All About Right Brain Training

[zenth]

EASON MAGPIES:

I too like the staff and teachers at MLG. Though mine is at Jurong East so it seems it is quite standardised!

Any parents keen to sign up your child for My Little Genius - Jurong East, I have a $50 voucher to give away. Only for new sign ups. Please pm me thanks!

[Mishasha]

Hi,


Anyone have tried Brain Brilliance (former home based SM at Bishan)? Can share your experience as I am interested.

My elder DD was with SM since 1yr old for 5yrs. Did home practise daily for 30mins (1-3yrs old) and 45min-1hr (4-6yrs old). Combined with Tweedle Wink (before 4yrs old) and Wink (5-6yrs old) as I took online TweedleWink course 6yrs ago. Used SM flashcards, 65 days dots cards, Mini LUK/LUK, Nikitin blocks, LM, Mandala cards, Tweedle Wink/Wink products and many DIY flash cards, Glenn Doman POI and Encyclopedia knowledge cards etc.

Result : DD is an independent reader, fast at grabing concept, good memory. But she dislike Math dot cards and I failed to go through the whole cycle, hence not too good in that area. She has a thirst for knowledge and loves to read.

Now second baby, started pre-natal with BabyPlus. Signed up for SM prenatal program but they never able to start a class. So gave up and just relied on BabyPlus. Used black/red/white colour cards at 2mth old, then proceed to flashcards when she turned 4mth. Incorporated with Glenn Doman method this time - more on physical development. Crawling, swimming, monkey bar. From 8mths onwards, she has been doing 300 cards daily (10mins a day).

My experience: SM is very ex and standard of staff has dropped. Since now there are more choices, you should look around to find out before you commit. But most important, you must understand the right brain training method thoroughly before you start. I have also attended the Brain Gym class and hence get to know why certain exercises (eg. eye exercise) are done in such a way and the effect of them.

There are now many right brain materials available, hence much easier to prepare your home practise materials. Daily home practise is very important to see effect.

Some websites to check out :

1) http://www.rightbrainkids.com/
2) http://www.childandme.com/
3) http://www.brillkids.com/
4) http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/581296/6215300.html?1319529028
5) http://bbs.etjy.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=5
- for those who understand Chinese
6) http://www.fdqzjw.com/fdqjyln/

Hope somebody can share their rightbrain experience with me :lovesite:

[Stinkybomb]

Hi MIshasha,


My boy only attended SM for 1.5 yrs…that was when he was 2 … Felt tat the training part was almost the same thru the terms only increase in difficult level … So I dropped and trained myself… More relaxed… As for the math program … We started with sm 65 days… But frustrated cos keep repeating with no good reasoning or understanding to the program tat we switched to GD math… GD math works great n ds enjoyed it a lot n built n strong foundation in math.

U had done alot with your gal! U r not working rite? I can only select wat I can afford to teach at home since I work. But I teach to bond with my ds so practice session of 1 hr daily mon to fri is always fun…

Thanks for the links u posted… Now tat I having second child soon … Hopefully can do the same as my ds or more…

[tanml]

Mishasha:

Hi,


Anyone have tried Brain Brilliance (former home based SM at Bishan)? Can share your experience as I am interested.

My elder DD was with SM since 1yr old for 5yrs. Did home practise daily for 30mins (1-3yrs old) and 45min-1hr (4-6yrs old). Combined with Tweedle Wink (before 4yrs old) and Wink (5-6yrs old) as I took online TweedleWink course 6yrs ago. Used SM flashcards, 65 days dots cards, Mini LUK/LUK, Nikitin blocks, LM, Mandala cards, Tweedle Wink/Wink products and many DIY flash cards, Glenn Doman POI and Encyclopedia knowledge cards etc.

Result : DD is an independent reader, fast at grabing concept, good memory. But she dislike Math dot cards and I failed to go through the whole cycle, hence not too good in that area. She has a thirst for knowledge and loves to read.

