| dy"> | | | | In this difficult task, he discovered that even a |
| Glenn Doman's Method in Practice | | | | child with millions of dead brain cellsmay perform |
| To risk a new educational approach, a "Challenge | | | | and learn certain tasks that were considered |
| to Literacy" was the least that Icould do to | | | | impossible. He noted thata child with half the brain |
| contribute to the modifications of our antiquated | | | | removed appeared to perform equal to another |
| educational system. | | | | child withan intact brain. |
| To challenge the present day process of | | | | The challenge presented itself in the form of the |
| eliminating illiteracy is an obligation for allserious | | | | question "Why would not a child innormal |
| educators. Perhaps it was because of this | | | | conditions not have a better performance, |
| conviction that I did not hesitateto teach my | | | | perhaps a factor two better, thana child with |
| babies to read. What damage could be done? | | | | cerebral problems?" |
| None whatsoever! | | | | Asked was could be wrong with the education of |
| There is much controversy among specialists | | | | normal children, Glenn Domandiscovered that we |
| over the best methods to facilitatelearning in | | | | were teaching children to speak, to listen, but |
| infancy. While these controversies continue, we | | | | giving noopportunity for them to see the words, |
| parents and educators,who are in contact with | | | | that that would lead obviously to the abilityto |
| our children since birth, must not prevent the | | | | read, if we were to do so. |
| appearance ofsolutions. | | | | He suggested to parents that they begin a |
| We must struggle and find the solutions. We need | | | | "smooth revolution," increasing letter sizeand |
| to see the possibility of a neweducational | | | | showing them to children daily, in the form of a |
| approach. Is it utopian to imagine 4 year old | | | | game. He verified that theywould learn well, and |
| children entering schoolalready literate? How much | | | | successfully. |
| time and effort would be saved in society and in | | | | In his book 'How to Teach Your Baby to Read' |
| theeducational system as a whole? | | | | Glenn Doman prepares the parent toconfront the |
| In the world of stimuli that they are exposed, the | | | | controversies and prejudices. He presents in |
| ability to read is a tangibleconcept, among others, | | | | Chapter 7 his method,which if only seen |
| that they manipulate (with their eyes) and as a | | | | superficially, can appear as a useless 'recipe', which |
| concept isassimilated, absorbed. The experiences | | | | would lead tonothing. |
| that follow from this are accommodated,resulting | | | | In my book "Babies Can (and did!) Read", I can |
| in a growing necessity to acquire always more of | | | | say that I have tested such a 'recipe'and that it is |
| the concept, the ability toread. The activity of | | | | not what it seems to be initially; this 'recipe' is, |
| reading, which began as a game, becomes itself a | | | | above all, a trueinstrument which will conduce to |
| game all thetime. As the game is played more | | | | an effective revolution in human education, of |
| and more, more does the child wish to | | | | thenormal child. The application of Glenn Doman's |
| dominatethe game itself. The fact that reading is | | | | method to my three children, whichwill be briefly |
| a spontaneous game, made real by thechild's own | | | | explained in the following pages, was the scientific |
| mind, shows that mental activities are the only | | | | validation in Brazilof the applied and experienced |
| things that we reallylearn, and as such, lead the | | | | method, added to its respective results. The |
| baby to dominate real objects and their | | | | resultsobtained and annexed at the end of my |
| abstractionsduring her integration in the family and | | | | book will serve to foment new research inthe |
| in society. | | | | educational field, and will give way to more |
| Glenn Doman, the director of The Institute of | | | | inquiries into the workings of theeducational |
| Human Potential, in Philadelphia,initiated a clinical | | | | system and in the ways we have been dealing |
| project, working in the beginning with children with | | | | with our children sinceearly childhood. Let's all |
| brain defects,which led generally to unexpected | | | | 'Challenge Literacy' and with it, increase our |
| results. He perceived that problems with the | | | | babieslearning!!! |
| ears,eyes, feet, among others, could be minimized | | | | Eliane Leao, PhD |
| if the treatment began in the mind. | | | | Challenge to Literacy (c) 2006 |
| He introduced an approach which emphasized the | | | | Visit our page for a free starter Ebook on the |
| brain with the objective to detectand resolve | | | | subject of babies and learning. |
| problems of other organs. | | | | |