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Glen Doman early development. Early development - is it more necessary for children or their parents? A reasonable approach to the methodology

The birth of a child is a great joy for parents! If you want your child to grow up smart, inquisitive and comprehensively developed, you need to take care of this from the first days of his life. The original method of Glen Doman will help you with this, the main principle of which is the harmonious development of the child - both intellectual and physical. The book describes step-by-step methods for developing motor skills and balance from the very birth of the baby, techniques for learning to read, count and memorize large amounts of information without effort and stress. You can make educational material from available materials and easily adapt it for your child. And the stories of experienced parents and followers of Glen Doman will help you choose what is best suited for your baby.

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Let's first figure out who Glenn Doman is?

Glenn Doman is an American, a military neurosurgeon by training, working at the Philadelphia Institute with children with affected areas of the central nervous system of the brain, that is, in principle, with hopeless children.

The essence

So, working with sick children, Doman created a special development method, which became known as the Doman method.

He decided to try to develop the brains of sick children through the use of photographic brain memory. Several times a day, from the very birth of the babies, he showed them large cards depicting first dots, then simple pictures, then words.

You can download such cards or watch them on video on the website.

In addition, he tried to develop them physically. Glenn Doman invented a special track in which he placed children from birth for some time.

As a result of all these manipulations, Glenn received simply stunning results. Sick children not only began to crawl, sit, run and talk earlier than their healthy peers, but were also more developed intellectually. Most of them coped with their complex illnesses. Thus, based on these experiments, he came to the conclusion that any, even healthy, babies should be dealt with from birth.

Therefore, he created his Institute for Accelerated Baby Development “Better Baby Institute” (BBI), in which to this day he and his followers practice Glen Doman’s method for early development.

The goal of this Institute is to raise little geniuses. And Doman, by the way, in each of his books emphasizes that every baby is born a genius and we parents just need to reveal and direct his capabilities in the right direction in time.

Manichenko

Based on his developments, the Doman Manichenko method was subsequently created by a Russian teacher. You can also watch the tutorials on video or download them for free.

What is Glen Doman's technique?

This Doman early development method, which can be downloaded from the website, can be roughly divided into several parts.

Learning to read.
Encyclopedic knowledge.
Teaching mathematics.
Physical development.

The essence of Doman's method for teaching reading from birth is that cards are shown to the baby every day. Today this can be done using video or using industrial preparations.

Each set containing cards must contain 5 words. In total, you need to show 5 sets of cards per day. It turns out that the baby must look at 25 words every day. Cards must be shown as quickly as possible so that the child does not have time to turn away.

In the video that is on the site, they are shown taking into account these temporary features. You can download this video or watch it for free on the website. Thus, it turns out that the lesson lasts only 5 seconds.

After viewing each set of words, be sure to praise and smile at your baby. The break between viewing cards should be at least half an hour. Every day one word is removed from each set of words and a new one is added. Encyclopedic knowledge using the Doman method is proposed to be taught in a similar way, that is, instead of a set with words, the child is shown sets with beautiful pictures of animals, plants, nature, paintings by famous artists and much, much more. In order not to prepare such cards yourself, you can download or watch the video for free on the website.

Teaching mathematics using the Doman method involves showing the child cards with images of red dots first. Glen Doman believed that from birth a child does not perceive numbers and does not understand their meaning, therefore it is necessary to teach mathematics by first showing the number of dots, and then you can move on to numbers, and at the same time you can teach various examples. Such cards are also available on video on the website and can be downloaded for free.

You can physically develop your baby using the Doman method from birth by placing him or her during sleep or, if you are afraid, while awake in a special track; you can replace it with a bookshelf or buy it. For example, Lena Danilova’s website danilova.ru sells a special sports complex Early Start with a slide in the form of a track along Doman. In this complex there are also rings on which you can hang your baby for a while to train his hands. So this is a very good thing for the physical early development of the baby. By the way, here is a photo of a girl practicing on this track.

Advantages and disadvantages

Studying according to the Doman method, your baby will simply stun everyone with his early physical development, he will be called a little genius, for the knowledge that he can show at such an early age, all your friends will be shocked that he will be able to read already from 2 years old, solve complex examples, know many interesting facts. And this is a huge plus. You will always be proud of your child. Secondly, it will be much easier for your baby to study at school, because the knowledge base will be laid in him from birth, his brain will be much more developed than the brain of his peers. It will be enough for him to read the text once to remember it, his photographic memory will be so developed.

Thirdly, he will be well developed physically, and this is also a big plus. He will be able, if necessary, to always fight back, and will show the best results in physical education in the class.

