Square One Publishers How to Teach Your Baby to Read: The Gentle Revolution

Way back in 1981, my 30 month old daughter was barely speaking a word. Her younger brother was actually speaking in sentences. Her hearing was fine and she was almost obsessed with the circular Laurie puzzles as she had excellent fine motor skills. In retrospect, I think she may have had an early or mild form of autism. I was fortunate enough to meet Marva Collins and cornered her in a restroom and pleaded for help with my daughter. She told me about this book. I kept pleading "What else?" She annoyingly told me "Just get the book." and walked away. I think my edition was from 1979 and cost $1.95 new. Within a few days, it was as if something turned on in my daughter's brain and something turned off. A week later, she was clearly reading word cards and communicating with us. If you believe in miracles, this would definitely be one. She entered kindergarten, reading at about 2nd to 3rd grade level, took Suzuki lessons, graduated from high school, college, and graduate school with honors. I used this method with all six of my children and am now passing it on to my grandchildren, including my daughter's newborn. I recommend it to all my patients with young children. THIS BOOK IS A MUST for every parent and child. I wish I could give it 10 stars!

The books were in great shape however 17 pages in and it is not a well researched and sourced book that said it could still add value as I am early into it

Firstly the condition of this used book was as new so I was delighted. This is the method my mam used to teach me and by age 3 I was reading adult joined up writing upside down. She has always praised this method and I was using another method for a while in the belief it was the same one but with little success.. My little boy is 2 and 2 months and in the past 12 days now has 27 words ( as of last night) that he can read or identify. I give a day break every 3 just so he won't get bored and intend to continue this even though it's not mentioned. I've also made up a few games around the words to relieve the boredom so it's not just 'this is' all the time. I would definitely recommend making some of the words about their favorite things ( mine is mad about any form of transport esp construction so there's a plethora of vehicles thrown in ) . It's so simple to and takes very little time, I am blessed that I'm a stay at home mum. This method works, I am proof and now my son is showing me that my mum wasn't crazy all those years (40) ago. Great investment in your child's future.

A Great book! A must read for every parent who wishes to see your baby thrive. Thank you Glenn Doman.

I started our son at age two and our daughter at age 18 months to read, so talking and reading grew together. Using an old set of Dick and Jane books, they finished the first grade series by age three and could read I Can Read books largely independently after that. The Doman method is the old see-and-say whole-word method, but I added phonics with our lessons for decoding skills. Two sets of plastic magnetic letters (from Toys R Us and a school-supply store) on the refrigerator door were used to find all of a specific letter, match capitals and lower case, build words, and create short sentences. Many words don't "sound out," and were taught as sight words through drill with flash cards, as in the book. Index cards were used to write words in manuscript for flash cards to drill words already introduced. The huge word cards recommended in the book were not needed for my "older" children. I did not read the Dick and Jane books (available online at Walmart) to the children, as they were teaching tools, but Dr. Seuss or other level one easy-to-read books would work. First the words in a story were introduced with the plastic letters and drilled with the flash cards until known, which took a week at first, then only a few days later. I asked the kids questions about what was in the picture and what was happening, then ran my finger under the words as the child read the story aloud. Of course I read picture books to the kids, also discussing the pictures and running my finger under the words. We read one or two stories and stopped reading at the height of the interest, which caused the kids to want to come back for more. I wanted to try Glenn Doman's idea to teach little kids to read, as I witnessed a dyslexic young man, who could not read, be rehabilitated at Doman's Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potentai outside Philadelphia when all else had failed. At IAHP a two year old with half her brain removed learned to read simply by observing an adult run a finger under the words while reading aloud, begging the question, "What's the matter with normal children?" Thus the movement for early learning began. It is not only possible to teach pre-schoolers to read, but it is the ideal time to teach anything. We miss the easiest time for a child to learn if we wait until first grade. I strongly recommend reading this book and courageously launch a life-enhancing adventure for the children and parents or grandparents. Add your own phonics. Rose Bayly