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Hi Lavish Kashyap – I have collated questions on flashcards in this post – https://rightbrainchild.com/2021/07/10/how-to-use-flashcards-in-early-learning/
If I’ve missed anything, feel free to ask.Sowmya Kannan – yes, you can. The words are really only there for you to read out for the story. They don’t actually need to be there at all.
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From Sowmya Kannan:
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Also should i remove english story line from the slide? For doing in native language?
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Hi Sowmya Kannan – you can definitely do linking memory in your native language as well. Linking memory doesn’t have to go as fast as the flashcards as you are supposed to tell the story as the pictures are shown.
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Follow your son’s lead. Shichida says that sometimes children will only say the words without the story and that’s okay, too. The story is supposed to help with the recall but some children don’t need it. You can try just doing the latest 30 cards but after a while, try running the whole sequence from the beginning and see if your child can still remember the entire sequence. Make it like a game. So you don’t have to repeat from the beginning every single time but just from time to time, say after every 100 cards covered.
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Hi Buvaneshwari Vinoth Kumar – you can run the phonics program alongside your reading program. Learning whole words will help children start reading faster. Phonics takes longer but it will help children with pronunciation of unfamiliar words and spelling later on so it is beneficial to start it sooner rather than later.
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We include phonics into the supplementary activities – https://rightbrainchild.com/rbe-supplementary-activities-and-materials/
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If you haven’t already, you can also read this post: https://rightbrainchild.com/2020/11/25/early-reading-sight-words-vs-phonics
I loved the brillkids programs because they are easy to use and the whole process of the lessons don’t take much longer than 5 minutes each session. It gave us a lot of time to move on to other things without me having to prepare and keep track of what lessons we had covered and what cards need to be shown next. The music program especially provides a rounded approach to music appreciation and also the development of the musical ear. The combination of short video clips and the teaching of solfege can provide a good foundation for further musical development when your child is older and ready to pick up a music instrument.
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From Riya Dev:
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one more suggestion pls, would you recommend Brillkids math and/or music along with reader ?
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In Doman’s instructions, Math and Reading programs can begin as early as 3 months, but the Bits program is intended to begin only from 8 months onwards. As your child is 32 months, you can run all three programs together.
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Regarding whole words or phonics, the BrillKids program is an excellent one (my second child went through it and became a very proficient reader at an early age – his preschool teacher initially thought he was a gifted child). Although the whole word program (i.e. Doman’s reading program) is sufficient for teaching reading, the reason why I like to incorporate phonics is for two reasons – pronunciation of unfamiliar words and spelling. The English language is a funny language where the same letter can have different sounds – think of the letter “c” with its hard sounds like a “k” for words like “cat” and “coal” and a soft sound like an “s” for words like “circle” and “city”. Then we have words beginning with “ph” which sounds like the words beginning with the letter “f”.
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What has been pointed out to me before is that some of the children who learned to read via the Doman method were not so good at spelling. I do not know if this is because they didn’t learn phonics or if they merely only learned to read and there was no further support provided for learning to spell or if there are some other underlying reasons, but I believe that learning phonics could help fill this gap.
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Regarding pronunciation, my older son learned to read using the whole word method alone. Since he became a proficient reader early on, I made the mistake of leaving him to read alone (as I was often occupied with the caring of his younger brother). I only noticed later that he had some trouble with the pronunciation of words that he read in books when he used those words in conversation. Even though he understood the words (what they meant and how to use them correctly in context), he would often pronounce them funny. I had to go back and help him correct that. Again, I believe this is something that phonics can help to address. Although, if I had continued to read together with him (even after he could read), I am also convinced this would not have been an issue.
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Sorry for the long-winded answer. The short answers are – yes, run all three Doman programs together and yes, use the BrillKids reading program.
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Hi Nidhi Nidhi – Your child at this age might be experimenting to understand more about the world around her. What happens if I choose the wrong option? How does Mama react? Mama holds the cards, I also want to hold. As your child grows older, they want to start interacting more with the environment around them, which means they may not always do what you want them to.
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What else can you do besides taking a break from the activities? You can try continuing with them and when she chooses the wrong answer, smile and tell her which is the right one. Try not to react negatively and just keep going. Persevere in this manner for a few weeks and observe if there is a change. Sometimes, when your child sees that there is no reaction to her deliberate behaviour, she will stop it.
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As for wanting to hold the cards, you can try giving her something else to hold. Try giving her an option, for example, you can say “I cannot let you have the cards, but you can have this (e.g. blocks) or this (e.g. a teddy bear). Which one would you like to hold?” See if this helps.
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I have always had posters up around the room for reinforcement. There is nothing said in RBE about having them or not having them so I see no harm in leaving them up. If I didn’t have posters, I would have stickers of cute things for decoration so why not make it educational?
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If they like it, they will look at it. If it doesn’t interest your child, they will just ignore it – in which case, nothing is lost.
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This is just my opinion. Am happy to hear the thoughts of others here, too.
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Hi Lavish Kashyap – For dot cards, I would use A4 size art cards (230-310gsm weight – heavier cards are sturdier and easier to flash). For the dots, I suggest using the 1cm diameter stickers as 1-inch dots are too large and you will not be able to fit up to 100 dots on the card.
Hi Mas – in the Shichida 65 day program, you do not need to show the physical numbers. The introduction of numbers begins from Day 55. You can see the set up for the flashcards from Day 1 to Day 58 here – https://rightbrainchild.com/flashcards-for-shichida-math/
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Hi Shruti – Try taking a break for a couple of weeks first – so no math for say two weeks. Just focus on other activities. When you come back to it, try using cards with images of her favourite things. Is there a toy or character she fancies? My son was crazy over Thomas the Tank Engine, that’s why I chose that. I didn’t have a problem with my second son but if I had, I would have used the face of Mickey Mouse for him because that was his favourite character. Since we need to work hard to get back your daughter’s interest, rather than rely on random pictures, you should choose something she really loves so it will help her overcome the aversion to Maths.
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Can I also check with you… if you are using numbers with physical objects – like in the kitchen with the potatoes and the popsicles – does she express interest during these times? If there is more interest with physical objects, you can try using physical counters (like bear counters – https://amzn.to/3BXEuTR or something else that’s fun, like animals or dinosaurs or unicorns – there are lots of different types available now) to teach her. You can drop a quantity of bears onto the floor and just tell her how many there are – don’t quiz her. So say you drop three bears, say “three”; then drop ten bears and say “ten”. Just do a few then quickly put them away and move on to something else. You will need to prepare ahead so you can do it quickly.
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From Shruti Mittal:
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A very big thank u to take out time to answer my query…I get every bit that you have mentioned here.
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Yes she has always been avoiding red dot cards.
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So started with brillkids.. i used to customise it with different background color, different icons. Sometimes she just watches them and sometimes she doesn’t see even a single slide/card.
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forgot to mention..she initially liked tweedlewink math spots session.. now she avoids looking at that too.
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I want to make every effort to get her interest back..
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If u have more ideas to suggest or few sample images to show that would really help me a lot to try out. I would be more than happy to implement them.