Fourthly, and this is the main thing, when a child’s brain is so developed, he will simply be the leader and the life of the party everywhere, because, you see, intellectual, physically more developed people always attract attention. Think about yourself, would you ever like to be the best in your class. And if you received high grades and performed difficult physical exercises in physical education and the whole class looked at you with respect, how proud your heart was filled with yourself. So let's give our little children this self-confidence, self-pride, intelligence, physical beauty and superiority over other children. Let's raise children of the new generation using this wonderful early development method. Of course, the learning process using this method is not suitable for every family, since it is very labor-intensive and requires full dedication, as a rule, from the mother to her little baby. Using this method, you need to make a huge number of cards with words every day, glue or print pictures with encyclopedic knowledge on a color printer, and draw dots for mathematics. Not every mother is ready for this. By the way, for lazier mothers in Russia, kits are sold that include cards using the Doman-Manichenko method (I will write more about it in a separate article, which can be used to teach your baby quite well). You can use cards on video, which can be easily downloaded for free from our website and played on your child’s computer.

Another disadvantage, which some opponents of this method of early development claim, is that when studying with these kits, the child will see only bare facts and will not be able to apply them in practice in the future. I also don’t agree with this minus. If you build your child’s early learning process correctly, make your own additions to it, and additionally apply other methods of the child’s early development, then your child will definitely thank you very much in the future.

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Video on the topic

"Reading from the Diaper"

Another work of Glen Doman - "Reading from the Diaper" - is very similar to the method of the Japanese innovator Shichida. Both teachers argued that you can start teaching a child to read from birth.

Most parents begin to practice reading with their children when their children turn 3-4 years old. Quite often, adults simply do not know where to start this process. According to the method of Doman and Shichida, you can start reading “from the cradle.” Already at three months, the baby is shown cards with words at a fast pace. Words are spoken by adults. “Reading from the cradle” does not involve recognizing letters and mastering individual syllables, but rather perceiving the word as a whole. Working according to the Doman or Shichida method, it was possible to achieve stunning results. Children with whom we practiced “Reading from the cradle”, not yet able to speak, could indicate the right word or show by pantomime what it means.

“Reading from the cradle,” based on similar methods by Doman and Shichida, works thanks to the photographic memory that the baby has. The child remembers appearance words and correlates them with sound and meaning. “Reading from the cradle” can be successfully practiced until the moment when the baby can begin to master the alphabet. “Reading from the cradle” will significantly speed up this process. You can download this work by Doman on the website.

Positive reviews of Glen Doman’s method give reason to seriously think about where to start developing your children. Children raised using this method are significantly ahead of other children in mental and physical abilities. Reviews from parents indicate that children even before one year old can count in tens and hundreds and read complex words. Aren't such achievements worth taking the time to try?

Discussion

My daughter and I study on a phone and tablet using Doman cards, it’s convenient, my daughter likes it. Free Android application "Doman Cards" [link-1]

10/13/2013 10:07:37, Danila B. Popov

If anyone needs Doman cards for free, you can download them from my page. I made it for my son. He is 2 years 3 months old. We've been doing it for a year now. And most importantly, the child likes it! Especially, oddly enough, he likes portraits of various great people... He runs up and demands to see the cards. At first I tried to look for cards on the Internet, but no one offered them for free. I had to do it myself. I made a whole bunch :) I would like the results of my work to be useful to someone else!

something nothing new.
On the website "Umnitsa" (these are the ones who produce and sell training from the cradle) there are 100 cards and, in general, presentations of each of their materials. The complete reading set consists of 800 cards. If only there were cards ready for printing - yes! And in presentations, it’s not the desire that spoils a child’s eyes.

01.11.2008 15:04:19, Anna

Damn cool presentations.
Well, girls, learn to work with ancient archivers.
You now have 3 types of files there:
pres0.zip - PNGSETUP.zip
pres0_1.zip - PNGSETUP_1.zip
pres0_2.zip - PNGSETUP_2.zip
You first unpack the first pair, preferably into the folder of the root directory C (for example, I did C:\Doman), then run the exe file that appeared in this folder and specify the folder C:\Doman.
Repeat the procedure again with the next pair.

03/20/2008 07:57:33, Alexandra

Please tell me how to unpack Pngsetup, it says that either you do not have access, or that the file does not exist. There is a file, but access?..

01/29/2008 16:32:03, ELENA

The first set of cards (counting up to 20) is good, but the second in this series let us down. Nevertheless thank you.

07/20/2007 21:05:28, Zoya

Nonsense, not cards! The design requirements for the book are not met, the points “frolic” on each other. And it’s easy to open this creation: first unpack it, then stupidly rename the .ppz extension to .zip and unpack it again.

I ordered English, but they still don’t send it. I’m very upset.

03/23/2007 19:12:05, Oksana

I have the same problem. What to do?

02.09.2006 22:45:01, Olesya

Information about ppz format http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00164.htm

03/15/2006 15:09:16, Kostya

Powe Point 2000 problem does not understand this extension. Than you can look at them. Thanks in advance for your answer.

