Winston's reading is so good that it seemed like a good idea to use this to show him the Doman dots again. I started with the Doman dots when Winston was about 12 months, but it was always second to the reading and sort of fell by the wayside, It certainly wasnt done with the frequency suggested by Doman (How to Teach Your Baby Math: The Gentle Revolution
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It's difficult, he has done this set about 4 times, and can only really identify 1-3 for sure. He has just about got 4 and 5 is borderline. The higher numbers are too much. He seems to enjoy it. If i say numbers, he shouts out "numbis", and when he doesn't know he is keen to find out .. "daddy, daddy ..."
).It's difficult, he has done this set about 4 times, and can only really identify 1-3 for sure. He has just about got 4 and 5 is borderline. The higher numbers are too much. He seems to enjoy it. If i say numbers, he shouts out "numbis", and when he doesn't know he is keen to find out .. "daddy, daddy ..."
Our boys are kinda opposites. Mine would do numbers anytime but not read unless I use puppets!
ReplyDeleteHe counts all the time. We often negotiate with Winston for how many more spoonfuls of food he will eat. If we say how about 2 more spoons, he will always say 3. If we say 4, he will say 5. I think because he hears the numbers in order so often he just knows what comes next. The Doman methods is all about getting a real sense of quantity first, and then moving over to the figures that represent that amount. I didnt really hve time to do so much quantity (red dots) stuff when he was younger , as the reading took priority and was more fun to see how quickly he could read.
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