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Summary: A facinating look at what young children can accomplish.
Review: Glenn Doman presents convincing arguments and case studies of children under three who have learned to read. The system is so simple that anyone can teach their baby to read.
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Summary: 100,000 plus Mothers can't be wrong!
Review: Glenn Doman should be ranked as one of the greatest educators of the 20th (and 21st) Century. His name should be known to every parent in the United States and beyond. Unfortunately, relatively few have heard of him. He is one of America's best kept secrets. What this man and his colleagues have done is to reveal the amazing learning potential of very young children and to provide the guidelines by which parents, primarily mothers, can harvest that potential. He has proven that infants and young children are capable of absolutely amazing learning achievements long before they begin kindergarten. In fact, by the time most children begin kindergarten, they have lost much of their learning capacity. Babies accomplish a fantastic learning feat within their first few years simply by learning to speak and use their native spoken language. They learn the language pretty much by osmosis, not by anyone's effort to teach it to them. Glenn Doman, through his very sccessful efforts to help brain injured children get well, learned that children can and should learn to read and to do math at the same time they are learning to speak their native language. Infants and toddlers can learn more and learn it more easily and faster at that young and tender age than in any other stage in their lives. All they need is someone to use the right strategies and techniques to bring such learning about. The right strategies and techniques are not at all difficult. The time required to do it is very short. The best person to do it is the child's mother, according to Doman, but Dad or other loving and dedicated adults can do it with equal effectiveness. The results are amazing, fun, and enormously beneficial to the child. Children who are taught to read (as well as to do math and a lot of other things) by the Doman methods are generally happier, better adjusted, more intelligent, loving, constructive, and successful, etc. than children who do not have the benefits of Doman's learning program. A lot of uninformed critics have imagined faults with Doman's methods. Some claim, for example, that teaching children to read by "sight methods" is not a proper way to teach children to read. The truth is, of course, that sight (and sound) methods are the only methods that can be used to teach infants and toddlers to read (and do math) and tens of thousands of parents and their children can testify to the effectiveness and success of those methods. The truth is that there are no "dangerous side effects" of teaching very young children to read. Many of these children appear to be geniuses to people who are amazed at what they can do. The answer to that is that geniuses are made, not born. Every child is born with the potential to be a "genius" if only someone will give them the chance. What is really sad is the fact that there are closed minded parents who, out of fear or ignorance, or whatever, will not even bother to look at the evidence provided by Doman and his happy followers. Everyone has heard the saying that when opportunity knocks, it makes good sense to open the door. But some people lock the door tightly shut instead. They and their children suffer a great loss as a result. The wonderful things that could have happened through their participation in the "gentle revolution" never take place. They end up learning to read the hard way, or not at all. It is a well known fact that we have a very large number of people in this country and around the world who never master the art of reading. Glenn Doman has provided parents with the opportunity to teach their own children to read the easy way. He has shown that waiting until the child starts to school to allow strangers to take on the task of teaching their children to read (and do math, etc.) is to wait until the vast and amazing early childhood learning advantage has already been lost. Aside from the Bible, I think that "How To Teach Your Baby to Read" is in fact one of the most important, and potentially beneficial books that has ever been written. Parents of young children can be a part of the "gentle revolution" by reading this book with an open mind and then giving their children the great gift that this book gives them the power to give. What a difference you can make in your child's life. Too few people have heard of Glenn Doman and the "gentle revolution." Read the book, spread the word, spread the revolution. And don't forget to read "How to Teach Your Baby Math" as well. Not only will your children, grandchildren, friends, etc. benefit from your efforts to spread the word, but so will your country. I sure wish that I had known about Glenn Doman and his "gentle revolution" when my own children were young enough to benefit from from it. Only very recently did my brother tell me about Doman. Now I am spreading the word. I hope many others will do the same.
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Summary: 100,000 plus Mothers can't be wrong!
