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37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
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Doman's Reading book and Math book turned my baby son to be a , April 29, 2006
I was so lucky to read this book and 4 other books by the same author when my baby son was 9-mon, I spent 5 nights to read Doman's 5 books, and started to teach my son with Doman's method immediately. I started with 25 words and add 5 new words every day, 1 second per word, 3 times a day, same thing with 100 math dots cards. To my surprise, my son absorbed every thing so quickly and after 3 weeks, he started pointing to the right objects so often when I showed him the word!
I attended Dr. Doman's "How to multiply your baby's intelligence" baby brain development course in his "The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential" in Philadelphia in order to meet those experts and little geniuses in person. The Institute is for both well babies and brain injured babies, which was founded by Doman 50 years ago. It is a non-profit organization. ([...])
We saw all those 4-6 year-old kids and other 8-12 year-olds in their Institutes could read more than 3 languages, read many big thick books, do Math, science and encyclopedia, gymnastics, swim, play violin in almost professional high level!!! They were taught by their parents who most of them did not have any foreign languages and musical background and etc. Everybody in the class was astonished, thrilled and speechless; many were cried in the very formal graduation ceremony.
I started teaching my son reading when he was 9 months old. And the result was amazing. Three weeks later he could point to his name word when I say his name; and point to my bellybutton when I showed him the big word card: bellybutton. However, he lost interest of reading completely in 2 months when he can walk around. I had to stop my teaching for a while and search for methods that can intrigue his interest.
When he turned 18 months old, he can accurately name and read every part of the world map puzzle, he can read all other body and organ parts words and flower/tree parts words and other 1,000 words cards. When he is 21 months old, he can read dozens of children books. Now my son is 25 months old, I am starting teaching him the elementary curriculum for 10 to 20 minutes every day.
My son is just an ordinary child, if you think he is a GENIUS, then every baby is a GENIUS including your baby, as stated in Doman's theory, because every baby is able to read and do math if you prepare such an environment and opportunity for him to learn. And babies love to learn, it is fun and it is their surviving skill...
You do not need a college degree to be able to send your child to college or even Harvard, the love with all your heart to your child makes the real difference when you decide not taking the chance of winning a baby Einstein lottery that might be related to your family Genius Gene. Every hard effort you put to your baby, God knows, and your child knows.
Do not waste your baby's precious first 6 genius years! I highly recommend this book!
It might be too overwhelmed to spend weeks to cut and write hundreds of words cards and math cards, you can buy a set of "Teach your baby to read within one year kit" for $9.99 on eBay. You can type the keyword "Teach Your Baby to Read within 1 Year Kit / Montessori" on eBay to search for the kit and the relevant subjects' material.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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No-Brainer, March 16, 2006
You will see the light BEHIND their eyes when you start the sessions. My twins start twitching with excitement - literally - when they see me reach for the cards. Do what the book says, make it FUN for them and don't turn into a psycho-nut parent, and it will be fabulous. Do my 11 month olds know how to count? Who knows (Doman discourages "testing" them!), and I don't care. I know they're paying attention, and I can see their eyes absorbing information. He's right - kids are desperate to learn, ALL the time. Here is a structured way to help them do it. (Make it easy on yourself and buy the cards from them with the dots already printed.)
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book DOES work!, April 6, 2006
I read the book and found it to be quite fascinating. I've read all of Glenn Doman's and Janet Doman's books (they are father and daughter, btw). A lot of people might not think that 'tiny babies' can learn by showing dots but it's true. Not only 'tiny babies', but toddlers too. After a certain age though, kids just won't get the dots concept because they've been exposed to numerals so you have to weight that together. The Doman's have done fascinating work with Brain Injured children's parents and have used this concept of teaching math as well as their other early learning concepts. Many people have ripped them off over the years -- they've been around for over 50 years -- but the Doman's remain committed to their mission and not to the dollar. If you want to learn more, go to their website -- www.iahp.org. If you love this book or their other books and want to do more, you can! Take control of your child's early learning. It is possible and while this book may not give you the 20 steps to make a math genius, it DOES WORK!
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