Doman Inspired Parenting: Bye Bye Butterflies!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Bye Bye Butterflies!

We released our butterflies yesterday...it was a beautiful day. One immediately flew out but the other 2 had to be coaxed out (one was accidentally released a few days ago thanks to our wonderful toddler). It was an awesome activity, one I highly recommend. Our butterfly kit came from Amazon Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden but I suppose you could get it anywhere. We did have to send in for the caterpillars separately with a little card (obviously they don't come in the box).

What an amazing way to learn about how things change!

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General Information

Welcome to our blog!!

This is the place where we share our experiences, triumphs, and setbacks as we teach our child using methods inspired by Glenn Doman's Gentle Revolution.

The purpose of this blog is to 1) spread information about the Doman programs 2) serve as a practical example of how Doman can be accomplished 3) share our experiences using the program 4) let family and friends see Timothy's progress and 5) serve as a record and reminder of our incredible journey.

We are, by no means, the perfect examples of how to do the program, and we're not trying to be. We do hope, though, to show the world that learning is fun for a child. Tiny children CAN learn, and tiny children SHOULD learn. We believe that every child should have the opportunity to learn about the world...when he's young and when it's easy for him to learn about the world.

Because there are so many misconceptions of the Glenn Doman program, we felt the need to provide some of the basic beliefs:

- Tiny children (meaning children from birth to six) can learn anything that is presented to them in an honest and factual way.
- Children enjoy learning.
- Parents, not experts, are the best teachers for their children. Children learn best when taught by someone who loves them and adores them, and who knows them inside and out.
- Every child has the makings of a genius. Intelligence is not something that is genetically determined but rather a product of the environment. The right environment, then, is crucial in helping a child develop his full potential.

We believe (and have seen with our own eyes) that children under the age of one can: learn quantities, add, subtract, multiply, divide, do square roots, read words, read sentences, read books, learn facts, swim...

No, we don't spend all day doing flash cards. No, we don't stop our child from playing with toys. No, we don't pressure our child to learn when he doesn't want to.

In this house, learning is the funnest game we play!!

If you'd like to learn more about Glenn Doman and his methods, we encourage you to visit The Institute for the Achievement of Human Potential. If you'd like to talk with other parents doing the program, a great source of support is Childbrain.

Glenn Doman has changed the way that we think about children. It has allowed Timothy to develop a love for learning, and has laid the foundations he'll need for the rest of his life. We encourage you to look into the methods and determine if they're right for your family!

Every child has, at the instant of birth, greater potential intelligence than Leonardo Di Vinci every used.

- Glenn Doman

All children are born geniuses, and we spend the first six years of their lives degeniusing them.

- R. Buckminster Fuller

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

- Benjamin Franklin

The human brain is unique in that it is the only container of which it can be said that the more you put into it, the more it will hold.

- Glenn Doman

Children share with geniuses an open, enquiring, uninhibited quality of mind.

- Chauncey Gay Suits

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From this almost mystic affirmation there comes what may seem a strange conclusion: that education must start from birth.

- Maria Montessori

The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.

- Shinichi Suzuki

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

- Plato

The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.

- B.B. King

All men by nature desire to know.

- Aristotle

All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable that I would not rather know it.

- Samuel Johnson

How young is too young to discover the power and beauty of words? Perhaps he will not understand, but there is a clash of shields and a call of trumpets in those lines. One cannot begin too young nor linger too long with learning.

- Louis L'Amour

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Bye Bye Butterflies!

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