Don’t be afraid to follow your child’s lead. You may be astonished at the size of his hunger and at the rate at which he learns.

New information is the spice of every programl. It is the most easily overlooked ingredient of success.

When new information is plentiful, you and your child will be flying along. There will never be enough hours in a day or days in a week.

Your child’s world will be in a constant state of expansion. This is what every child is aiming for, every day of his life.

We adults were raised in a world that taught us that one must memorize twenty facts perfectly. We drilled these facts over and over. We must learn and be tested at 100 percent or else.

For most of us, this endless drilling on a very narrow body of information was the beginning of the end of our attention and interest in whatever the subject may have been.

Instead of 100 percent of twenty, how about 50 percent of two thousand ?

You don’t need to be a mathematical genius to know that one thousand facts are a great deal more than twenty.

But the real point here is not merely that children can learn fifty times more than we offer them.

The important point is what happens when you show the twenty-first fact or the two-thousand-and-first fact. This is where the secret of teaching very young children lies.

In the former case the effect of the introduction of the twenty-first fact (when a child has seen the first-twenty ad infinitum and ad nauseam) will be to send him running in the opposite direction as fast as possible.

This is the basic principle that is followed in formal education. We adults are experts on how deadly this approach can be. We lived through twelve years of it.

In the latter case the two thousand and first fact is eagerly awaited. The joy of discovery and learning something new is honored and the natural curiosity and love of learning which is born in every child is fed as it should be.

Unfortunately, one method closes the door on learning, sometimes forever.

Fortunately, the other opens the door wide and secures it against future attempts to close it.

In fact your child will learn a great deal more than 50 percent of what you teach to him.

It is more than likely that he will learn 80 to 100 percent.

But if he only learned 50 percent because you offered him so much he would be intellectually happy and healthy.

And, after all, isn’t that the point ?

Always be willing to change your approach. Make each day new and exciting. A tiny child changes every single day.

As information comes in at a tremendous rate, he uses that information to put two and two together. This process is taking place all day every day.

Sometimes we get a glimpse of him doing something that he has never done before. At other times we may have an insight into some new way he has of looking at the world.

Whether we are lucky enough to see it or not, his abilities literally multiply daily.

Just as you are becoming comfortable with one way of teaching something, he is getting it all figured out and naturally wants something fresh.

You and I like to find a nice cozy rut and stay in it for a while. Tiny kids always want to move ahead.

When you say “Goodnight” to your child each evening you should say “Good-bye”. He won’t be the same tomorrow.

So when you have a nice routine that you like, you will probably have to toss all the cards up in the air and revamp for the “new kid” who woke up this morning.

- Glenn Doman

]]> http://domanflashcards.com/?feed=rss2&p=1414 0 http://domanflashcards.com/?p=1412 http://domanflashcards.com/?p=1412#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:53:21 +0000 lazamok http://domanflashcards.com/?p=1412 出生到周岁

这一段时期关系到小宝宝的一生。这段时期应让小宝宝完全地自由活动，探索周遭的世界，并提供他丰富的各项感觉素材与环境，从经验中学习。错过了这一段黄金时期，终生都无法弥补。

一到五岁

许多家长在这一段期间因疼爱小朋友关系，不让他受到伤害，因此给他们一大堆玩具，送他们上托儿所，幼儿园，却不知道自己正在阻止小朋友学习。

这段时间的小朋友应该学习阅读，广泛地接触人类听，说，读，写各种形式的语言。打开人类的智慧累积而成的知识宝库，让他们流连忘返。

同时，小朋友的个性，喜恶也都在这一个时期形成，影响他们的一生。成长之后，可能会因为朋友，社会，文化或职业的影响，使他们的潜力无法充分发挥。

担心满足小朋友无穷的好奇心，会宠坏小朋友，这是很荒谬的想法。让小朋友和父母一起读书，这样的童年，比起被关在婴儿车里，四周满了玩腻的玩具，大声哭闹要快乐多了。

此外，在这段时期，学习是一种迫切的需要，是求生存必需的努力。小猫滾棉花球，是以棉花球代替老鼠，练习猎扑的技巧。小朋友的游戏和猫咪的玩闹一样，除了娱乐，更有学习的作用。人类的生存取决于沟通能力的优劣，语言则是最重要的沟通工具。

