POLL: GD method - success or failure

[shadah]

1. She reads only her name and has shown no recognition of math.But, after I show the words or dots for 4-5 days she will not look anymore. If I put out new ones, she is glued.
2. We started the program at 11 months. She is 23 months now.
3. I've not seen a difference.
4. We do traditional reading, math, and bits. We are starting books and POI. We did the physical program for a few months but not anymore.

Although, she is not reading or doing instant math I believe doing the program has increase her general knowledge of things (bits) and her concentration. We are building connections for the future. When she does start reading, things will be easier because she will already have seen the words. Math will eventually click and there will be true understanding and not just rote memory of facts.
I am not looking for a "miracle" or to make my baby a genius. I just want to maximize her potential. My baby enjoys learning and will do it in marathon sessions. What more could I ask?

[linzy]

1 - does your child read/ displays good math abilities because of GD method?
              I don't know if it is because of the Doman method as we started supplementing with phonics at age 2 but he is 3.5 now and reads at a first grade level.  Doman math was not successful for us as he even now only instantly recognizes quantities up to four. He is working on counting to 100 though and can do math with numbers up to 20 with the aid of manipulatives.
2 - what age your child was starting to learn to read / to recognize quantity, to solve math problems?
              Recognize words consistently and read them at age 18 months.
3 - in what period after starting any achievements appeared?
              Hard to say, when he satarted recognizing them.
4 - what kind of achievements?
              Mainly just the reading, and being very verbal. I think he is about average in math.  He is very mechanical and loves taking things apart with his screwdriver and putting them back together.
4 - do you follow GD's advice strictly?
              We did until about 1 year with the words, the dots were a little hit or miss because they were hard to make and he kept peeling off the dots, then I wasn't sure is the cards had the right number of dots on them and didn't want to use them if they were wrong....We also did EK and he was able to identify alot of paintings/songs. Since age two we've added in lots of other things like workbooks, phonics...But I am VERY happy with his reading.
and please write everything else you think is important/interesting!

[mirra]

I have read in one of right brain educators website I dont remember which - that even if child doesnt show any results, doesnt look like grasping anything or doesnt show results when you test, still the method would work... one day when the child turns 5 or so, you will SURELY see results. That magic will happen. It is just that child doesnt display what he learnt...but that doesnt mean child doesnt know.

Thanks!
Great job!

I'm just curious... My guys hadn't show such great results as we had lessons last 9 months (including about 2-2.5 months of breaks alltogether)! I layed special stress on my oldest son teaching, but we've got NOTHING.
I thought I was not a perfect teacher.
So I'd know how many people got any results.
Sure we can see lots of enthusiastic reviews here and there on sites selling educational materials. But I'd know what have I done wrong, why can't teach my sons like that.
I had a great tug not to give up and go on...
So I need many success stories for encouragement!:)
...and failure stories to allow mistakes...

[Anastasiya]

He is able to do additions and substrations - he has understood the concept. No multiplication yet, he has started learning multi/divi.

Few days after starting with Math, he was able to do the math that was taught to him. I always "tested" him with sums that is not shown to him. He did well. He is now learning multiplication.

Mirra, your kid shows amazing results!
I think you'd go on and not stop at 50 dots. He'll surprize you much more further.

I am not looking for a "miracle" or to make my baby a genius. I just want to maximize her potential.

Thanks, Shadah!

he is 3.5 now and reads at a first grade level.    

Thanks, linzy!

that even if child doesnt show any results, doesnt look like grasping anything or doesnt show results when you test, still the method would work...

I wish so
But it's rather difficult to do smth with no results you can see...
Especially you know there MUST be those...

[Bethsong]

I really tried to do the full-fledged GD math program with my daughter, beginning when she was just 6 months old.  I'm not sure where I went wrong, but so far it looks like it was somewhat of a failure.  She is now 5 and not able to see large numbers on sight.  But I haven't given up hope - we've been doing LM which captures her attention much more, but still I feel like this particular child is resistant to these methods.  I am still trying to figure out what will work for her - not giving up hope!

