Beading is an important part of Montessori teaching. Large beads are offered to toddlers to improve their motor skills. Small beads are offered to preschoolers to get them ready for writing. Beads - are part of sensorial materials for Montessori. Around four, mathematic bead materials are introduced.

• Bead products instructions and images
• Buy the beads to make your own materials
• Buy the beads to make your own materials

Out of all Doman programs math seems the most… intriguing? Astonishing? Definitely, unbelievable. Tiny kids as true math geniuses, doing sophisticated equations in their heads? Is it really possible?

Apparently, it is. There are lots of parents who had a remarkable success with this program.

“Einstein has never used flashcards.” Haven’t you heard that one before? If you like to introduce your children into the wonderful world of knowledge and skills early, then I am sure you you’ve heard it.

While Einstein never used flashcards, it looks like most of our geniuses had some kind “early learning” experience. Take Mozart: he started composing/playing the piano when he was just two. Well, it sounds like his parents ALLOWED him to play with the piano (and actually encouraged!) at that young age - at the age, when most of the parents actually encourage their kids to stay away from the valuable objects in their home. Mozart’s father was a musician and devoted his life to developing his talent.

As far as I remember, American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the parents to avoid showing TV to their kids until two years old. As for educational videos, there are a lot more videos that just claim to be educational, like Baby Einsteins: Baby Einstein videos harmful for kids?

There is even an article in Time magazine that links early TV watching to autism: Does Watching TV Cause Autism?

I don’t know how much this particular research can be trusted, since my friend with a PHD in psychology just has been attending a seminar on autism, which stated that the scientific community believes that autism is a purely genetic disease, and all other “findings” are just scandalous ways to get public attention.

Thanks to Linda Sebec for sharing this with us!
We do a lot of math in our everyday life, but I thought it would be fun to compare whet we do to the Swedish national curriculum in math. My kids are under 8½ years old any younger
>The school in it’s teaching of mathematics should aim to ensure that pupils
>– develop an interest in mathematics, as well as
>confidence in their own thinking and their own
>ability to learn and use mathematics in different situations,

• Dot method?! What is it.
• Does it really work?
• Basic rules of teaching
• FAQ
• Steps
• Resources: where do I get the materials

Dot method?! What is it?

Out of all the methods by Glenn Doman, his approach to learning math is the most… surprising. We are used to recitals of sequence of numbers (1, 2, 3…), then simple counting, then long and difficult process of weaning off counting fingers and teaching kids to do it in their minds.

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English PowerPoint Presentations
Russian PowerPoint Presentations
Spanish PowerPoint Presentations
Other methods/materials for teaching math

Note: files marked with ^M include Magnitudes of data - fact listing about each Intelligence Bit. Files marked with ^V include links to videos. Files marked with include sound effects.

Math Presentations in English

Numbers 1 (translated Числа 1 Thank you Anna Shevyakova and your team)

Roman Numerals (Thanks to A.P.P.!)

Counting by tens (Thanks to A.P.P.!)

Counting by steps (Thanks to A.P.P.!)

Since these books are Power Point Presentations, I show them to my baby on a computer and then print (See How to Create My Own Books).

• Showing Presentations on the Computer
• Randomizers for PowerPoint - problems resolved!
• Printing Presentations
• Creating your own Power Point Presentations
• Other Methods of creating books for your baby