All About Right Brain Training
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anyone of you sending kids to happy train at bugis? any comment?
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err… my kid is @ hapy train tamp branch…
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May i know how you find the school and teaching method if this is effective?
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reiner:
err.. my kid is @ hapy train tamp branch...
feedback ? how old is ur child ? Thanks -
hi everyone, my son who is 4 can remember 30 cards for linking memory. he is not with shichida. the school that he is in does not sell the cards for us to practise at home. so, it is solely based on the training in school that he can recite the cards. can i check with the mummies that 30 cards is a gd indication of his memory power, considering that we don’t practise this at home? TIA!
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Rei Yan:
hi everyone, my son who is 4 can remember 30 cards for linking memory. he is not with shichida. the school that he is in does not sell the cards for us to practise at home. so, it is solely based on the training in school that he can recite the cards. can i check with the mummies that 30 cards is a gd indication of his memory power, considering that we don't practise this at home? TIA!
Hi Rei Yan,
Wow! In my opinion your child is gifted in \"photographic memory\".
Every child have different talent...
According to my kid's sensei, you should focus on your child's strength and interest.
So would recommend you practice to expand your child's talent.
I got a school friend... he can remember more than 100 song lyrics after seeing and hearing the lyrics. I wish I have that kind of memory!
All the best!
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Will an almost 6 years old able to do right brain training? What kind of activities are expected for that age group? Finding a class for ds, he gets anxious in unfamiliar setting so hope to find out more to explain to him and motivate him to go.
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Rei Yan:
hi everyone, my son who is 4 can remember 30 cards for linking memory. he is not with shichida. the school that he is in does not sell the cards for us to practise at home. so, it is solely based on the training in school that he can recite the cards. can i check with the mummies that 30 cards is a gd indication of his memory power, considering that we don't practise this at home? TIA!
Hi,
Just to share with you, in Shichida, 3 yo, they will remember 50 cards in each set.
4 yo they will recite the from memory. -
Rei Yan,
That’s great, hope your child continues to strengthen his memory.
In Shichida, for 3 year olds, the requirement for passing the linking memory test is to arrange 40 cards in 3 minutes. For 4 years old, the requirement is to recite 50 items in 2 minutes. For 5 years old, the requirement is 100 items in 2 minutes. (The time limit is actually very comfortable for them.) -
main10:
anyone of you sending kids to happy train at bugis? any comment?
my gal attended shichida from 10mo to 2.5yo. probably b'cos i did not do home practice with her, her memory is poor / far from my expectation. not wanting to give up totally, i switched her to happy train @ bugis. she has been there for a month and these are some of my opinions with regards to the 2 schools:
1) shichida was conducted in a more formal way. shichida teachers were more serious in class and they started/ended each class on time, whereas happy train teachers are more lively and flexible.
2) shichida admins could be quite unfriendly whereas happy train admins are the teachers themselves and they remember each student by name.
3) every shichida class was conducted in english with a bit of foreign languages incorporated into the lesson, whereas happy train conducts its classes in pure english, mandarin or japanese (one each week; this is one of the reasons why i switch to happy train)
4) happy train is almost 50% cheaper than shichida.
5) shichida's definitely more high tech - it's using macbook with lcd projection whereas happy train is still using cd player
6) as for the content, happy train doesn't have linking memory, phonics, abacus and speed reading. i'm still trying to think what activies happy train has that shichida didn't. otherwise the rest of the activities like flash cards, photo memory, flash memory, finger training, etc... are similar.