03/10/2006 12:16:21, Elena

Good evening! Can you tell me who is the manufacturer of Doman cards?
Thanks in advance for your answer.

02/03/2006 23:44:11, Natalia

Powe Point 2000 problem does not understand this extension. How can you watch them?
Natasha

02.11.2004 23:11:32, Natasha

06/11/2004 02:30:00, Larisa

Thanks a lot. Do you have any other cards? My baby is 9 months old. What else would you recommend?

Comment on the article "Cards according to Doman"

Is it worth practicing the Doman method?

I myself was skeptical about Doman training for a very long time. I was convinced that it was difficult and unnatural for a child to look through cards dozens of times a day, instead of learning about the real world. This is exactly the argument put forward by opponents of the technique: “It’s better to take your baby around the room and show him objects in real life than pictures.”

Trying to understand what would be best for my daughter, I got acquainted with various early development methods, read reviews of parents about them, including becoming more familiar with the Doman system. The reviews about this method amazed me. I learned that classes using the Glen Doman method are so conducive to the activation and development of the brain that they get children on their feet who previously could not walk for reasons related to brain damage. And classes also give healthy children a huge boost in development.

Glen Doman has proven that the brain grows and develops only if it works. And the more we engage in the development of the baby from birth, the more active the formation of the brain will be, the more perfect and mature its cells will be, the higher its intelligence will be. Scientists have found that By the age of three, 70-80% of our brain cells are formed , therefore, it is obvious that the quality of brain activity in the first three years cannot but affect later life. If engage in development at this age, then in the future learning will be much easier, there will be a good “launching pad”, the child will be much more receptive to knowledge.

However, Doman’s technique in its pure form may seem quite “harsh” to many - an endless stream of varied and sometimes unnecessary information. I think so myself, to be honest :) Therefore, I think that teaching according to the method should be “reasonable”: there is no need to turn classes into just a mechanical display of cards and you need to concentrate not on the development of photographic memory (showing the child everything in order), but on development of thinking child. How to do this, read below.

Among the arguments against learning according to the Glen Doman method, you can find the following: “stuffing” a child with information will overload him, will interfere with his natural development, and will in some way affect his psyche; classes will deprive the child of emotionality, will interfere with normal human communication, and so on. All these statements can be considered true only if you are too fanatical in your approach to teaching according to Doman, showing your child pictures from morning to night, and ignoring any other methods of development. In fact, training using the method does not take so much time and does not at all exclude other games and normal human communication, and most importantly, it can always be adapted to your desires - the number of impressions per day can be reduced, and the topics covered in the cards can only be taken those that you consider interesting and useful for the baby.

A reasonable approach to the methodology

So, in my opinion, you need to practice according to the Doman method! But you must adhere two basic principles :

1. There is no need to chase quantity, trying to show as many different cards as possible; it is better to focus on quality.

What do I mean by card quality? This means that for learning it is better to take only the information that is interesting to the child at a given moment in time, and most importantly, that which you will be able to consolidate in the near future using examples from real life, pictures in books or in games. I have repeatedly noticed from Taisiya that she forgets the information she has viewed and not used very quickly. In a couple of months she won’t even remember that I showed her gladioli and chrysanthemums. But if soon after viewing, for example, pictures with animals, you read poems about them, go to the zoo or play the Animals lotto, the result will be completely different - not only does the information fit firmly in the child’s head, but it’s also great develop associative thinking ! And this is very valuable and useful for the baby.

It seems to me that my daughter’s face even changes when we begin to discuss what we previously covered with cards; it is clear that at this moment an active thought process is going on in her head (“Yeah, this tiger in the cage is the tiger that I saw in the picture"), and her eyes are shining - it’s clear that she is very interested :) I say this without exaggeration.

Therefore, all information must be thoroughly analyzed before studying. Is it worth learning 100 colors using cards, if in reality you will never name them all in games with your baby? I think that it is quite possible to limit ourselves to 15-18 colors. And some topics may need to be excluded completely. It all depends on what you play and what you discuss with your baby. A little about at what age what topics are interesting for a child to read.

The number of impressions should also be reasonable. It is not necessary to pester your child with cards 20 times a day. Show cards in the quantity that is acceptable to you. If, while working with a child, you constantly torment yourself with the thought that you are overloading him and giving him completely unnecessary information, then the child will definitely feel your message.

2. Doman training should be combined with other games and activities.

If you focus too much on showing and making cards, forgetting that the child needs live communication, knowledge of the real world and its laws, creative and musical development, you will really deprive your child of a lot.

What is the essence of the Doman technique?

So, what is the Doman technique? Generally speaking, displaying cards is not the only thing that Doman offers, but they are the ones that are most widespread, so they will be discussed here. The essence of the technique is to repeatedly show the child sets of cards with some information. By showing pictures, you voice to the baby what is depicted on them. Even though each lesson lasts only a few seconds, your child will easily remember everything you teach him.

