Since I started down the road of homeschooling Gavin, I’ve been hearing about a lot of early childhood educational programs that have left my head spinning. Uncertain about which way to proceed, I’ve decided to take a closer look at these programs.
Here is a list of some of the ones I’ve heard about (if you have heard of others, please feel to tell me about them in the comments section below – thank you):
- Your Baby Can Read
- BrillKids Little Reader
- DreamBox Learning K-2 Math
- Montessori Method
- Glenn Doman
- Shichida
Some of these are specific programs designed to teach only specific subjects. For instance, Your Baby Can Read and BrillKids Little Reader are focused on teaching infants to read, while DreamBox Learning K-2 Math is about learning Math. Others are educational systems, like the Montessori Method, Glenn Doman and Shichida.
I’ve explored most of these programs already and the ones that currently interest me are the educational systems – the Montessori Method, Glenn Doman and Shichida. Being a homeschool educator with no former experience in education, I figured the best way to get started would be to find out what’s out there, trial and test them on Gavin and then adopt what works.
The common tips I seem to keep coming across over and over again whenever I research the topic of early childhood education are:
- Begin as young as possible
- Be joyous at all times
- Respect and trust your child
- Teach only when you and your child are happy
- Create a good learning environment
- Stop before your child wants to stop
I think these are some pretty important take home points for any parent interested in early childhood education so I have reiterated them here.
I first heard about Shichida from my friend C who was taking her son A to classes somewhere near Centerpoint. From our conversation, all I understood was that Shichida method is a flash card system designed by a Japanese. I’m afraid I never gave it much thought after that.
Glenn Doman was brought to my attention by my friend SM who told me it was that latest craze of the Singaporean Mums. I had heard that it was a flash card system but I didn’t know much else about it.
There appears to be a strong similarity between Glenn Doman and Shichida, although my grasp of both programs are admitedly rather superficial. Stick with me and we’ll explore the differences over the course of the next week or so. For the purpose of this blog post, I just want to highlight what I’ve learned about Glenn Doman and what I think of it so far.
Glenn Doman is the founder for the Institutes for The Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) whose initial focus was to help develop a program for treating children with brain injuries. They later adopted these approaches with normal children and thus began the “Gentle Revolution“. The objective of the Gentle Revolution is: “to give all parents the knowledge required to make highly intelligent, extremely capable, and delightful children, and, by so doing, to make a highly humane, sane and decent world.”
The Glenn Doman method is intended for children from birth to 6 years. Most of the testimonials I’ve seen so far are from parents who have implemented the series from birth so I don’t know how well the materials are received by an older child who was not exposed from birth. I did find one mother on epinions who successfully implemented the reading system with her older children and came back with positive feedback so I was encouraged to explore further. Perhaps all is not lost – yet.
The main books written by Glenn Doman for “well children” are as follows:
- How To Teach Your Baby To Read (The Gentle Revolution)
- How To Teach Your Baby Math: The Gentle Revolution
- How To Multiply Your Baby’s Intelligence (Gentle Revolution)
- How To Teach Your Baby To Be Physically Superb: From Birth To Age Six; The Gentle Revolution
- How To Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledge: The Gentle Revolution
They also have DVDs that accompany the books. They are purely instructional and designed to educated parents on the Glenn Doman method. To facilitate implementation of the Glenn Doman method, they offer a range of kits, flash cards, and CD ROM dictionaries.
Based on what I’ve seen online, the material looks pretty impressive, however, I was hoping to get a physical look at the materials before commenting. A search online revealed that there is a local distributor for Glenn Doman materials in Malaysia. However, before you rush over there to have a look for yourself, let me tell you about my experience yesterday…
The local distributor is called GS World of Knowledge and on their website, they state they are located along Telawi 5 in Bangsar Baru, but they aren’t. As to where they have relocated to, if they have even relocated (as opposed to “closed down”), nobody knows. At least, telekom doesn’t and I haven’t been able to find out. There is no forwarding number and no listing for GS World of Knowledge. What a wonderful way to do business (note: heavy sarcasm). Their website is still up – which suggests they are still around – but clearly no one has bothered to update it since 2007. So I posted a message on their “contact us” page and I’m still waiting for an answer.