Now second baby, started pre-natal with BabyPlus. Signed up for SM prenatal program but they never able to start a class. So gave up and just relied on BabyPlus. Used black/red/white colour cards at 2mth old, then proceed to flashcards when she turned 4mth. Incorporated with Glenn Doman method this time - more on physical development. Crawling, swimming, monkey bar. From 8mths onwards, she has been doing 300 cards daily (10mins a day).

My experience: SM is very ex and standard of staff has dropped. Since now there are more choices, you should look around to find out before you commit. But most important, you must understand the right brain training method thoroughly before you start. I have also attended the Brain Gym class and hence get to know why certain exercises (eg. eye exercise) are done in such a way and the effect of them.

There are now many right brain materials available, hence much easier to prepare your home practise materials. Daily home practise is very important to see effect.

Some websites to check out :

1) http://www.rightbrainkids.com/
2) http://www.childandme.com/
3) http://www.brillkids.com/
4) http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/581296/6215300.html?1319529028
5) http://bbs.etjy.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=5
- for those who understand Chinese
6) http://www.fdqzjw.com/fdqjyln/

Hope somebody can share their rightbrain experience with me :lovesite:

Hi Dear,

I used to send my son to SM for 1 year, and I also find it very ex.
I have tried to DIY at home using some materials on the net.

But I find the closes to SM is http://www.rightbraineducationshop.com.
I am currently using their Shichida flash card material from this site.

Perhaps you could take a look at this website.

I find SM classes very good but lack materials. Their Tensei products are also very ex.

Do let me know what you think.

[jamiebrandon]

Hi Tamml,


I am currently sending my son Brandon to Shichida in Malaysia (Wisma Lim Foo Yong). Classes are GREAT!!

But,

the only problem is I have to get more Shichida flash cards to flash to my son.

So like yourself, I am using http://www.rightbraineducationshop.com as my resource.

They have thousands of flash cards, linking memory, all sorts of math flash cards like addition, subtraction, multiplication, multi dots, and mandala, and etc.

So far this is the BEST website so far I have found!!

After trying and buying others, rightbraineducationshop is the one for me.

Could anyone enlighten me about TweedleWink?

Are they actually right brain education?

Why are their flash cards flashed so slow.

I thought you need to flash fast to activate the right brain?

Thanks!! :?
:lovesite:

[Mishasha]

I used materials from various sources : Glenn Doman (POIs and BOIs), Tensai Store, TweedleWink (0-6yrs) and Wink (above 6yrs), download files compiled by parents in Brillkids forum and flash in ppt, collect pictures from Google and DIY flash cards etc.


I came across Rightbrainshop but found it not suitable for my kids, so I continued to DIY my flashcards. I bought flashcards in 7 languages from Taobao and books from Dangdang to make my home practise more interesting.

1) http://static.dangdang.com/topic_custom/publication/2272_210992.shtml
2) http://www.beyond123.com/bam/bam.html
3) http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=640.1000530.1000193.1&id=7007244251&cm_cat=35,50006004,50005998,50008165,50067081&pm1=1&source=dou

or you may go to Taobao and search under : 杜曼 or 七田真. Many flashcards and CDs available, much cheaper than Tensai store.

4) http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=640.1000530.1000193.2&id=6081330040&cm_cat=35,50006004,50008165,50005998,50067081,50097448&pm2=2&source=dou

- Go to Taobao and search : wisecube.

[jamiebrandon]

mintcc:

1. http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/enrichment/shichida-method

2. iGenius
3. Little Neuro Tree
4. Glenn Doman

Tweedle Wink have some right brain training materials. For right barin training toys like puzzles, memory games, there are some in Popular Book Store and Learning Fun. There are quite a number of threads discussing the different schools and training materials, linking memory in the http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewforum.php?f=7. Can check them out ...