The first type of Doman cards is encyclopedic , they contain pictures depicting animals, plants, musical instruments, professions, etc. and bright signatures in red font. Cards are presented to the child in thematic sets, for example, first we study wild animals, Then vegetables, transport.

In addition to encyclopedic cards, there are cards for teaching counting (KoroBoom, My-shop)

And flashcards for learning to read (KoroBoom, My-shop).

Previously, followers of the technique had to make materials at night so that the next day they would have something to show the child; today, fortunately, you can purchase ready-made kits. For example, we studied using a large set of “ Child prodigy from cradle " This wonderful set contains all the most necessary topics, the object being studied is clearly highlighted in the pictures, there is nothing superfluous, and in general the pictures are very colorful. The back has facts that will come in handy as you learn all the major objects in the pictures.

It always seemed to me that showing cards on paper is much more convenient than on a computer (with them it is easier to follow a systematic approach to replacing images, they can be put in a visible place, and then it will be difficult to forget about them). But if you have a different opinion, then these electronic cards might be useful to you - DOMAN CARDS DOWNLOAD . If you have a color printer, you can also print them.

How to practice?

Different sources suggest starting to practice in different ways. Somewhere they advise taking 5 sets of cards of 5 pieces each, somewhere – 3 sets of 10 cards each, etc., there are a lot of options. I'm sure every option works. To begin with, choose whichever one you think is most adequate, and then, looking at the results, adapt the system to suit you and your child. If it is difficult for your child to look through a set of 10 cards, he begins to get distracted at the end of viewing, then reduce the number of cards and vice versa. We chose for ourselves the option with 3 sets of 10 cards . This option suited us.

Further, according to Doman, each set must be shown 3 times a day . The child must see every picture 1-2 seconds. Only one set is shown per demonstration, and the time interval between showings must be at least half an hour . After ten days of classes (that is, after you have looked at a set 30 times), one card is removed from each set and replaced with a new one, this is done every day until the set of cards is exhausted. It should be noted here that if your sets initially contained 5 cards, then you need to start introducing new cards after five days of classes. If the set is completely studied, it is replaced with a new one.

In addition, Doman suggests gradually increasing the number of sets of cards shown to the child. Almost up to ten sets. Moreover, each of them also needs to be shown 3 times a day. Just imagine, it is necessary to distract the child from his important matters 30 times a day and show him pictures! Such numbers can scare away many mothers from this technique.

To make things less scary, manuals usually make a calculation (the number of seconds spent on display is multiplied by the number of demonstrations per day) and it turns out that it will only take a few minutes per day to display the cards. But not everything is as simple as it seems, because showing pictures is not the only thing you do and remember all day. To begin with, you simply need to remember about them, then drop everything, tear your baby away from the game and show him the pictures. This is also good if you are close to your child all the time, and the cards are with you all the time, but, unfortunately, not all mothers have this opportunity.

Therefore, I repeat once again, do not chase the number of sets you study. The main thing is that the classes are interesting for you and your child, and that learning does not turn into a burden. BUT still try to practice regularly, don’t give up what you started.

After experimenting, my daughter and I settled on this regime: we had no more than 6 demonstrations a day, i.e. We managed to watch each set twice a day. Every third show, one new card was added to each set (that is, we did not add new pictures every day, but a little less often). At first, I started introducing new cards after 30 views of the set. But later, all these norms changed. For example, it quickly became clear that 30 views of a set was a lot, and my daughter was starting to get bored. The number of sets we have always remained the same - 3. You can read more about our experience of training using the Doman system here:

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Glen Doman (born 1920) is an American neurophysiologist, the author of a method of intensive intellectual and physical development of children from the moment of birth, based on the results of a detailed study of the patterns of child development. Glen Doman's main idea is: "Every child has enormous potential that can be developed, thereby providing him with unlimited opportunities in life."

Glen Doman Family: wife Katie, son Douglas (is vice president of the Institute for the Development of Human Potential), daughter Janet (heads this institute).

Historical reference. In 1940, Glen Doman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and after graduation worked as a physical therapist in a hospital. In 1941, his work was interrupted by World War II. Doman began his service in the army as a private infantryman and ended as an infantry company commander. At the end of the war, Doman returned to medical practice. Together with his colleagues, he organized and began to carry out work to restore children with various brain injuries and severe damage to the nervous system. In 1955, Glen Doman founded the Institute for the Development of Human Potential, based on his methodology.

Methods for treating children with brain damage

(based on the book by G. Doman “What to do if your child has brain damage...”)

For more than 20 years, working 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, through endless research, experiments, testing, observations, inferences, Doman and his associates searched for solutions aimed at curing children with brain damage (partial or complete paralysis, significant developmental delays, lack of perception of the surrounding world, inability to

communication). They proceeded from the position that it is necessary to treat the damaged brain - the root cause, and not the body - the consequence of brain damage.