In the meantime, I decided to be a little more pro-active. Since SM told me she found about about Glenn Doman from the Singaporean Mums Forum, I figured there had to be a local distributor in Singapore. And there is – GD Baby’s Programs. They state that they are the authorised and sole distributor for Glenn Doman products and that they also have an office in Malaysia, so I wrote to them asking for the whereabouts of their Malaysian office. I’m still waiting for a reply on that one, too, but I’ve since discovered that GS World of Knowledge is the Malaysian office because they have the same baby logo. Terrific. I wonder if the Singaporean office is still open as well…
So where does one get Glenn Doman products if we can’t get them locally? Well, I’ve seen some of the books are available in MPH (Bangsar Village), and Kinokuniya. You can also buy them online from Amazon. However, if you want the kits, DVDs, flashcards and CD ROMs, you need to buy them directly from Gentle Revolution who do deliver internationally.
The system appears to be dependent upon the use of flash cards. Off-hand, I have my doubts as to whether this method will work well with Gavin based on my past experience with the BrillKid Reader. Not that I have tried it recently but it appears that only Thomas and Friends can hold his attention and most other unrelated books and materials are deemed uninteresting.
SM also shared the experience of a mother she knows who implemented the Glenn Doman method with her son and received very encouraging results. However, when she tried the method with her daughter, it did not work. Her daughter did not enjoy learning with flash cards and begged her Mum to stop. I suppose this system depends on the receptiveness of your child to learning by flash cards.
If you’re eager to give it a go, I found a website offering free flash cards based on the Glenn Doman method. I find it a bit cumbersome and messy to use however it is a good way to test how well the Glenn Doman method is received by your child without having to spend the money buying the products (as they are not cheap).
I’m still looking for Glenn Doman products so if you know where I can find them, please drop me a line. Otherwise, stay tuned for my updates on this journey.
Glenn Doman on why children love to learn:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPTgpbWwWS8
For more videos, visit youtube.
Update: Here the is new local distributor for Malaysia – Glenn Doman Baby.
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Hi,
I may be thinking of buying the Maths kit..not sure if you are interested in buying it or not?? Cuz I calculated the cost the do it ownself also is not very cheap…especially when I want to use the cardboard…Let me know..
Hi Sherreen – thanks for the suggestion. It’s a great idea getting together to get group discounts. Unfortunately, I’ve already gone out on a limb and bought quite a lot of materials in this area –
http://figur8.net/baby/2009/03/29/early-childhood-educational-resources/
I think I should try them out first before I decide whether I want to get more.
Try some of the forums – there is a glenn doman and shichida forum for parents where you will find like-minded parents who might be interested to make a group purchase.
You can find the GD product / program from the below address:
Glenn Doman baby malaysia sdn bhd.
G-1, the heritage village,
43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia
Tel : 03-8947 9998
Is just a cross the road of Mines shopping centre.
However, i found that the charges/price is not cheep.
Thanks for the update Bok. At the time I wrote this post they didn’t have a local office as yet. Yes, the materials aren’t cheap. If you are diligent about it, you can make your own following the instructions from the books written by Glenn Doman.
Hi Shen Li, the link for the free flash cards, have you tried that? (the one that goes to frankchenphoto.com). Just want to check if it’s a legit site and you actually received the goods etc, esp if I need to provide my credit card details for delivery etc.
Also, really pleased to find this posting! Am doing research now (baby due next march) and I’m actually Malaysian living in London- trust me to finally find a useful page, and its giving me info for KL! I’ll keep checking up for your updates.
Hi Roshni – yes, I tried the link for the free flash cards but I only downloaded the free stuff. Didn’t buy anything from their website. Wasn’t aware that you actually had to pay for anything. I know I downloaded the program to read the flash cards which was actually a trial version but I didn’t buy the full version.
