How to Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledge (The Gentle Revolution Series) Paperback – Illustrated, February 28, 2006

Dr. Doman was a genius, and my daughter is now one of the top students in her class

Love Glenn Dorman's method. I live in Georgia (country) and decided to make my own cards and add some categories according to my country;s history and other traditions

great

Very details!But need visual examples for the flashcard (bit of intelligence , programs institute, etc )Will be a lot better if they provide a printouts of some of these flashcard

Fantastic!

I was so lucky to read this book and 4 other books by the same author when my baby son was 9-mon, I spent 5 nights to read Doman's 5 books, and started to teach my son with Doman's method immediately. I started with 25 words and add 5 new words every day, 1 second per word, 3 times a day. Same thing with the bits cards and math cards. To my surprise, my son absorbed every thing so quickly and after 3 weeks, he started pointing to the right objects so often when I showed him the word!I attended Dr. Doman's "How to multiply your baby's intelligence" baby brain development course in his "The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential" in Philadelphia in order to meet those experts and little geniuses in person. The Institute is for both well babies and brain injured babies, which was founded by Doman 50 years ago. It is a non-profit organization. ([...])We saw all those 4-6 year-old kids and other 8-12 year-olds in their Institutes could read more than 3 languages, read many big thick books, do Math, science and encyclopedia, gymnastics, swim, play violin in almost professional high level!!! They were taught by their parents who most of them did not have any foreign languages and musical background and etc. Everybody in the class was astonished, thrilled and speechless; many were cried in the very formal graduation ceremony.I started teaching my son reading when he was 9 months old. And the result was amazing. Three weeks later he could point to his name word when I say his name; and point to my bellybutton when I showed him the big word card: bellybutton. However, he lost interest of reading completely in 2 months when he can walk around. I had to stop my teaching for a while and search for methods that can intrigue his interest.When he turned 18 months old, he can accurately name and read every part of the world map puzzle, he can read all other body and organ parts words and flower/tree parts words and other 1,000 words cards. When he is 21 months old, he can read dozens of children books. Now my son is 25 months old, I am starting teaching him the elementary curriculum for 10 to 20 minutes every day.My son is just an ordinary child, if you think he is a GENIUS, then every baby is a GENIUS including your baby, as stated in Doman's theory, because every baby is able to read and do math if you prepare such an environment and opportunity for him to learn. And babies love to learn, it is fun and it is their surviving skill...You do not need a college degree to be able to send your child to college or even Harvard, the love with all your heart to your child makes the real difference when you decide not taking the chance of winning a baby Einstein lottery that might be related to your family Genius Gene. Every hard effort you put to your baby, God knows, and your child knows.Do not waste your baby's precious first 6 genius years! I highly recommend this book and all Dr.Doman's books!It might be too overwhelmed to spend weeks to cut and write hundreds of words cards and math cards, you can buy a set of "Teach your baby to read within one year kit" for $9.99 on eBay. You can type the keyword "Teach Your Baby to Read within 1 Year Kit / Montessori" on eBay to search for the kit and the relevant subjects' material.

I taught in Japan in a highly competitive school for children under the age of 5. We used the Gentle Revolution and were amazed by the results. Not only did the children recognize words by the age of 2, but also they could read at the second grade ENGLISH level at age 3 - 4. Keep in mind these were children whose parents did not speak English, in a culture that was completely in Japanese. We only saw the children for a few hours a day and devoted only about 5 minutes per hour to the Doman method. I have nothing but respect for the methods in these books, and although reading through them is easy to understand but difficult to stomach, DO NOT disregard the method for the fuzzy writing. It is sound, and I hope everyone recognizes the potential for intelligence that every child is capable of.Yes, they are flashcards. Yes, sometimes your child won't look at them. Yes, you have to be interested in them too. Yes, you must be excited. Yes, there is a jargon but it's easy to learn and makes sense later. Yes, your child will learn faster and in the end, don't we all want our kids to be the best little kids they can be???

My family used Glenn Doman's program many years ago - my husband and I both attended the week long seminar in Pa. and our children were members of their off-campus program. I have to say it was one of the most enjoyable, exciting and fun things we ever did with them! The "bits of intelligence" you are taught to make with this book definitely do work and my children, who are now in their 20's and 30's, look back on them with fondness. In fact, my older daughter is now pregnant and is going to use the "bits" I used with her as a toddler with her own baby! You won't regret doing this program with your children, and neither will they.