Through painstaking work, Doman developed a unique technique, which was a comprehensive treatment of sick children. An individual program was prepared for each child. It all started with copying - the procedure was as follows: adults performed movements with the child’s arms, legs and head, as he would have done himself if he was healthy. Children spent a lot of time on the floor, face down, learning to crawl under adult supervision.

In addition, children received active visual, auditory, and tactile stimulation with increasing frequency, intensity, and duration. Glen Doman, as part of the methodology, developed breathing programs (with a high oxygen content), speech development, as well as a manual program. These procedures presented stimuli that stimulated a specific sensory organ, which led to the activation of the brain as a whole.

The result was that after some time, most children, going through the stages of physical improvement characteristic of the development of healthy children, showed noticeable improvement. This was indisputable evidence that “the brain really develops in the process of its intensive use, and the development of a child’s intelligence is firmly connected with his physical development.”

In 1960, an article by Doman appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association on methods of treating children with brain damage and describing the results of their rehabilitation. The work of the Institute for the Development of Human Potential became known to a wide range of people. Doman's research produced a "soft revolution" in science. Since then, Glen Doman and a group of like-minded people have persistently continued their continuous work on creating and improving new programs and methods aimed at improving the health of children with various disorders of brain activity.

Among the many awards Doman has received in various countries, there is even a knighthood given to him by the Brazilian government for his outstanding work on behalf of children around the world.

Doman's technique for healthy children

Subsequently, Glen Doman began to use his developmental methodology to teach healthy children. It all started with the fact that healthy brothers and sisters of sick children, with whom daily classes were conducted, also gladly joined in doing the exercises and very quickly achieved significant results. Then Doman, inspired by an accidental discovery, developed a technique that took into account the interests and needs of healthy children. The result exceeded all expectations!

Children of two, three, four years old read freely, counted, became real scholars and, at the same time, were perfectly developed physically: they swam well, ran, climbed, performed gymnastic studies and acrobatic stunts.

The main points of Glen Doman's methodology

- Every child can become a genius, and early development is the key to his genius.

- The human brain grows through constant use, and this growth is virtually complete by age six.

- Young children have a huge thirst for knowledge. They easily absorb a huge amount of information, and it remains in their memory for a long time.

- Little children are sure that the most wonderful gift for them is the attention that adults, especially mom and dad, give them completely.

- The best teachers are parents. They can teach their child absolutely everything they know, as long as they do it sincerely and joyfully, using facts.

Basic principles and rules for teaching a child using the Doman method

1. Start as early as possible - the younger the child, the easier it is to teach him everything.

2. Rejoice at your baby's successes and praise him.

3. Respect and trust your child.

4. Teach only when you both enjoy the learning process.

5. Create a suitable learning environment.

6. Stop before your child wants to.

7. Introduce new material more often.

8. Be organized and consistent and have regular classes.

9. Don't test your child's knowledge.

10. Prepare your study materials carefully and do it in advance.

11. If you or your child are not interested, stop classes.

All children can become physically perfect

(based on the book by G. Doman “How to make a child physically perfect”)

In Glen Doman's method, great importance is attached to early physical development, because it is closely related to the child's intelligence and abilities. Therefore, from birth, it is necessary to provide the child with freedom of movement and strengthen his innate reflexes (crawling, grasping, walking, swimming).

Since these reflexes are given to children by nature, they need to be used, otherwise they will gradually disappear, and the child will have to learn to crawl, swim, and walk again. By preserving the child’s reflexes, we will provide him with the opportunity to become an active participant in the life process, which means to “get wiser” and “grow up” before his peers.

So, based on the ideas of the Doman technique, we can conclude that it is necessary to create conditions for physical stimulation of the baby!

For this purpose, the newborn is placed in a special device - a crawling track, which is at a slight inclination. The baby, lying between the sides of the track on his stomach, touches them with his hips and forearms. Thanks to this, that innate reflex is triggered, which helped the baby crawl out of its mother’s tummy, and, as soon as it is born, the baby crawls quite considerable distances along the track. The recommended time for a child to spend on the track (on the floor, on a mat) is 3-4 hours a day. In this case, the child must wear a minimum amount of clothing.
The smooth surface of the track (no carpets, soft mattresses, blankets, etc.) is also an ideal environment for movement while sleeping, which also promotes early development. If you do everything correctly, your baby will begin to truly crawl on all fours by four months.

Also, Glen Doman's method focuses on developing a sense of balance and equilibrium (you need to twist and turn the child in various ways), on learning to overcome obstacles (rollers lying on the floor, stairs, etc.). It is important to teach a child to swim, help him walk, run...