To be honest, you can make most of that stuff yourself. It just requires time and a bit of due diligence on your part. I found the books by Glenn Doman to be quite informative about how to go about creating flash card materials.
I bought the book on How to Multiply Your Baby’s Intelligence and it is basically an overview of all the other books, covering reading, math and encyclopedic knowledge. They do refer you to the individual books for more specific instructions but what they tell you in that book is already quite specific. For instance, he tells you use a red marker, card board sheets x cm tall by x cm wide, the writing must be what size, how frequently to show the material, when to introduce new material, etc. etc.
Although he recommended using paper, I’m a bit lazy, so I created some on Microsoft Powerpoint on the computer. I don’t follow the instructions in detail because my son hasn’t got the concentration span or the interest so I don’t stress about it. I just make it like a game we play from time to time and he enjoys that.
excellent- i was going to look into those books, but of course, wouldn’t have known which to buy (n prob would have ended up getting all n wasting money!) thanks for that!
do they give parents intrsuctions on how to engage and play / teach with the kids? coz i find that that’s the most important thing (how you introduce and expose the kids to these learnig tools) in making sure that they grow to enjoy learnig, and not see it as a boring chore.
THanks again!
Yes, the instructions are very specific. For instance, he advises that you only use the flash cards when your child is attentive, happy and well rested. If your child seems bored or uninterested or resistant to the cards, he recommends you put them away and don’t persist. The idea is to keep it light and fun. If it becomes stressful in any way, your child will not be interested.
The basic idea is that all babies are eager to learn so anything you present to them will be rapidly absorbed. The book also tells you to present material quickly or you will lose your baby’s interest. I think we are so used to taking time to absorb material that we assume babies will need more time. As a result, we usually go too slowly for our children and they get bored.
The book recommends starting as soon as possible and as young as possible. The older your child grows, the harder it becomes. So ideally, once you have adjusted to the routine of caring for your baby and rested sufficiently to recover from the delivery, you can start showing flash cards to your baby.
Good luck!
cool! am totally motivated to get that book of his. I also want to learn a bit more about the other methods, just to be aware of the differences. Will let you know if there are any noteworthy points. thanks again! roshni
dear all,
i have used the glenn doman technique and materials, and would like to share my experience, and know how to use it effectively. if you all like i dont mind meeting up with you and have a mum to mum tea session. my children are teenagers now, and i sincerely am glad i used the method, as it goes a long way in shaping the child’s learning capabilities. it does not just teach one how to read, it sets the ground for years ahead and beyond. you may contact me at 0192008855.
hmmm… i would really love to meet with you ladies, seriously, coz not many parents here seem to be very interested in helping their children in this way (or maybe i haven’t found them yet). but i’m a little bit far
( next time I come back to KL, I will definitely try to make plans if that’s ok with you all.
you have my number, you are welcome to call me. i was and still very much an enthusiastic mum !
Roshni – there are lots of other methods out there… Montessori, Shichida, Right Brain Kids are just a few of the ones I’ve heard about. I’ve also written what I know about them and tried some of them on my son. Can’t really say what the results are because I don’t want to test him and he isn’t exactly forthcoming with what he’s learned. Occasionally, things slip out and he’ll “read” colours. If I get over-excited and start asking him to tell me what he sees, he’ll back off and say he doesn’t know. I don’t know if that’s the truth or if I’ve been too pushy.
Liyana – Am due to deliver my second child end of November so maybe we can meet up before then. I only discovered Glenn Doman when my son was already two plus. I do show him the flash cards from time to time, but I’m very careful not to push him. It took a while for him to get interested in them. It would be good to hear form a Mum who is experienced with the system. I plan to start this program much earlier with my second baby now that I know about it.
dear shen-li,
yes i would love to meet up. i am always keen to talk about children and how and what inspire each individual. yes you are right there are many educational system targeted at children , with much success with many children. it does not mean all are suitable for all children. sometimes one just have to understand the child’s learning process and find a system that keep the child inspired and excited. some may need regular changes or expose to a few system as they get bored quickly. it really doesnt matter.
