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18 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Every parent in this world should read this book! Mar 24, 2005
By Lily Liu I was so lucky to read this book and 4 other books by the same author when my baby son was 8-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. To my surprise, my son absorbed every thing so quickly and after a few weeks, he started pointing to the right objects so often when I showed him the word!
My son is now 11-mon and I have already started teaching him story books a month ago. He would not want to sleep at night if I forgot his story books.
I was overjoyed and thought that I have done quite much for my baby until I attended Dr. Doman's 5-day "How to multiply your baby's intelligence" course in his "The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential" in Philadelphia last week. 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, scince and encyclopedia, gymnastics, swim, play violin in a very high level!!!
They were taught by their parents who most of them did not have any foreign languages and musical background and etc. The most impressive one is a 6 year-old girl who seemed adopted from China and she started the program when she was 4, only two years, she is now one of the best students in that institute who can do all of those things superbly. We also saw another 6-year-old girl who has some neuro problems and very sensitive to sound was also one of the best, she could even know many difficult math and medical knowledge.
Everybody in the class was astonished, thrilled and speechless, many were cried in the very formal graduation ceremony. We have learned every detail of so many good techniques of how to teach babies and kids with or without the relevant background.
I am looking forward to attend the graduate level class on this May. I am so thankful to Dr. Doman and his daughter Jenet, son Douglas and all the staff in the Institute. They have changed my and my son's life and will change our future forever and many others like me for 50 years! I really hope everybody who attended their class to speak out and help this great non-profit organization to be more world-widely spread and benifit more parents in the world!
I highly recommend this book and this course to you! Here is the link of the course and institute information:
http://www.iahp.org/course_schedules/course_schedules.html
19 of 21 found the following review helpful:
How fathers and mothers can help make reading fun Jan 06, 2003
By Midwest Book Review Now in a thoroughly revised and significantly updated 40th anniversary edition, How To Teach Your Baby To Read: The Gentle Revolution by child brain development experts Glenn Doman and Janet Doman is a simple, thoroughly "parent friendly" instructional guide to how fathers and mothers can help make reading fun for their children and prepare them for school through offering enjoyable activities and learning tasks which can begin in infancy. How To Teach Your Baby To Read is especially recommended for its extensive, simple to use, easy-to-follow learning plan combined with useful outlines and commentary to help structure quality bonding and instructional time with very young children. If you are a parent seeking to provide your son or daughter with the advantageous that an ability to read and that a love of reading will provide them throughout their school years and beyond, if you are looking to enhance your own parent/child bond, you wish to unlock your child's imagination, enhance your child's academic success, if you want to "school-proof" your child in the event that their teachers or classrooms are inadequate to your child's educational needs, then you need Glenn and Janet Doman's How To Teach Your Baby To Read!
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Workable system for very early readers Jul 25, 2003
By Harold McFarland If you want to have a viable future where you can reach your full potential one of the single most valuable skills you can acquire is solid reading ability. "How to Teach Your Baby to Read" walks parents through a program for teaching the very young (even less than a year) how to recognize words and read. Needless to say, they use the method of learning to recognize whole words by sight and know what they mean. You will find educators that decry this system as well as those who embrace it. While there are strong opinions on both sides and I am no expert on the pros and cons of word recognition vs. phonetic, the bottom line seems to be that your child does learn to read.The techniques are clearly explained in detail and easy for any parent to follow along and apply. With regular practice in a fun environment children learn the words easily and are soon on their way. This does require involvement by the parents and a time commitment. However, the time commitment is minimal considering the results achieved. This is a highly recommended book for anyone wanting to give their kids a big jump on schooling or who are home schooling.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
It works! Apr 05, 2004
By D. Dean I used the program in this book over 20 years ago to teach 5 of my 6 children to read. (My oldest son was already reading when I discovered the book.) It worked beautifully! All my children were reading well above grade level as they entered kindergarten! As an elementary teacher now, I can see that this program can help children who may not respond well to phonics learning. Whatever help we can give our children, let's do it! Those who struggle with reading, struggle with every subject, because they all require reading! I highly recommend this book!
29 of 38 found the following review helpful:
Good idea gone bad Nov 29, 2003
By Danielle Cumberland There is only one useful point in anything Doman has to say and I will save you the money by telling you here: You can teach your child anything you want them to know. Don't ever look down on your child because they are very little, assuming they cannot learn something useful or important. However, there are about 1,000 better ways to teach your child anything - reading, math, music, whatever - than by using the Doman method. The Doman program is boring, expensive, time-consuming and not as effective or as efficient as lots of fun ways you can make up yourself. I taught my children phonics when they were babies and toddlers using cards stationed at their changing table, refrigerator magnet letters, puzzles and bath foamy letters that stick on the wall. My daughter learned to read at 3.5 years old and my son started reading just before age 4. They are also very bright overall and good at math and other things that interest them. Don't waste time and money on Doman. Doman himself says learning is to be "joyous", but the majority of people I've "known" on-line using this program constantly complain that their kids won't look at the flashcards. Make it joyous by giving your child unstintingly the gift of knowledge, without ever demanding a certain achievment level of them.
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