Doman, in his methodology, states that in his development from birth to six years, a child goes through seven stages, which correspond to the seven stages of brain maturation. First, the control of hearing, vision, manual skills, and movement is carried out at the level of the upper parts of the spinal cord - this is the first stage. The last, seventh level is the upper parts of the cerebral cortex. Each brain level gradually turns on, displacing the previous one and taking control of various functions.

We move from one stage to another, having mastered and performed a lot of certain movements. An ordinary child, who is not specially trained, goes through these seven stages in six and a half years, but they can also be completed in three and a half years if one acts in accordance with Glen Doman’s method. ;

What you can teach your child in 30 seconds

(based on the book “Harmonious Development of the Child” by G. Doman)

Doman believes that “The human brain is the most perfect computer, and it follows the same pattern: the more facts it knows, the more conclusions it can draw from them. At the same time, if we fill our children’s heads with all sorts of nonsense, we can hardly expect smart speeches and actions from them. Therefore, we must provide them with accurate, clear and unambiguous information.”
So, let's look at an example: if a child comes up to you and asks you about the dog he saw, you can tell him:

1. Leave me alone;

2. It's "woof-woof";

3. This is a dog";

4. This is "Labrador";

5. Show him ten pictures of dogs;

6. Teach him to make connections between facts(show him ten cards with dogs and say: “Look, baby, all these pictures depict animals called “dogs”: German Shepherd, Collie, Labrador, Poodle, Cocker Spaniel, Boxer, Doberman Pinscher, Rottweiler, Chow Chow , lapdog").

Doman's method states that if you prefer the sixth option, then the child will be able to draw his own conclusions: all dogs have fur, paws, tail, etc., but can have different colors, sizes, heights, tail lengths, etc. Thus, in 30 seconds you can significantly accelerate the development of a child’s brain.

How to teach your child to read

(based on the book by G. Doman “How to teach your child to read”).

The child's eye sees the written word, although he himself does not understand its meaning. But, if the baby sees and simultaneously hears a written word, then his brain interprets the information received - “understands” and mechanically remembers what was written. Glen Doman, in his methodology, claims that over time, based on his own experience, the baby will understand the laws of reading, just as he once learned to understand oral speech.

How to work with Doman cards

You can start teaching your child to read using the Doman method from the age of six months..

To do this, use special cards measuring 10x50 cm, with block letters written on them in red, 7.5 cm high and font thickness 1.5 cm. To begin with, parents teaching using the Doman method select words that are well known to the child (family members, toys, clothes, body parts, favorite foods, etc.).

1st day. Within 5-10 seconds, the mother shows the child 5 cards with words one after another and clearly pronounces what is written on them: “mom”, “dad”, “grandmother”, etc. That's it, class is over. Now the baby receives a reward - mother’s kiss, hug, affection, words of love, etc. During the first day, the display of Doman cards must be repeated 2 more times.

2nd day. Repeat yesterday's cards and add 5 more new cards. Today the baby will already receive 6 short lessons - 3 with old cards and 3 with new ones.

3rd day. 5 more new cards are added and therefore there will be nine shows.

4th and 5th day. This way you gradually reach 25 cards and 15 demos per day.

6th day. We add new five cards, removing one word from the studied sets.

Sample daily program for teaching reading using Doman cards

Daily content - 5 sets of words (25 cards). One lesson - 1 set of 5 words, shown only once.

Frequency - each set 3 times a day (5 sets of 3 times = 15 sessions).

The duration of one lesson is 5 seconds.

Entered words - 5 words daily (one in each set).

Deleted words - 5 words daily (one from each set).

The number of demonstrations of each word is 3 times a day for 5 days, i.e. only 15 times.

Note: Doman’s method gives clear recommendations that the dosage of classes and the number of cards are changed depending on the desire and mood of the child.

Gradually, the font of the letters will decrease, and the red color will replace black.

"A Primer from the Diaper"

The sequence of learning to read according to Glen Doman's method is built from simple to complex

The first stage is individual words.
The second stage is phrases.
The third stage is simple sentences.
The fourth stage is common proposals.
The fifth stage is books.

How to teach your child to count

(based on the book by G. Doman “How to teach your child mathematics”)

"Math from the cradle"

Doman, in his methodology, claims that children see things as they really are. If we say “two”, the child will represent the quantity: two dots, and we, adults, will represent the icon (the number “2”). Those. the child thinks in facts, and if we give the child such facts, he will learn to immediately determine the number of objects without counting them, and will discover mathematical rules such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc.

To teach a child to count using Glen Doman's method, you need to make 100 cards measuring 27x27 cm. On each card, from 1 to 100 dots with a diameter of slightly less than 2 cm will be drawn in a chaotic order.

Displaying cards is done in the same way as with reading cards. Only in this case, at the initial stage you use only two sets: cards with dots from 1 to 5 and cards with dots from 6 to 10.