being a child they are natural sponge for all forms of information. they are like a radio, with an antenna quietly receiving all forms of input, good and bad. one doesnt have to worry if the child has got it. you can be sure the child has got it even if he doesnt speak or show signs he/she understand nor reproduce it. the child is not in the least concern to show off. the child is ego centric. all he/she care is that he/she knows, and thats all it matters.
what i am trying to say is dont fret over what system to use, best to choose one first where you can start as soon as 3 months old, and later incorporate one other that can compliment the other with similar items which helps reinforcement and repetition. it is important that learning is not just based on some minutes specifically spent on a system. one should take advantage of the continuous communication and interaction with the child in all areas of waking hours.
and to your comment on starting your second child earlier with glenn doman. yes do start as early as you think the infant is trying to focus or starting to move his eyes with curiousity. i started my elder child when he was 1 month old, and my second son, after three months. but the system is created for anyone who is illiterate, and can start at any age. some modification may be needed for different level of intelligence and interest and progress.
i shall be away from 15th til end of the 1st week of November. ‘we cud meet this week or after i come back. you may contact me by text.019 200 8855
Great points made. I completely agree – children don’t often reveal what they know and will surprise us from time to time with the stuff they have been storing in their heads for months. The best we can do is offer the material and let them take in what they want.
Thanks for your contact.
I think there is a GD office in Singapore.
http://www.gdbaby.com.sg/index.aspx
I am a working mum. I guess I did not have much luck with GD yet. :p guess partly because, by the time I get home, my baby is a bit tired. So I only flash the cards when he is in the mood. And he enjoyed picture cards more, so I flash those more often. I have also register him for Shichida.
Shichida recommend flashing 200 cards a day (mainly pic cards) and loading them with lots of information for right brain simulation.
GD method is to repeat at most 15 flash cards, 3 times a day for 5 days. But the downside is that they don’t teach association of the words to the objects. You need to complement it with something else.
I am going to try Little Reader next. I believe it helps in associating the words to the objects.
There are similar right brain training centres e.g. Little Neuro Tree etc,and you can also check them out.
Was planning to try GD with my second child to see if starting younger has a better result. Still going through the confinement month so have yet to begin the program… We’ll see how it goes in time to come.
There is another program which is scientifically proven to be very effective called “Tools of the Mind”. I’m still reading the book. I’ll write about it soon – hopefully… :-p Time seems to be rather short lately…
Dear Liyana,
It would be great if I can meet you. I got a son (3++ years old) and another son (11 months). I am interested on the GD program. I would like to try on my first son, he can read 1 to 10. And my second son having down syndrome. Wonder if you had any knowledge about using GD program on down syndrome child
Hi All,
I am looking for a GD flash card program kit for my 2 1/2 months old boy, any advice where can I get it locally? Planning to get GD books in Borders, hope I can get it. Wanted to start the flash card with my boy asap as I heard it would be good to start the program at young age.
I found few flash card from different company adopting GD method (eg. shopibaby.com)but reluctant to purchase at this moment cause don’t know would it be as effective as GD’s one. Any advice?
Cheers.
Eng – according to Bok, you can get it from here:
Glenn Doman baby malaysia sdn bhd.
G-1, the heritage village,
43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia
Tel : 03-8947 9998
Is just a cross the road of Mines shopping centre.
Can’t say I am familiar with the shopibaby, but I have tried Tweedlewink from Right Brain Kids.
GD products are expensive, but you can make your own following the detailed explanations from their books.
When Karen was born a friend give me the book “How to Teach Your Baby How to Read”. After reading it I decided to put it in practice. I started with phisical flash cards, some of them bougth and some others made by myself. The results where astonising. Then someone told me about babybit DVDs and I bougth them at http://www.babybit.com. It has been very easy to apply Glenn Doman methot with this material, and Karen loved it very much.
Thanks for the link. It is a little like another series called “Tweedlewink” from Right Brain Kids.