Review: Glenn Doman should be ranked as one of the greatest educators of the 20th (and 21st) Century. His name should be known to every parent in the United States and beyond. Unfortunately, relatively few have heard of him. He is one of America's best kept secrets. What this man and his colleagues have done is to reveal the amazing learning potential of very young children and to provide the guidelines by which parents, primarily mothers, can harvest that potential. He has proven that infants and young children are capable of absolutely amazing learning achievements long before they begin kindergarten. In fact, by the time most children begin kindergarten, they have lost much of their learning capacity. Babies accomplish a fantastic learning feat within their first few years simply by learning to speak and use their native spoken language. They learn the language pretty much by osmosis, not by anyone's effort to teach it to them. Glenn Doman, through his very sccessful efforts to help brain injured children get well, learned that children can and should learn to read and to do math at the same time they are learning to speak their native language. Infants and toddlers can learn more and learn it more easily and faster at that young and tender age than in any other stage in their lives. All they need is someone to use the right strategies and techniques to bring such learning about. The right strategies and techniques are not at all difficult. The time required to do it is very short. The best person to do it is the child's mother, according to Doman, but Dad or other loving and dedicated adults can do it with equal effectiveness. The results are amazing, fun, and enormously beneficial to the child. Children who are taught to read (as well as to do math and a lot of other things) by the Doman methods are generally happier, better adjusted, more intelligent, loving, constructive, and successful, etc. than children who do not have the benefits of Doman's learning program. A lot of uninformed critics have imagined faults with Doman's methods. Some claim, for example, that teaching children to read by "sight methods" is not a proper way to teach children to read. The truth is, of course, that sight (and sound) methods are the only methods that can be used to teach infants and toddlers to read (and do math) and tens of thousands of parents and their children can testify to the effectiveness and success of those methods. The truth is that there are no "dangerous side effects" of teaching very young children to read. Many of these children appear to be geniuses to people who are amazed at what they can do. The answer to that is that geniuses are made, not born. Every child is born with the potential to be a "genius" if only someone will give them the chance. What is really sad is the fact that there are closed minded parents who, out of fear or ignorance, or whatever, will not even bother to look at the evidence provided by Doman and his happy followers. Everyone has heard the saying that when opportunity knocks, it makes good sense to open the door. But some people lock the door tightly shut instead. They and their children suffer a great loss as a result. The wonderful things that could have happened through their participation in the "gentle revolution" never take place. They end up learning to read the hard way, or not at all. It is a well known fact that we have a very large number of people in this country and around the world who never master the art of reading. Glenn Doman has provided parents with the opportunity to teach their own children to read the easy way. He has shown that waiting until the child starts to school to allow strangers to take on the task of teaching their children to read (and do math, etc.) is to wait until the vast and amazing early childhood learning advantage has already been lost. Aside from the Bible, I think that "How To Teach Your Baby to Read" is in fact one of the most important, and potentially beneficial books that has ever been written. Parents of young children can be a part of the "gentle revolution" by reading this book with an open mind and then giving their children the great gift that this book gives them the power to give. What a difference you can make in your child's life. Too few people have heard of Glenn Doman and the "gentle revolution." Read the book, spread the word, spread the revolution. And don't forget to read "How to Teach Your Baby Math" as well. Not only will your children, grandchildren, friends, etc. benefit from your efforts to spread the word, but so will your country. I sure wish that I had known about Glenn Doman and his "gentle revolution" when my own children were young enough to benefit from from it. Only very recently did my brother tell me about Doman. Now I am spreading the word. I hope many others will do the same.
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Summary: I love this book!
Review: I began teaching my daughter to read at age five months. Now, at eight months we have also begun the math problem. She seems to enjoy the dot cards even more than the word cards! Even if this program doesn't teach her to read, the book will still be worth it for me. It has encouraged me to love and praise and hug my baby even more! The first few chapters of this book are a little dull. But once the he gets into the "meat" of the program it is a very exciting book to read. The only problem I had with the book is that it is somewhat outdated. Mr. Doman feels that it is only the Mother who will teach the baby.
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Summary: Packed with important ideas.
Review: I discovered this book 11 years ago when I first became a Mom. I didn't follow it to the letter, but absorbed the ideas and began to play word games of all kinds with my daughter when she was 2. We complimented the sight-word ideas with phonics, so she learned both ways at once. She is now 11 and reading at high-school level with passion and excitement - she always has a book at hand! Her siblings (age 9, 7) are the same way! They are all in gifted education and 'A' students who love to learn, love to read and love school. My three kids always approached learning like most kids approach cookies. It is my greatest pleasure to teach them new things. This book is full of fabulous ideas - read it - and use it in the way that best fits your family.
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Summary: My success story: Thank you, daddy!
