Comments on: How many times a day is it realistic to show the sets of Flashcards http://www.childandme.com/how-many-times-day-it-realistic-show-sets-flashcards/ Educational Ideas Exchange Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:44:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alenka http://www.childandme.com/how-many-times-day-it-realistic-show-sets-flashcards/comment-page-1/#comment-7275 Alenka Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:10:29 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=32#comment-7275 Every session has to be at least 15 minutes to half an hour apart. That's how I understood it too. And every time I read one of the Doman books I also get a feeling that day and night, rain or shine, with no interruptions for food, sleep and (god forbid!) some home errands - we should be educating our kids. Every time I get a feeling, that it is impossible to do everything they say. I believe it was some parents who took the course who clarified that you can put diversified sessions back to back: i.e. words, then math, then encyclopedic knowledge and then a break for at least a half hour. 15 sessions a day, 24 sessions - I could never accomplish it. Besides - all of this are just guidelines! I was putting couplets and words and now even sentences back to back. Every "session" my kid would watch some words, some couplets, some math dots, some bits, some words in another language, some sentences in a third language... And, obviously, I could manage just 3 such sessions per day. Now my son is 4 and I still have it in the same format: our 5 basic presentations of words, couplets, sentences in English and words and couplets in Spanish + reading a little from a real book in Russian (my son's reading is the most advanced in Russian) + one-two Encyclopedic Knowledge presentation. In the morning we usually follow up with Montessori activities or some educational/logical games/puzzles or writing. Or math. Then we do our physical exercises. Then we usually have a playdate, or just go to the park! And after dinner and a nap, I just very quickly flash the presentations. Same before bedtime - we flip through them while he is sipping his nightly milk. Works for us! Listen to your child and you'll be able to find what works for you. Every session has to be at least 15 minutes to half an hour apart. That’s how I understood it too. And every time I read one of the Doman books I also get a feeling that day and night, rain or shine, with no interruptions for food, sleep and (god forbid!) some home errands – we should be educating our kids. Every time I get a feeling, that it is impossible to do everything they say.

I believe it was some parents who took the course who clarified that you can put diversified sessions back to back: i.e. words, then math, then encyclopedic knowledge and then a break for at least a half hour.

15 sessions a day, 24 sessions – I could never accomplish it. Besides – all of this are just guidelines!

I was putting couplets and words and now even sentences back to back. Every “session” my kid would watch some words, some couplets, some math dots, some bits, some words in another language, some sentences in a third language… And, obviously, I could manage just 3 such sessions per day.

Now my son is 4 and I still have it in the same format: our 5 basic presentations of words, couplets, sentences in English and words and couplets in Spanish + reading a little from a real book in Russian (my son’s reading is the most advanced in Russian) + one-two Encyclopedic Knowledge presentation. In the morning we usually follow up with Montessori activities or some educational/logical games/puzzles or writing. Or math. Then we do our physical exercises. Then we usually have a playdate, or just go to the park! And after dinner and a nap, I just very quickly flash the presentations. Same before bedtime – we flip through them while he is sipping his nightly milk. Works for us!

Listen to your child and you’ll be able to find what works for you.

]]> By: Ian http://www.childandme.com/how-many-times-day-it-realistic-show-sets-flashcards/comment-page-1/#comment-7264 Ian Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:29:25 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=32#comment-7264 I understood the Reading instructions in the book to mean we were supposed to do 5 sets of words three times a day, that is 15 sessions, each at least 15 minutes apart. Then add to that three sets of couplets three times a day, for a grand total of 24 sessions. As they're 15 minutes apart, that's a maximum of 4 per hour, so it takes at least 6 hours to get through 24. With nursery, other activities and our child just not being in the right mood sometimes, it seems impossible to follow the course as recommended. What are we supposed to do? I understood the Reading instructions in the book to mean we were supposed to do 5 sets of words three times a day, that is 15 sessions, each at least 15 minutes apart. Then add to that three sets of couplets three times a day, for a grand total of 24 sessions. As they’re 15 minutes apart, that’s a maximum of 4 per hour, so it takes at least 6 hours to get through 24. With nursery, other activities and our child just not being in the right mood sometimes, it seems impossible to follow the course as recommended. What are we supposed to do?

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