The sequence of teaching counting using the Doman method using factual material is structured as follows:

The first stage is mastering the concept of “quantity”.
The second stage is equations.
The third stage is problem solving.
The fourth stage is mastering the concept of “digit”, memorizing numbers.
The fifth stage is digital equations.

How to give your child encyclopedic knowledge

(based on the book “How to Give Your Child Encyclopedic Knowledge”)

“By and large,” says Glen Doman, “the purpose of life is to acquire comprehensive knowledge about the world around us.” It is useless to explain anything to children - they don’t know anything yet. A child's brain can only perceive bare facts.

In order for the cards to truly convey encyclopedic knowledge to the child, they must meet the following requirements of the G. Doman method:

1. All details are clearly visible.

2. Only one item is shown.

3. It must have a special name.

4. This item should be unfamiliar to your child.

5. The card should be large - the best size is 28x28 cm.

6. The card must be clean.

About 30 seconds are allotted for one lesson on cards with pictures according to the Glen Doman method.

Doman, in his methodology, divided all existing knowledge into ten sections

1. Biology - it includes categories, for example, birds, and, accordingly, a set of cards: a common crow, robin, nightingale, finch, eagle, ostrich, chicken, sparrow, black grouse, heron, etc.

2. Art - it includes categories, for example, paintings by Van Gogh, and, accordingly, a set of reproduction cards: “Schoolboy”, “Sunflowers”, “Madame Rulin with her child”, “Postman Rulin”, “Sad Old Man”, “ Cafe terrace at night", "Self-portrait", "Gypsy carts", "Church in Auvergne", "Fields with peach trees in bloom", etc.

3. History - it includes categories, for example, rulers, and, accordingly, a set of cards: Nicholas II, Alexander Nevsky, Stolypin, Alexander I, Lenin, Ivan the Terrible, Peter I, Catherine II, Brezhnev, Kerensky, etc.

4. Geography - it includes categories, for example, cities of Russia, and, accordingly, a set of cards with views of these cities: St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Suzdal, Sochi, etc.

5. Music - it includes categories, for example, composers - and, accordingly, a set of cards: Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Verdi, Kalman, Bach, Chopin, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, etc.

6. Language - it includes categories, for example, English or Italian, and, accordingly, a set of cards: giorno (day), ora (hour), senso (feeling), enigma (riddle), scatola (box), etc.

7. Mathematics - it includes categories, for example, quantity, and, accordingly, a set of cards: one dot, two dots, etc.

8. human anatomy– it includes categories, for example, the human skeleton, and, accordingly, a set of cards-drawings: skull, tibia, scapula, phalanx of a finger, pelvis, ankle, collarbone, ulna, lower jaw, etc.

9. General knowledge - it includes categories, for example, tools, and, accordingly, a set of cards: knife, axe, saw, screwdriver, plane, hammer, shovel, rake, drill, scythe, etc.

10. Literature - it includes categories, for example, Russian writers, and, accordingly, a set of cards: Tolstoy, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Lermontov, Nekrasov, Bulgakov, Solzhenitsyn, Chekhov, Goncharov, Bunin, etc.

As part of Glen Doman's methodology, classes begin by demonstrating three different categories of 10 cards each. Each category is shown 3 times during the day. Gradually, you can add more and more new categories until their daily number reaches 12 (if shown 3 times a day).

When you and your baby go through 1000 cards, it’s time for the intellectual program. Based on Doman's methodology, categories provide a general information overview, and the intelligent program allows you to go further, deepening the level of knowledge within each category.

Each such program starts with the simplest and ends with quite complex information.

Section: Biology.

Set of cards: Common Crow.

1st level: Crows make their nests in trees or bushes.

Level 2: Crow's nests are made of twigs, lined with grass or wool.

Level 3: Crows eat insects, seeds, fruits and nuts.

Level 4: Crows (among other things) eat shellfish, carrion, mice, eggs, fish, garbage, putty, rubber, and insulating material.

Level 5: A female crow has one litter of chicks per year.

Level 7: Crows belong to the crow family.

Level 8: The crow family includes crows, jays and magpies.

Level 9: Most birds of the crow family choose a mate for life.

Level 10: Most birds of the crow family live in flocks and nest in densely populated colonies.

Level 11: Only New Zealand and most of the Pacific Islands do not have representatives of the crow family.

12th level: The crow family has 103 species, united in 26 genera.

I would like to finish the review of the system with the words of Glen Doman himself: “Our methods are the fruit of many years of work, and they have proven themselves well. But we should never forget that miracles lie not in the methods, but in the child himself. His brain is the most incredible miracle. And you yourself are also a miracle.”

Reasons for improving the condition of sick children

Not all healthy children who study at home with the help of Glen Doman's cards achieve significant results. Conversely, many children at the Doman Institute were able to reach new levels of their physical and intellectual development. This happened partly for the following reasons:

1. Mothers of sick children believed in success. They made every effort, making thousands of cards, because they had no other option, and they sacrificed everything so that their children learned to at least raise their heads a little, at least crawl, at least see a little, hear at least a little...

