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.

Sharon Heng:

Hi JJ_T,


I am a KS Shichida mom, I started sending my 4 month old daughter to Shichida classes last year.
On her 1st lesson the sensei started flashing cards at a fast pace.
If you want to follow Shichida Method style, you may want to look at

http://www.rightbraineducationshop.com :idea:

They have a lot of info that you can read...

Thanks for recommending the rightbraineducationshop.com website.

I do have problems looking for variety of flash cards. They seem to be same style... like apple, ball, cat..etc. My son just cannot keep still, and gets bored with the flash cards I bought.
I'll try it out.