels fear to tread".....One thing is for sure, we have EVERY one of your dvds so those had to contribute to his neural pathway stimulation!

Hi all

I am devastated to tell you that I wrote a long email and came to check it this morning and saw that it was never posted. I had written all the points to address and sadly couldn't find it. So in a nutshell, here goes.

Firstly Mandala, I remember us corresponding a few years back. I am just thrilled for you! That is such fantastic news. I hear you on all points, my son's writing too is holding him back. He loves history and unfortunately, given the content covered, he will not be able to make the grade in those classes. Content too is an issue, like you said, it is meant for adults so again, more fields of study that can't be covered. I am curious, since you are in LA, which university are you thinking of? I know UCLA has an early entrance facility but then I live an hour and a half away and am not willing to spend that much time in the car. So College would have to do for now.

HEre's the tricky thing with IAHP (Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential), you can read their books until you are blue in the face! It won't help if you don't go to the course to SEE what they are actually doing. I remember reading all the books while I was pregnant but I did a haphazard course for my boys. It was only at 9 months that I realized I wasn't getting results and banging my head against a brick wall. Then when I went there, it was like the curtain fell and I finally got a glimpse into HOW the program should be run. We are so blessed that we have the time and the knowledge that something like this exists. I have proof that it exists and my mentor's son was so badly physically handicapped everyone wanted to throw him into an institution. He never gave up on his son and found iahp. Today this son is STELLAR success in EVERY area, the youngest rower on the Oxford Rowing team, Scholarships to Oxford etc. etc.

They are so helpful at iahp and genuinely want your child to do well but there is only so much they can tell you on the phone and only so much I can tell you via email. Basically the PHD is the shining star in physical and neural development for your child. As far as I know you can't buy that in a book form. They have done this for 50 yrs, so no use trying to find your own way to do this. Just clone theirs. Miclreed, I hear your pain and I frankly don't know how you have managed thus far. You are amazing!! There are too many pieces to put together, if I was you, throw in the towel and go to the course. I live in CA and went to that course in PA. Your children will miss you for a week (I was breastfeeding at the time) but it is worth it for their future. I can't express in words how grateful I was to be there. Plus, the people that you meet are all like minded, self-sacrificing adults that will end up being your cheerleaders for life!

I saw your post Mandabplus3 about BSFU 2 and I am hating it!! I just realized I must be terrible at Science. It is taking so much prep work that we are only getting to it once a week and even then my lesson is sketchy. I am so sad because my son has the potential to be a good little scientist but I am the one that is terrible at it! Any advice. Or any other books?

regarding highschool age of 18, I don't think that is a bad thing. We haven't decided if we are doing early college entrance to get him into Uni early or not? I loved my Uni experience and don't want to deprive him of that at such an early age. It's not just the destination. Your child can do so much before 18, travel the world, study abroad, do an internship, teach etc. etc. Which state is that by the way? Plus, I am sure you may be able to find loopholes and things could change in 10 yrs time? Who knows....

Sorry, it is Doman's Primary Human Development program. They have two levels both include creeping and crawling for a specific length. It's all part of their course. There is no book on it unfortunately.

HI all

So wonderful to hear the words of encouragement. Honestly, this is the only forum that I have been encouraged. Most people think I am destroying my child. Honestly, this is not something I considered lightly. There were nights and nights and nights of prayers and more sleepless nights. I do want to encourage you all that what you are currently doing NOW is so worthwhile for your kids. I call it my "academic insurance". There is so much to tell you, I don't quite know where to start. I will address your questions but first, the only reason I posted, after being encouraged by the Institutes and other Doman parents is to let you know that what you put in is what you will get out. The caveat being, that you may have to wait a decade or two to see it. I liken it to my Christian faith, it is blind faith that doesn't look at current circumstances but at the end goal, while enjoying the ride to the destination.

Okay, enough philosophy. To address your questions, if you truly want my daily curriculum, I can post it. It may bore you and it may freak you out, depending on your personality. My soul sister, who co-incidentally is another doman mom that lives thousands of miles away, used to tweak it for me and vice versa. You may know Gloria, she posts a lot here and has a lot to offer!! Please don't use it as a guide, each child is different and each has a different skill set.

Regarding the physical aspect, this is THE MOST important aspect of brain development. But then I am preaching to the choir, so I won't go into the research. I started off doing classes of the different sports but then when I saw how little they actually accomplished in an hour, I realized what a waste of time and money that was. So the result was one very tired mommy but now that I am older and don't have as much energy my oldest naturally keeps my youngest up to scratch. As I am writing, they are playing soccer/gaga together in our lounge. Nothing like crossing the midline to forge those brain pathways. The only sport I did spend money on before they began their club sports was gymnastics. My oldest was doing 13 hrs a week. His team won state championships so much was expected from them. Again, it complemented the physical education prerequisites for Doman. EVERY year, I do the PHD Doman course. Tiring but we do it as a team.

My youngest also had speech issues and I simply ramped up his running (yes, Doman course - they spell out how many meters, yards, miles you run per day @ least 3 times per week) and we bumped up his phd course. His speech was markedly improved in three months. I had seen speech pathologists for a few months and they were a waste of time. I felt like they minimized his self esteem too. Plus, our kids learn so many languages, one has to question if that is delaying speech. I used to laugh at my youngest who would say things like "Jugo with mig meimei" - 4 languages is one sentence is brilliant as far as I am concerned.