2. Glen Doman's method became a way of life for a family where a sick child grew up. But as soon as classes stopped, the child’s development often stopped too.

3. Strict adherence to Doman's methodology - conducting classes systematically and in precise sequence - led to the fact that children got used to this particular presentation of the material (through stimulation of the right hemisphere of the brain, bypassing the left) and had difficulty perceiving information outside of class.

4. Children with brain damage, lacking other opportunities, could only do what was offered to them, and could only do what they were taught.

Controversial issues of the Doman technique

When you read Glen Doman's books, you become infected with his ideas, because everything looks very simple, logical and tempting. However, there are controversial aspects of this technique, about which there are heated debates:

In his methodology, Doman constantly compares the human brain with a computer, very advanced, endowed with a huge amount of memory. But living children are not electronic machines. Filling their heads with hundreds and even thousands of bytes of information is unlikely to make them smarter or more educated. After all, it is not enough to know certain facts. You need to be able to apply and use them, and if this does not happen, then unnecessary information that the child cannot yet filter and “digest” accumulates in his head like unnecessary trash.

An abundance of information can overload and exhaust a child’s nervous system. And there is some likelihood that this will contribute to mental disorders (communication problems, sudden mood swings, touchiness, vulnerability, sensitivity, anxiety, lack of ability to perceive and concentrate, etc.) or physical (headaches, increased fatigue, disorders appetite, etc.). If you are lucky and the child turns out to be resistant to such overloads, then perhaps everything will end with truly excellent success.

It is important that stimulating upbringing and educational development correspond to the age characteristics of children. For example, children first develop visual thinking; the child sees a dog and associates it with the name “dog.” By studying written words and other objects incomprehensible to the child using cards using the Doman method, the child forms an abstract image, i.e. it matches the title only with a specific card. It is unlikely that at the zoo he will recognize the antelope that was so well shown to him in the picture before. After all, this requires certain experience, intellectual maturity and an effective need, which one-year-old children do not yet have.

When learning according to Glen Doman's method, the child is passive, he receives information only in order to reproduce it later. There is no creativity here, there is no need to obtain information, there are no questions here. You just need to look at the pictures and listen to the dispassionate facts. Thus, the curiosity inherent in every child from birth is dulled, and the desire to independently learn and study the world disappears.

Being carried away by intellectual development and operating with abstract concepts according to the Glen Doman method, adults do not leave the child time for creative, aesthetic, moral, psychological and emotional development. And how about just chatting and playing, moving and running, singing and dancing? After all, as you know, a child’s brain develops gradually and in accordance with the harmony inherent in nature itself, and when we stimulate only one or two parts of the brain, they develop at the expense of other parts.

In classes using the Doman method, only the visual and auditory organs are mainly involved, while for the integrity of perception, the interaction of all other senses is important: taste, smell, tactile sensations.

Working with Doman cards (making, sorting, selecting, training) takes a lot of time. And most parents soon begin to miss the enthusiasm with which they began to work using this method.

Learning to read using cards with pictures and captions is based on mechanical memorization of words, but the child still cannot read books with unfamiliar words, analyze what he read, or obtain the necessary information. Trained according to Glen Doman's method, the child only reproduces previously memorized text. In practice, most children do not make the connection between memorized words and spoken speech, and they still have to be taught to read again.

Books read or listened to do not always have to be accompanied by pictures, as is customary in the Doman method. This is necessary so that the baby’s brain learns to independently build a visual sequence based on the text. Otherwise, a child who is accustomed to gaining easy knowledge only from pictures will most likely have difficulty perceiving the usual text of a textbook without illustrations and will not want to learn what is difficult or uninteresting.

Children remember better the material that is included in a variety of games and active activities. And according to Glen Doman's method, the material is presented in only one way - through cards.

Fortunately, children have a well-developed instinct of self-preservation.

Up to 6 months, on the one hand, children still move little, and they could be attracted to showing cards, but on the other hand, they still have difficulty concentrating on the objects they see, and their knowledge about the world around them is still very poor.

After 6 months, due to the fact that babies begin to actively crawl and walk, it is also quite difficult to keep their attention on cards and classes using the Doman method.

After a year, children do not sit still for a minute - sometimes mothers have to run after them with Doman cards so that they even glance at the demonstrated teaching material.

At 1.5 - 2.5 years old, children fully demonstrate their independence and independence - they can begin to take cards away from you, look at pictures for a long time, ask questions, thereby contradicting the entire method of Glen Doman.

At 2.5 – 4 years old, children no longer care what they study. They will only watch what really interests them.

After four years The child has much more important things to do than looking at cards. It is during this period that he may flatly refuse to practice according to the Doman method.

Listen to your baby, and you will definitely understand what and how to do with him.

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