I’ve also made my own flash cards on the computer and used flash cards we bought. It is interesting to observe what Gavin has picked up from my rather sporadic attempts to apply the Doman method to his learning. At first I thought I was starting too late with him. I gave up on it but later discovered that he had learned the colours and the names of the engines from Thomas and Friends. Perhaps it is time for me to work more on it…
Hello! I’m a mom residing in Selangor. I’m selling 3 boxes of ORIGINAL Glenn Doman kits (reading cards & math dot cards — from GD Baby Resource, not the locally made kits). They’re used, but in very good condition. I believe it’s a really good offer for someone who is thinking of starting the GD programs with her child. If you buy them brand new, they would cost you more than double the price. Take a look at the list below (with the current price being sold and the price I’m offering):
KITS:
1) The GD Baby’s Reading Kit (2 boxes of WORD CARDS – Kit 1 & Kit 2) over 800 words. Retail price: RM 1488 — My price: RM 1000
2) The Glenn Doman® How To Teach Your Baby Math™ Kit (DOT CARDS, – Equations, Numbers and in Mandarin) — Retail price: RM 1088 — My price: RM 600
–> SPECIAL OFFER: Buy BOTH READING & MATH KITS for RM 1500 (negotiable)
Please contact me if interested. Thank you.
Ms. Shoba
012-3967495
Hi Shoba – thanks. I’ve already bought the reading and math kits so I don’t really need them but I can post up a notice on my blog so that other readers who might be interested can contact you.
Dear Shen-Li,
Thank you for your reply and thanks for posting it on your blog.
Wishing you a very Happy New Year!
Thanks Shoba. I think there are many Mums out there who would benefit from being able to buy the kits second hand.
There are actually two local companies dealing with Glenn Doman Materials…One In Old Klang Road and the other in Herritage, Balakong. The Herritage is managed by the S’pore Glenn Doman Baby and is the registered regional office of Institute of human development of USA.
I have introduce GD Math to my baby since she is 1 and half month and Im very impress with it. Anyone who are intrested in buying any of the flash cards, pls do let me knw. I can be reach @0178785256
Thanks for the clarification Chong. I didn’t realise there was another retailer.
Oh yes, I also noticed that Blue Dot in Bangsar Village 1 is also selling Glenn Doman kits.
Blue Dot is operated by the same owner of GD Baby. Actually, GD Baby Malaysia is a JV between GD Baby Singapore and the Mines’ Owner (The Tan’s Family)…Blue dot in Bangsar is his dauther’s shop. In the Hetritage, GD baby Malaysia has an office for retailing the GD books and Kits as well as having a physical development for children called critter land. All operated under IAHP’s concept. New Born and infant physical training is the pipeline. The good thing about this GD Baby is they directly connected and supported by IAHP. They just recent had Douglas Doman here in Malaysia talked about brain injured childs and improve brain development for well baby. Their materials are exactly the same as the IAHP as in the US and S’pore.
On the other hand, GD resources is the other co. where the owner is also a follower of Glenn Doman and has been trained in IAHP and started the local business fews back but now they have changes their materials with the local contents. Thier concepts is the same but just that thier locally printed learning kits’ contents are different from the IAHP. They also operate a centre for well and brain injured kids in Old Klang Road area.
Both owners also provides training to parents on the methods to use to home educate their kids. Actually is not the flash cards that matter but the method used is critical. Actually, In GD’s Books is about the methods to teach and flash cards is the tool. Parent can make thier own flash card. However, the downside of making own flash cards is whether parent have the resouces of the right contents and at the same making it sure the word intensity in term of size of the words and color of the word used in the different stages according to the child physical & mental developement. The kits help parent to overcome these problems and having parent to concentrate in the educating part, where in IAHP, they beleived parent are the best teacher!
Oh BTW, FYI we just been confirmed with Douglas Doman, Shichida is as well using GD technique but just that Shichida was a dropped-out student of Glenn Doman in the old days.