学习各种形式的语言，是小朋友游戏时最重要的目的。小朋友热爱学习，这是大自然巧妙的安排。误解儿童的天性，阻挠学习是违返自然的。

在这一段间，他们可以学会一种以上的外语；若是等到高中或大学才学，就会非常吃力。

让小朋友的大脑像一扇洞开的门，接收所有的讯息；给他们这种机会，他们可以毫不费力地学会阅读。

- 格连杜曼

]]> http://domanflashcards.com/?feed=rss2&p=1412 0 http://domanflashcards.com/?p=1407 http://domanflashcards.com/?p=1407#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:12:12 +0000 lazamok http://domanflashcards.com/?p=1407 限制小朋友的学习，会降低他们学习的兴趣和成就，这种情形举目皆是。我们应该尽量给小朋友各种吸收知识的机会，激发他们的学习能力，同时不断地给于鼓励。

有许多例子告诉我们，父母有计划地给小朋友学习机会，例如提早教他们阅读，或是学习才艺，大多有很好的成果。这些小朋友不但自信，快乐，身心健全，智商也高于一般的小朋友。他们并非天资优异，也并未接受特殊的教育，而是父母让他们从幼年开始，不断地接触大量讯息。

幼儿学习认字，读句子，看书，使用的方法和他们学说话完全一样。道理很简单，即大脑透过眼睛的观察和耳朵听到声音，学习新的事物。

耳朵听到声音，例如一句话，转变成一连串脉冲（神精突触的传达讯号），传达大脑，再由大脑重新组合，并且理解这句话想要传达的意义。

眼睛看到一个字或影像时也是如此。讯息转变成一连串的脉冲，传达到大脑，由大脑重组及解读。大脑的作用非常神奇，眼睛看到的影像及耳朵听到的声音，都必须经由大脑诠释。

大脑自受孕的那一刻就开始有作用了，而且以惊人的速度不断地成长，整个发育的过程到八岁时几已完成。大脑有6种独特的功能，使人类成为万物之灵。

1.只有人类能够直立行走。

2.只有人类能够以抽象的语言互相沟通。

3.只有人类能够把说的语言写成文字。

以上三种是传达（表达）的功能，另外三种为感觉（接受）的功能。

4.只有人类能够了解所听到的抽象语言。

5.只有人类能够单凭触摸辨认物体。

6.只有人类能够阅读写成文字的抽象语言。

八岁的小朋友已经具备以上这些能力，他会走路，说话，写字，读书，会用手角触摸辨认物体。人类的一生当中，必须依赖这6种能力而生存。往后的学习，只是这6种能力的交互运用，已经不再增加新的能力。

- 格连杜曼

Use a nice, clear, loud voice infused with all the enthusiasm that you actually feel. It should be easy for your child to hear you and to feel your enthusiasm.

If you have a quiet, unenthusiastic voice – change it.

Create enthusiasm in your voice and your child will absorb it like a sponge. Children love to learn and they do it very quickly. Therefore you must show your material very quickly.

We adults do almost everything too slowly for children. There is no area where this is more painfully demonstrated than the way adults teach little children.

Generally we expect a child to sit and stare at his materials and to look as if he is concentrating on them. We actually expect him to look a bit unhappy in order to demonstrate that he is really learning.

But children don’t think learning is painful, grown-ups do.

When you show your cards, do so as fast as you can. You will become more and more expert at this as you do it. Practice a bit with father untill you feel comfortable.

It is absolutely vital to your sucess that you zoom through your materials. Speed and enjoyment are inextricably linked in the learning process.

Children like sponges

Anything that speeds the process will raise enjoyment. Anything that slows it down will decrease enjoyment.