Also, I started GD with my son when he was 4 months old.  We switched over to LM when he was about a year.  He loves it, but he's a totally different personality.

[Indidee]

1 - does your child read/ displays good math abilities because of GD method?
Cant honestly answer that question because I have been a bad parent and started the GD method strictly only now.  But I can tell you that she can read really well and is able to make up the words (new words) by just the phonics. I am utterly pleased with the results
2 - what age your child was starting to learn to read / to recognize quantity, to solve math problems?
At 8 months she was able to already able to read the numerals. Thing is - I didnt know about GD till she was close to 1 1/2 yrs old. So I started late, but she is improving now and will hopefully do well - I DONT TEST HER - thats the rule. I let her play and do whatever she wants (just as Mirra described) and take her to places and correlate what she has read / learnt to the outside world.  She loves it
3 - in what period after starting any achievements appeared?
Cant say yet, though reading started almost when she was 1.  Her first words were "6" and "10" and the second words were A,B,C...... if that makes any sense.  She still doesnt call me mommy - thgh she knows her words and letters and numbers very well.... still have to do quantities.. I dont expect a miracle
4 - what kind of achievements?
as above
5 - do you follow GD's advice strictly?
  I have just started... so there is still time to go.

What I do bear in mind is - to stop before she gets bored, to make learning fun for her, to remember that she needs to enjoy her childhood and NEVER NEVER NEVER to test her.

[Anastasiya]

it was somewhat of a failure. 

Thanks!

NEVER NEVER NEVER to test her.

Thank you!!
actually GD says you'd test the kid not making him you do it@)
testing helps you to understand your child#s progress, to make feedback and to choose your further way to teach him

[Indidee]

thanks anastasiya... will remember that.. thgh I would like to give her time before i can begin to test her... till then, i want her to soak it all in

[fatima786]

hi there

1. i started the doman reading method at around 6 months. he read words like mama and abba (dad) at say 9 months. he is now 2 years and 9 mnths. reads books. he has figured out that you must start from left to right and if he misses a word he goes back to the beginning. its like his mouth cant keep up with his brain.

2. i knew he could read when he was 9 months.

3. achievements well i dont remember. i guess him just paying attention was an achievement.

4. i was never strict with glen domans advice. my word card werent the same size he recomended nor was the colour. i was flexi with times.

if anyone is in the same predicament like me and has come out of it please let me know. i deeply regret not focusing on maths. i have LM and havent used it the way it was meant to be used. sa'ad is now 2 years 9 months. is there any hope for that kind of thing or not. should i just make him watch it diligently and consistently anyways and see what happens or   
just leave it and try something else?     

[Jami]

Like GD says, your child will learn reading no matter how imperfectly you teach it. You can't mess up. I use LR. I started using YBCR at 15 months. That was wonderful. Highly recommended. After completing that program, my son seems to be able to pick up new words very easily. I don't know, something clicked in his brain and now he learns new words easily. I never had great success with flashcards with my son. Boys are so hyperactive. Getting him to sit and do flashcards is really hard. I even put flashcards of cars in between the other flashcards. After a short time he wouldn't even look at the cards. So I turned to multimedia. I figure, the future is all computer anyways. Thats how kids will learn more and more in school. You can go to college online now! My son is reading 300+ words I'd say. He's also starting to read sentences, and he doesn't even talk in sentences yet. He's now 28 months. He started picking up words after 3-5 months on YBCR. So, my advise would be to find a way to teach you child that will captivate him or her. Try everything until you find something that works.

My son likes counting things, and we have LM, but I don't use it for him. I think its a little late (GD says to teach dot method before 2 1/2). I've been using it with my daughter though. She's 7 months and no success so far. And my son really doesn't enjoy doing the math so I don't push him on it. I recognize that there's a fine line there and if you push, he will resist. So he does LR, 5-6 encyclopedic knowledge topics, starting spanish, tweedlewink, hooked on phonics. I hope this was helpful.  Remember, find a way to engage him, even if you're breaking the rules.

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