Review: I don't remember ever not knowing how to read. This is because when I was just a year old, my dad bought a copy of this book. After reading it, he wrote words in big red block print on solid, kid-proof pieces of white cardboard. And I *flew* with it. I got out of this book what my dad put into it, and then some. I remember how much fun I had. When he came home from work, I'd beg him to pull out the flashcards: "Get the words, daddy!" A couple years later, when my sister was 2 and I was 4, *I* taught *her* to read. She didn't initially take to it as well as I did, but I made it a game: I'd hide the flash cards around the house and send her off in search of the right words. She loved it! So if at first you don't succeed, you can modify the system to suit your baby. At about the same time, I entered kindergarten. I remember wondering why they made such a big deal about my ability to read. After all, as surprising as it was to them, it was nothing unusual to *me*! Flash forward 20 years. Where am I in 1999? I'm a very successful graduate student in Boston. Merit scholarships have taken me right through college. I worked hard to get here, and I know my dad started me on the right foot. Did I benefit from this book? Yes. When I have children, will I teach them by this system? Absolutely. This is the kind of gift keeps on giving. Your child will cherish it for years to come.
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Summary: looking for advice
Review: I got 3 of your books such as How to Teach Your Baby To Read, How to teach your baby match and How to give your baby encyclopedic knowledge. I am so exciting after I read the book it so wonderful and I now that I got the correct book for my baby and I wanted to start to teach my baby right away but I a bit confuse how to teach her because my family spoken language is Indonesian and we also teach and talk to her using English everyday. Please give me advise how to teach two language in the same time and I also like to teach her math. My baby now is 11 months and I want to start to teach as soon as possible.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I picked up Doman's book ready to scoff. Teach your baby to read! What a parent ego trip! I read the book. And I turned 180 degrees. Everything he said made perfect sense. So I read other books on teaching toddlers to read. Some books were better than others (the worst rewarded children with candy). I liked Doman best because of the joy he expressed and the respect he accorded parents. Teaching my 2-yr old to read was an incredibly beautiful experience for us both! And she did learn: 100 words by age 3, 100 books by age 4, her second language by age 5 (she attended kindergarten in a foreign country). She has always read beautifully--not the halting wordcalling of children who read letter by letter, but with the fluid expression of someone reading for meaning. And she, now 11, is very happy with herself and her abilities. What more could a parent ask? A final note: thuh ing-glish lang-gwij izunt funetik, although it was in Chaucer's time. Parents eager to part with big bucks for "Hooked on Phonics" would do better to read Doman first.
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Summary: Dr. Glenn Doman Helped My Child To Read At Age 2
Review: I read one review from a mother who said not to waste your money on Dr. Doman's books. I beg to disagree. My daughter, who is now 20, started to read when she was 2 and I credit this to Dr. Doman.The system not only teaches children how to read, it also helps in the bonding between the parent and the child. People tend to get impatient with the system, but it works. There was a time when I doubted the effectiveness of the program that I almost gave up. When my daughter finished the course, she read the "Little Tommy" book (which is part of the reading progam)in its entirety. Even at that point, I couldn't believe that she could truly "read". I dismissed it as "word recognition". However, few weeks later, my daughter happened to pick up a Newsweek magazine and started to read off it. My jaw dropped to the floor! I couldn't believe it! And Newsweek is no nursery rhyme material. To this very day, my daughter has an insatiable appetite for reading. It has helped her through school. In a year, she'll be graduating from UCLA. Thank you, Dr. Doman.
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Summary: IT WORKS!!!
Review: I read this book before my first child was born. She is now 5 years old. I did do some of the reading cards and also some cards from other books by Doman. What I have found, both from personal experience and from watching people in an internet club complain about the same thing over and over is that this bores babies. It is also practically impossible to keep up with for almost any mother, particularly one with more than one child. Kids love the cards for a few days, and then they just don't see why you're making such a big deal out of some red words on cardboard. A parent could spend thousands of dollars and hours making or buying the materials to teach your child to read or do math or other things the Doman way. Or you can teach your child phonics using a good, straightforward phonics program like the one in Alpha-Phonics by Sam Blumfield - ... My daughter (and son, age 3) are very smart. My daughter reads fluently and can do second-grade math. She loves books and wants to learn everything. I credit this mostly to reading her ordinary books, not specially designed cards shown in a precise way. Teaching her phonics opened up the world of reading to her. It was simple, unstressful and wonderful...she started to read at age 3.5yrs. Don't waste your time and energy on Doman. He has some good ideas about the possibilities and will help you gain respect for what children CAN learn, but don't follow this neurotic program. Do a search on the web and find discussions about Doman's methods and you will see that people struggle with this more than they praise it.
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