For those who intrested to buy the learning kits (the original IAHP version), I might able to get some discount if buying in a group. Do give me a call if anyone intrested.
Wow… Thanks for the inside scoop Chong. The things I never knew… Interesting insight into the Shichida Method also. Shichida obviously made some changes along the way though.
I initially made my own flash cards but I agree that it takes up a lot of time that you could be using to teach your child. That’s why I bought the kits in the end.
Hi all, I haven’t been on here for a while, my baby turned up 3 weeks early and we’re still trying to get to grips with our first baby who’s now 7 weeks old, colicy and very small n not putting on weight…. unfortunately, GD has taken a back seat!
Shen Li, i was just reading through the backlog of messages, am I right that you have just had number 2 recently? if so, congratulations! I’m curious, at what age are you planning to (or have you) started the new babe on GD?
Yes – number 2 arrived late November last year. By the time I got the kits, my second was two months old. The people at GD said I could start with the black and white visual stimulation cards and begin introducing the words and red dot cards at three months. By then your baby has better focus. Gareth is now four months and we’ve been progressing very nicely.
Well, I never exposed to Shichida but recently talking to some parent who attended the class, I learned that their session tend to flash closed to 100 cards per session. I personally think it is just against the concept/thoery of baby having short attention on a single learning (they only have a minute or two to learn the same thing, and the time frame shorthen when they are growing up). I think the most 10 cards per session is max but doing it more freqently in a day is more effective. Thus GD recommend 3-4 times a day for non working mom. 2 times a day/night with atleast 15-30mins break in between for working parent.
I started GD concept with my daughter when she is 2 weeks old when both of the mother and baby still in confinement centre. But I didn’t start with the GD Kit but Black & white shape cards. These B&W shapes will helps baby to sharpen thier focus and eyeside. I started GD when she turned 1 and a half month. I started the maths with B&W dots. Now she is 8 months old and we are gettning into symbol of numeral and equation. I wanted to start languages, but we are waiting to see if anyone wanted those GD kits, so that we could buying them together for a discount.
Baby with less than 3 months shall only use large B&W cards since they could not see well and needed high contrast visual to aid their eyes to focus. Roshni, you could start with printing your own cards with B&W shapes for a start of the GD program. You could look up sources from “brillkids.com”. They have good source of B&W shapes, print them on hard copy and liminated them. B&W shapes helps thier eyes as well as the brain development in the absrract manner. At the same time you as well need to provide physical to your baby to aid their physical development. Provide plenty of baby massage & tummy times so that baby can do lots of stretching.
Ideally, yes, parents are the best teachers and home is the best environment for learning because the sessions can be broken up into portions to ensure we can maintain our baby’s attention long enough for them to learn the materials.
I think the positives about classes like Shichida and Heguru is that they have a lot more resources that many parents do not have available at home. They also offer new ways to present materials that I have started copying at home. I also find that going to a “special” class appeals to Gavin more so than when I try to flash cards for him at home. Linking my flash cards to the stuff he does in his “special” class helps him to continue the activity at home with me. The interaction with other children is also a plus.
Perhaps for babies, these classes may not be so appropriate.
Hello everyone!
I’m looking into teaching my baby Math and interested in buying the Glenn Doman…wondering if Shoba still have her program for sale.
Although I’m living in California and wondering how much that is in USD? and if she still have it?
Great post btw
Hi all,
I am selling my Glenn Doman Maths and English set. Interested pls call me at +6012 2048 326
Hi Theresa,
I’m interested in the Math program and I can’t call your number since they have so many??? I am from California, where are you from?
Please email directly so we can talk further about buying your math program.
email: jtolam@gmail.com
thank you
Jillian
She is ceratainly from Malaysia. I would probably think it will be cheaper to get them form the State Instead. The postage could be high as the materials are quite heavy.
Thanks Chong. I tried to look up to see where the number is from but it has too many digits (the website said).
I’m interested in getting babybit, has anyone have any experience with this? Please let me know.