I don't push writing at all. In my humble opinion, I saw both sons getting so frustrated that they hands didn't work as fast as their brains. When they started asking for it, I gave it to them. I did do cursive first. Again, something that is debatable. My 9 yr old's writing, looks like a 9 yr olds and honestly, I don't push the writing because it slows us down. That being said, I am teaching him how to type. But this is obviously because he needs it for College.

I love that you read to your kids despite them being able to read to themselves. I am firm in my classical approach. I love that you mentioned the Olympiads. As far as I knew there was only the math. I went online and saw everything that they offered. Do you do the tests online? I couldn't see a price either. Would love your feedback on their curriculum.

I like you am feeling more confident now with my second. We have all done it the first time so the second time is easier. Now I understand how some families have ten kids. They obviously have it down by number 10. So here's to all you wonderful mamas!!! Start producing more brilliant babies for this world

I hope I managed to answer most of your questions and I hope you can answer mine. So looking forward to sharing more resources.

Regarding the Evan Thomas Institute, I would have loved him to go but we live in California, so that wasn't an option.

Hi all

Thanks so much for the words of encouragement! I, like most of you that did the Doman program, questioned myself everyday. I suppose it is sad that I now consider myself successful but honestly, didn't know what else to use as the bar. I knew my boy was bright and I have had him tested but yet, this solidified for me that the Doman method if done correctly is true to its word. Some of you wanted to know what curriculum I used etc. If one considers that the Doman course is for the first six years of their life, it only left me with about another two to add growth.

Our days were always full, from Doman in the morning to sport in the afternoon, lots of reading and only a half an hour of TV or electronics on the weekends. That ensured that my kids had to find other ways to amuse themselves. Our lives are blend of Doman and Classical Education Homeschooling. My boys are fluent in 2 languages and get by in 2 more. We learn Latin, play the piano and do all those activities that build brain pathways. i.e. gymnastics, soccer, karate and swimming. You would think that they would collapse into bed at night but instead that is usually me. But then I am preaching to the choir.

From age 4, I saw that he loved math, so that is what we built on. He did Kumon, Abacus (which he now teaches), Singapore, Life of Fred and whatever else I could get my hands on. For history, he used to go to sleep to Stories of the World and to this day amazes me with how much has soaked in. Lots of Bill Nye for science and experiments. BSFU although I battle to prepare all the classes.  As most of you know, Gifted kids have their own stresses to deal with and living with Gifted parents can add to it. So most of the time, I find myself managing anxiety more than academics.

Feel free to ask away. I haven't posted much on this site but then I was just so busy with my life. I am more than happy to help in whatever way I can. Just because my son is at College doesn't necessarily make me a guru at parenting. My only precursor to my daily routine is that I pray that I am making the right choices for his future and then feed his academic appetite. I am sure you can relate.

Now you all need to brag to me about your kids!

Hi All

I wanted to share with you my story. 9 yrs ago, I had no idea how my life was going to change. Not only because I was going to birth my first child but also, because I was able to give him the most privileged life with all the attention from a mother and father he deserved. Most people start off on this road but then life gets in the way. Thanks to the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, I was able not only to allow my children to develop to their fullest potential but I was allowed to development to my fullest potential as a mother, teacher, Christian caregiver and let’s not forget PE teacher.
 
It was with great joy that just three days before his 9th birthday, we had my son enrolled at the local College. Given his age the highest course he was allowed to do was Intermediate Algebra (for which he already scored 80% on the College entrance exam). I am not intending to sound like a braggart. Instead this is a letter of encouragement to let you know that my son is not particularly gifted in any arena, however, as the Institutes constantly reminds us, anything taught in love will foster a joy for learning and given the late Glenn Doman’s strategies for brain development, your child is destined for greatness! It is a self-less road but one with a final destination of a happy child that is nurtured, loved and academically fulfilled.
 
I look forward to hearing your success stories! Please post it for all of us that once doubted ourselves!
 
 

Julie, looking at your qualifications you are obviously primed to answer my question and first and foremost I want to thank you SO much for taking the time to explain the ins and outs to me. I am just tired of the research on this subject and now need to chose a way forward. I hear what you are saying about primitive reflexes but most chiropractors I shave spoken to, I spoke to 4, all say that the brain will naturally progress out of this state and there is no evidence as to why they still have them. I have checked according to Doman and the kids don't seem to have it. i.e. for Moro, if you stroke their face, they don't grimace or make mouth movements. But then I find myself second guessing myself the whole time as to not having the right background. I don't know what to say. I feel like I am more confused than ever.

The thing is that it is a lot of time to give up in the day, that they could be doing something else. I simply don't have an hour and a half a day for each kid! Any candid advice would so be appreciated!

Hi Brillkids family

On finding that both my 8 and 4 yr old DS both have all their primitive reflexes and the neurology behind that, I have to ask if anyone has employed strategies to remediate them? It seems like the alternatives are OT, sound and vision therapy. However, if I have been doing most of the crossing midlines (Doman), Visual (Shichida) and Sound (Doman, Shichida and Rightbrain) exercises, why would this have not gotten rid of them? I know Chris posted a wonderful article about Brain Balance being quackery. But the reflexes could be separate issue that would lead to slowing down of right brain development. I am confused? Any insight would be so appreciated!