A slow session is a deadly session. It is an insult to the learning ability of a tiny child and will be interpreted as such by him.

The materials are carefully designed to be large and clear so that you can show them very quickly and your child will see them easily.

Sometimes when a mother speeds up she is apt to become a bit mechanical and lose the natural enthusiasm and “music” in her voice.

It is possible to maintain enthusiasm and good meaningful sound and go very quickly all simultaneously.

It is important that you do so.

Your child’s interest and enthusiasm for learning will be closely related to three things.

1.The speed at which materials are shown;

2.The amount of new material;

3.The joyous manner of mother.

The more speed, the more new material and the more joy – the better.

This point of speed, all by itself, can make the difference between a successful session and one that is too slow for your for your very eager, bright child.

Children don’t stare – they don’t need to stare – they absorb and they do so instantly, like sponges.

- Glenn Doman

To determine when to end each session of learning, the parent should exercise great foresight.

Always stop before your child wants to stop

The parent must know what the child is thinking a little bit before the child know it and must stop.

Always show less material than your child would like to see. Your child should always consider that you are a little bit stingy with his program. There is never enough; consequently, he always wants more.

All tiny children would, if permitted, glut themselves. This is why you get cries of “More!” and “Again!” This is a sure sign of success. You will maintain your success by not giving in to these demands (at least not immediately).

The tyranny of a tiny child can enter in here. When it does, remember you are the mother and as such the teacher of Bit of Intelligence cards (or flash cards) and reading words, etc. Do not allow your child to set up the dynamics of your program – this is your responsibility. He will not decide wisely – you will.

He is the best learner in the world but you are his best teacher.

Promise to come back in five minutes. Ask him to complete something that needs doing first; then you can play the learning game again

If you always stop before your child wants to stop, he will beg you to play the learning game and you will be nurturing rather than destroying his natural desire to learn.

- Glenn Doman 

Turn off the television, the radio, and the record or CD player while you are teaching. Make an area that is free from the visual chaos of toys, clothing and household clutter. This spot will become your major teaching area.

- Glenn Doman

For tiny babies teething is often a time of pain and sleeplessness. Never teach your child during such periods. It is a real mistake to think you can teach anything to a human being who is sick, poorly rested, or in pain. If your child is out of sorts, find out what is bothering him and handle it.

If  mother is cranky or out of sorts, this is not a good time to do the program.

Every mother and child experience days when they are at odds or things just don’t seem to be going smoothly.

On a bad day it is best not to play the learning game at all. It is a wise mother who puts away her program on such days, recognizing full well that there are many more happy days than cranky ones and that the joy of learning will be enhanced by choosing the very best and happiest moments to pursue it.

- Glenn Doman

He will quickly understand when you are giving him hard facts and when you are expressing your own viewpoint, as long as you differentiate between the two.

It is worth remembering that you are not simply teaching your child all that is worth knowing in this world, you are also teaching your grandchildren’s father or mother how to teach them.

It is a humbling thought.

- Glenn Doman

Your child will quickly come to the conclusion that you have all the answers. He will see you as a source of information. He is right. You are the source of information for him.

When he trusts you with one of his brilliant and usually quite dificult -to-answer questions, rise to the occasion. If you know the answer, give it to him on the spot. Don’t put him off it you can possibly avoid it.

If you don’t know the answer, tell him you don’t know it. Then take the time to find the answer.

- Glenn Doman

The whole world is betting against the little child – betting that doesn’t understand, betting that he doesn’t remember, betting that he doesn’t “get it”. Your child doesn’t need one more person on that team!

Child Belive Everything We Say is The Truth

Your child was born thinking that everything that you say is the truth. Never give him any reason to revise his thinking on that subject.

Don’t allow anyone else to give him anything less than the truth either. The reason for this should be obvious.

Since you have infinite respect for your child, it is only right that your child should return that respect. If you keep your world in all things and at all times he will respect you. If you do not he may love you but he will not respect you. What a shame it would be to deprive him of that joy.

- Glenn Doman