Tonight I've been singing to him along with the music. He loves it, smiling and cooing. He has NO idea his mother couldn't sing a note on key to save her life! Hopefully he doesn't inherit my lack of ability.
Yesterday I started showing him the "Your Baby Can Read
" DVD. I also started on the workbook and flash cards, but he was much less interested. However, he did sit and let me show and read him picture books for quite a while. My friend Mellissa shared her experience teaching her children to read early with me and I was incredibly encouraged. She said she used the Glenn Doman method, which is also a method my dad had told me a lot about. Curious, I checked the library and they had his book "How to Teach Your Baby Math
." I was fascinated. I read the whole book today and would have run out to buy materials to start teaching Xander right away if we weren't in the middle of a snow storm. However, I did do some online shopping and ordered my own copy of the book, as well as 5 others by Doman. I plan to combine his system with the YBCR system. I can't wait to get them all and start playing learning games with Xander. Maybe it will work and he'll be a genius, but really, I'll just be happy if only gets a little bit out of it. I want him to learn that learning can be fun and exciting. If that is accomplished, my hard work will be worth it. If he comes out of it reading and a math whiz, all the better. I have a few years before I'll know if any of the work we put in now pays off. If not, at least we'll get some good bonding time.
" DVD. I also started on the workbook and flash cards, but he was much less interested. However, he did sit and let me show and read him picture books for quite a while. My friend Mellissa shared her experience teaching her children to read early with me and I was incredibly encouraged. She said she used the Glenn Doman method, which is also a method my dad had told me a lot about. Curious, I checked the library and they had his book "How to Teach Your Baby Math." I was fascinated. I read the whole book today and would have run out to buy materials to start teaching Xander right away if we weren't in the middle of a snow storm. However, I did do some online shopping and ordered my own copy of the book, as well as 5 others by Doman. I plan to combine his system with the YBCR system. I can't wait to get them all and start playing learning games with Xander. Maybe it will work and he'll be a genius, but really, I'll just be happy if only gets a little bit out of it. I want him to learn that learning can be fun and exciting. If that is accomplished, my hard work will be worth it. If he comes out of it reading and a math whiz, all the better. I have a few years before I'll know if any of the work we put in now pays off. If not, at least we'll get some good bonding time.
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