I’m aware that it teaches English and not American English, but it seems like my baby outgrew his YBCR cds and got bored w/ his other BabyGenius DVDs and I don’t think it’s a bad idea to expose him to English English and not just American English. I read to him 2-5 times a day. Some day he doesn’t nap and I have to go through 6 books at once and he kept on bringing me more books to read. I love to read and do more with him but the making word cards by myself is not an option for me. I read a few of Glenn Doman’s book and follow them to teach him to read, right now I’m thinking maybe babybit can help me to teach him math too. Any suggestion?
Thank you,
Hi Jill,
The Phone Number Theresa has started with 60 where indicate a malaysian number and 012 (with omitted for international dialing) indicates it is a mobile number.
Babybit sounded like a flashcard materials. Correct me if Im wrong. It basically shared the common characteristic of Glen Domen Math, language & encyclopedia kits. of course GD materials also come in the form of CD Rom in slide presentation in various languages (i.e Spanish, Italian, Japanese and French). Im sure these materials are mostly from the State. Some only reproduce in Singapore and Malaysia.
Im currently using GD math kit to teach my dauther math and progressing to languages and encyclopedia. I found that mu dauther is indeed very intrested in learning. Usually spent only 2 session and 5 minutes each session.
Hi Chong,
I believe it is based on GD program. I am planning to purchase GD flash cards also to teach him about quantity, but wondering if Babybit will do the trick, while also teaches him Encyclopedic knowledge. My 15 month old boy has lots of energy and I use tv time to calm him down a couple times a day (he doesn’t watch tv but only YBCR and BabyGenius). We still read a lot and play word cards through out the day. He has great attention span and usually enjoy more than 5 minutes session.
Recently I let him participate by completing my sentences while I read a book to him, and he absolutely enjoys it. I am guessing that the babybit program will work with him because it’s similar to YBCR, which he enjoys it and learns from. But I’m hesitant as to the contents of it and wonder if it’s really worth the money. And I’m also curious about the encyclopedic part of it also. Of course any experience with this will be greatly appreciated since I can’t find any review on Babybit.
Thank you
To view the photos:
http://www.mudah.my/Original+Glenn+Doman+English+and+Maths+Flash+Cards-6143518.htm
Price nego.
My number is +6012 2048 326
Yeah Jill,
GD program is based on bits of information gathered in catagories form to teach kids with basic concept of words and categories. The concept doesn’t have to use bits from GD Kits. So Im not sure your baby has been exposed to GD english and encyclopedia bits before, if you getting the new bits from babybits make sure they are not the same.
GD card size and color don’t really play a part in your kid’s ability to learn since he already 15 mths old. However, the encyclopedia might required illustration of an object (of full details) on a white background instead of picrture photo of an object. Maybe Electronic version of the flashcard can be introduce to create more intereactive learning for him.
I used Iphone’s apps sometimes for my baby…She loved the intereactive part of it. She also very intrested in PC’s apps but I have yet to let her explore on it.
hello mums …
im liyana. i wrote some time back. i seemto have missed alot.
im back in london so i have more time to spare on line. firstly congratulations to all the new births.
the last time i wrote a couple of you wanted to meet up with me. im still keen if you want to start a support group. its important being a mum who is constantly at home with baby and children at home to have an outlet outside home. not only that it provides sanity , it also enriches your naturing instinct.
i shall be back in k.l. 12th june. please do call me to meet up. im so looking forward to being young mothers. i makes me feel young and relive me motherhood years. i enjoyed it so much inspite of nite feeds, screams, smelly goosh and teaching…
my no is 019 299 8855 . ols do sms me first befor you call. i donot normally answer calls which are not registered n my directory.
god bless all of you…
Jill – Chong is right. You may be better off buying directly from the Gentle Revolution website because shipping charges cost an arm and a leg. The website is:
http://www.gentlerevolution.com/
I had heard of the products from the website before I could actually purchase them locally but never bought them because the shipping was just insanely expensive. It can cost more than the product!
I don’t know anything about Baby Bit so I cannot comment but it appears Chong has already answered your question. I took a look at the website and it looks interesting. It is unfortunate that they don’t tell you the content in each DVD. Perhaps you can write to them and ask.
Liyana – so sorry I didn’t get a chance to contact you when you were last here. Hope to meet up with you this time.
shen li,
i live in k.l. so any time. im just in london to be with my son for half term.
yes do call me after the 12th. am looking forward to it.
cheers to all.. enjoy your momens with your babies..x
It’s true that babybit isn’t as clear about the contents. I’m wondering if it’s better to buy the first two first and then buy the other 2 later if I assess later that it would still be useful (the only drawback is that they offer 25% off if you buy 4 and only 15% off if you buy 2).
I figure that if you give them enough instruction in the beginning like read to them and do simple math, they should be able to pick it up and read all by themselves. So maybe beyond a certain point, it’s no longer necessary. But I feel a little guilty for spending this money because we use these programs to keep him entertain more than anything (and hoping he’ll learn something in the process).
Hi Jill,
I checked out the babybit webpage and discovered that their bits are all in DVD format…Am I right? Personally I would not like to use that on my child unless the language is foreign to me. Otherwise, I would prefer to read those words or explaining them to my kid. The reason is to use the opportunity create the bond between parent and child (which also serve an important element of kid learning which is “LOVE”). Secondly I would like to control my own pace for my kid to learn. I will find that it is annoying and distracting for my kid if I keep playing with my DVD’s Remote to pause, play, stop,etc. Most porbably my kid will shift her focus to the remote instead. However, I would have my child to learn proper pronunciation in foreign language with electronic medium.
However, Jill, If you baby has been exposing to those words already, I would think the electronic medium can serve as refreshment for him. But one think I dont like is their Encyclopedia series, where they actually used picture instead of illastation which give full details of objects without the interference of the backgroud (such as Grass, water, sky, etc.). kid need clear instructruction to learn effectively. Furthermore, facts about the objects is not clear where it does not stimulate brain cel linkages through the excercise.
So, my personal recommendation is to use physical cards if we are teaching the kid the first time on words, math, or objects.
Yes, the good original GD cards/ reading kits are expensive but it certainly has track recods through all these years research by IAHP. However, for those parent who are less affordable…I suggest you to take a look at this version called GD resources. The pricipal is a student of Glenn Doman and has been operating in malaysia with GD for quite some times untill 2007 were he decided to do his own edition to bring down the cost…So they are selling around RM618 (abt USD190, and abt USD360 deliver to USA) for langagues and RM515 (Abt USD160) for math, RM 290 for Encyclopedia (USD 90).
Check out the webpages below. Kid Station seem to deliver to US too!
Jill, Pls note that the GD resources does however make changes to its contents on languages module to suit the Malaysian Market. Thus some words might not applicable for the State.
http://www.gdresources.com/
http://www.kids.net.my/result-display.php?typeid=9&catid=43&
Dont get my wrong, I dont sell GD resources and I still can get some discount on the Original GD kits if we can pooled our purchases with minimum RM5000 from GDBaby Malaysia.
BTW, Shen Li, the link on http://www.gentlerevolution.com/ doesn’t seem to work.
Hi Chong,
Great information. I understand exactly what you’re saying. My main purpose is just to entertain him while teach him to read. But at home when I say or teach him words, I show him the object or act out so he remembers. So I totally agree with you about how the pictures wouldn’t do to teach him about things. I’m aware that as an active parent, I should do most of the teaching and not leave it entirely to any type of medium. My son doesn’t watch cartoon like other kids at all, he only watch YBCR and Babygenius (mainly exposing him to music). He thinks that’s his entertainment. But recently I realized that he’s a little bored so I need something else to entertain him.
I do want to start making more of my own flash cards, but probably won’t make it as big as instructed in GD because he read from my small flash cards and even from books.
I will definitely check out the links you provided…I will let you know either way about my experience with any products if I decided to get them.
How old is your little girl? and how long have you been using the GD program?