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Also, we have a holiday music free ebook out for parents to teach children. Fun!

 

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The comment by the reader was correct! You don't have to wait till 10 months of age to start to teach your baby how to read. NIce to see a very informed reader.

Here is our article on the adapted method. Enjoy :)

Eliane

 

http://www.baby-can-read.com/adaptedlearningmethod.html

 

 

The Method We Utilized: Theoretical Support 

The Glenn Doman method is an innovative and provocative method of learning. In chapter 7 of his book entitled ‘How to Teach your Baby to Read”, Glenn Doman suggests the age at which the baby must start, which can be as early as 10 months of age.

Doman highlights the importance of the parents’ attitudes in respect to the activity to be developed, which must be one that this is a good game and not a job like any other. He explains that the sessions must end prior to the child’s loss of interest.

Doman also reminds us that the material, despite being simple, must follow specifications, once it is designed to attend to the fact that reading is a brain function, and as such must attend to the limitations of the baby, since the brain only has its reading function stimulated in the right way. He orients us on how to present the words, and how to draw the letters in them.

He turns next to a description of how to develop seven steps which he considers essential:

1. Visual differentiation (way of making the cards);

2. Proper vocabulary;

3. Vocabulary of the family environment;

4. Vocabulary to build sentence’s structure;

5. Structured phrases and sentences;

6. Reading of a real book (i.e., the first book);

7. The alphabet.

He then concludes the chapter saying that "man is man essentially because he can read and write".

I will present in a following blog article how I adapted the Glenn Doman method to my three babies and how the activity developed into a lifetime of learning and fun!

Eliane

 

This is our first blog experience. We have a very interesting website that promotes our Ebook, "Babies Can (and did!) Read" by Dr. Eliane Leao, from Brazil (she trained in the US).  This is a great resource for parents doing everything from teaching your baby how to read and write (still novel ideas!) and how to homeschool, better manage time, and general baby info.

http://www.baby-can-read.com

We work very hard at developing, updating, placing new articles, and bringing new free Ebooks to the parent/teacher community with an interest in Homeschooling and Babies and Learning.  We believe that learning at a young age can benefit the child and our future!

We are considering blogging as a means to reach a wider audience and disseminate information on learning, homeschooling, and all our free resources and articles. Hope you enjoy our site and mission!

baby-can-read team