There is also an episode on xiao chao ren that shows a little girl doing linking memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uov17e7r5cQ

Hi Mishasha,

If I may suggest,

http://www.rightbraineducationshop.com gives away
a FREE E-BOOK That tells you about Shichida and other right brain education stuff. It covers all the topics of the right brain schools like -

1) Flash cards
2) Eye training
3) Mandala
4) Linking Memory
5) etc.
First thing is, According to Shichida, flash cards must be, or recommended to be \"real life\" pictures. NOT animated!


This is the basic of Shichida or Heguru right brain education.

When flashing cards it must be less than 1 second in order to activate the right brain.


Before signing up with them I have been making my own flash cards.
I even bought a expensive Canon Color printer and used a 300gm paper to print my own flash cards.

I have close to 1000 over DIY flash cards.

After trying rightbraineducationshop.com, it saves me the hassle to make and print my own.
If I work it out, it is very costly to print.

I only believe in Glenn Doman, Shichida Method and Heguru.

If you look at their website you can tell these are the real right brain school.
Just look at their history and background.

So I will go for GD, SM and Heguru Method.

I suggest you to go download the ebook.

http://www.rightbraineducationshop.com

http://www.youtube.com/user/RightBrainEducation

:bewaremod:

[Mishasha]

Hi Jamie,


Thanks for sharing so much info on right brain training.

When I sent my elder gal to Shichida when she was 1yr old, I had been busy looking around for materials to prepare my home practice. I stumbled upon TweedleWink's founder Pamela Hickein's website (She operated a rightbrain school in US a no. of years back). I actually took an online training program by her and got hold of the Teacher's eguide which covered all aspect of right brain training including lessons planning (prenatal till 6yrs). It was the best guide I have ever had as many \"secrets\" and reasons behind how lessons are planned were explained in great details (even how to build a right brain training classroom)

Pamela Hickein co-developed Linking Memory (known as Memory Train under Tweedle Wink course) with Professor Shichida. When I met Professor Shichida in Singapore before he passed away a couple of years back, he spoke very highly of Pamela. For those who want to know more of right brain training, you may visit the following websites :

1) http://rightbrainkids.blogspot.sg/
2) http://www.rightbrainkids.com/

Hope more mummies can share their experience

[Nancy Yeoh]

Hi Jamiebrandon,


If you ask me.. I will stick to Shichida and Heguru.

I have send my eldest son and daughter to Shichida, Tweedle Wink and Heguru.

My son joined Tweedle Wink back in 2009 (January Intake).

Their 1st outlet was in Women Institute of Management Building (WIM) 7, Jalan Abang Haji Openg, Taman Tun Dr Ismail. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

We were the 1st group of parents that send our children there.
The teachers (3) were all from Shichida Method (Wisma Lim Foo Yong).

At that time I send my child there because it is near my house. and I knew some of the ex shichida teachers that joined.

I have also met Pamela many times. It was a very new set up, so a lot of topics were Shichida Method based only few of the items were hers.

Now with regards to Pamela Hickens, she is a translator for Professor Dr Makoto Shichida and a qualified Montessori teacher.

She did not co work with Shichida to come out with... linking memory.

Anyway the Tweedle Wink classes in WIM Taman Tun was closed after a year, because of some misunderstanding with her local partner.

She later open her next outlet in Bandar Putri Puchong with another partner.

Then I later send my kid to Heguru, which is in Mid Valley.

You can always clarify with Mrs Khoo, the principal of Shichida Method with regards to Tweedle Wink.

Tweedle Wink may work for some and some parents may like it.

But it is not the original right brain education school.

Hope that answers all your questions.

Anyway, Jamiebrandon, how are the Shichida classes these days?

:celebrate:

[jamiebrandon]

Hi Nancy,


Thanks for your reply.

I also did some research, and you are right.
I have also found out that Pamela Heiken was actually a translator for Makoto Shichida and she was trained by him.

Anyway, classes in Shichida are Great!!
Brandon enjoy his classes very much.

Thanks!
:udawoman: