Glenn Doman is a physical therapist and a pioneer in the field of child brain development.\u00a0In 1955 he founded the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP), a non-profit organization providing teaching programs\u00a0 to improve and accelerate the mental and physical development of normal as well as brain-damaged children.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Doman’s Philosophy<\/h2>\n

Glenn Doman wrote a dozen of books about early child development<\/a>, which became the beginning of a gentle revolution which continues to this day. Millions of mothers and fathers have read this book, and countless babies and young children have been started on a pathway to intellectual excellence as a result.<\/p>\n

The Doman’s method is based around the following core beliefs:<\/p>\n

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• Every child has genius potential.<\/strong>
  \nEvery child born has, at the moment of birth, a greater potential intelligence than Leonardo da Vinci ever used.<\/li>\n
• Stimulation is the key to unlocking a child’s potential.<\/strong>
  \nBrain growth and development are a single dynamic process which can be stopped (as it is by profound brain injury), slowed (as it is by moderate brain injury), but most significantly, this is a process which can be speeded.<\/li>\n
• Teaching should commence at birth.<\/strong>
  \nThe first year of life is a critical time when the brain is growing explosively. The brain literally grows by use – and if we use it, we’re going to grow it. And if you don’t use it, especially in the first 12 months, then you literally will lose brain cells.<\/li>\n
• The younger the child, the easier the learning process.<\/strong>
  \nBefore the age of five a child can easily absorb tremendous amounts of information. If the child is younger than four it will be easier and more effective, before three even easier and much more effective, and before two the easiest and most effective of all.<\/li>\n
• Children naturally love to learn.<\/strong>
  \nKids would rather learn than eat; kids would rather learn than play. In fact, kids think learning is play.<\/li>\n
• Parents are their child’s best teacher.<\/strong>
  \nIn your worst minute of your worst day with your child, you will be your child’s best teacher – better than anyone in the whole world. On an average day or the best moment of your best day, you are absolutely spectacular – because you know your child better than anyone else.<\/li>\n
• Teaching and learning should be joyous.<\/strong>
  \nParents deserve to experience the joy that comes from teaching their baby, and babies have a right to appreciate the joy of learning with their parents.<\/li>\n
• Teaching and learning should never involve testing.<\/strong>
  \nOne of the beauties of teaching a tiny child is that the process of teaching is a pure process of giving information without asking for it back again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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  Learning with Flashcards<\/h2>\n

  Glenn Doman offers a universal recipe for teaching very young children using flashcards. The method taps into the enormous potential of a very young child by encouraging you to begin as early as possible.<\/p>\n

  In his method, Doman used flashcards with red dots, pictures and words. These cards were shown to a child for a short time, but many times a day. Gradually, the number of cards increased.<\/p>\n

  The cards stimulated redundant healthy brain cells of the brain-damaged children. Months of painstaking work left before sick children began to develop, move, talk. Mentally retarded children in their development were catching up with their peers. Sick children began to speak, count, write earlier. Subsequently, the technique of Doman began to be used as an educational tool<\/a> for teaching healthy children.<\/p>\n

  Nowadays the method of using flashcards allows children from all over the world to quickly learn the names of the things while playing, remember how words are written. Such learning develops kids’ intellect, forms photographic memory and encyclopedic knowledge.<\/p>\n