"Kids who start ahead stay ahead" was a good book. It's a library one, so I don't have it in front of me. Neil Harvey works at the Institutes with Glenn Doman and it was exciting for me to hear his perspective on the man. Doman is a very loving, kind, clever, and witty man and Neil shares a few stories.
The essence of the book is that the wanted to know how the children who had an EL education "turned out" in later years. They selected a random sample spread through the years of families that had attended classes at the Institutes and sent them a survey. Many of the parents responded. Counting siblings, there were about 315 children represented, from 5 up to adulthood. All of them did exceptionally well in school. Many received scholarships. Some became business leaders. Some became professional mothers. All were considered gifted. He shares both statistics for the group as a whole and individual stories. I was surprised at how few of them became homeschoolers- as a homeschool graduate I suppose I get a little narrow-minded that way. Some went to private school, but the majority of them went to regular public school. Some of their parents did after-schooling, but many of them didn't. They didn't have to because their children loved learning.
When I checked this book out, I didn't know what it was. When I saw Glenn Doman's name on the first few pages I started bouncing off the walls. I have a very yellow personality.
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