Shichida Right Brain Training - Discussion

[mintcc]

Merlion:

Sorry to say that I think all these right brain training classes are a bit over rated. There are a lot of methods and games that you can play with your kids to help them to develope their right brain. I really don't believe that 2 hours a week will help. It is still up to the parents to work with the kids, so why spend so much money on it?

ermmm it's like going to classes for anything lor...I can watch video and practice yoga and aerobics or figure out how to bake a cake on my own but going to classes helps motivates us to practice, gives us new ideas to use, allows us to compare what we do and what is done in class, get feedback, fill in gaps in our teaching and last but not least make sure there is at least sometime each week dedicated to practicing all the varied activities.

I know many parents who were extremely motivated and were able to consistently practice and play right brain games with their children on their own. I am one of those lazy ones who if I did not go to class will probably practice right brain games once a month...or less...
:oops:

[mintcc]

something like that lah... does help with colour recall. There are however, deeper meaning to using mandalas. you can read more about it here

http://www.mandalaproject.org/What/Index.html

[marvic]

mincy:

Merlion:

Sorry to say that I think all these right brain training classes are a bit over rated. There are a lot of methods and games that you can play with your kids to help them to develope their right brain. I really don't believe that 2 hours a week will help. It is still up to the parents to work with the kids, so why spend so much money on it?

ermmm it's like going to classes for anything lor...I can watch video and practice yoga and aerobics or figure out how to bake a cake on my own but going to classes helps motivates us to practice, gives us new ideas to use, allows us to compare what we do and what is done in class, get feedback, fill in gaps in our teaching and last but not least make sure there is at least sometime each week dedicated to practicing all the varied activities.

I know many parents who were extremely motivated and were able to
consistently practice and play right brain games with their children on their own. I am one of those lazy ones who if I did not go to class will probably practice right brain games once a month...or less...
:oops:

One more aspect of attending those classes, is that your child get to mix around with the classmates. There are more interaction which are definitely helpful to both children and parents. In our case, my son left the Shicida few years ago, but we still keep in touch with some other parents whom we develop friendship during those classes.

[marvic]

sorry if my udnerstanding is correct, the colours used are bright which is easy to be recognised by babies or very young children. no wonder that toys for babies and young children are made up of mainly bright red, blue, green, yellow. we seldom see toys that are colours like grey, black, white. so such colours are used for training the memory cos they are what the babies/young children can easily recognise.

[concern2]

When my child first attended Shichia, I didn't know Mandala was all about either. I even asked the teacher to repeat the word several times cos it didn't sound like English! :oops: But after reading through some of the useful websites like the one mincy mentioned, I was truly...no words to explain... 'wowed'!! ?? - more than impressed. It's something that you see in nature but take for granted. It's about beauty too. And the colouring exercise helps develop patience and muscles for writing.


The activity that Mincy talks about at Shichida - is the one that they use to train photographic memory. One morning while having breakfast with my daughter, I ask her if she could remember the mandala she did the day before (which she did wrongly the first time), and she could recall the colours correctly! I was surprised because I thought it was suppose to train short-term memory! I was pretty diligent on this activity since!

[concern2]

I think my son has a gift in ESP. He’ll get 90% correct answers for ESP during his Shichida classes, and in our daily day-to-day events, he’ll say things that amazes my husband and I. Example:

When we go out for dinner, he’ll say things like - no, don’t go there. When we ask him why, he’ll say ‘I don’t know, just don’t go there!’ When we arrive, the place would either be crowded or the stall/restaurant would be closed or something else would have happened.

Another instance was when he told me my friend’s son doesn’t have a certain toy. I didn’t believe him cos it’s a common toy and we haven’t met my friend and family for a long time. When I met up with my friend, his son pointed to the toy on my son’s hand and asked ‘Mommy, what’s that?’. :!:

On the contrary, my daughter doesn’t seem to be using her inner senses. When we play ESP games, she’ll just point to the picture that looks most appealing to her or simply picks the cards in sequence.

You can tell by the look in their eyes when they are choosing the cards whether they are using their senses. It’s amazing to watch them at play.

[mintcc]

concern2:

I think my son has a gift in ESP. He'll get 90% correct answers for ESP during his Shichida classes, and in our daily day-to-day events, he'll say things that amazes my husband and I. Example:

When we go out for dinner, he'll say things like - no, don't go there. When we ask him why, he'll say 'I don't know, just don't go there!' When we arrive, the place would either be crowded or the stall/restaurant would be closed or something else would have happened.

Another instance was when he told me my friend's son doesn't have a certain toy. I didn't believe him cos it's a common toy and we haven't met my friend and family for a long time. When I met up with my friend, his son pointed to the toy on my son's hand and asked 'Mommy, what's that?'. :!:

On the contrary, my daughter doesn't seem to be using her inner senses. When we play ESP games, she'll just point to the picture that looks most appealing to her or simply picks the cards in sequence.

You can tell by the look in their eyes when they are choosing the cards whether they are using their senses. It's amazing to watch them at play.

wow that's pretty amazing..my son is like your daughter. He will just pick the cards in sequence. But for guessing which item is in the box...he usually got it right. But the only thing he is good at guessing right in real life is which elevator will come first

[adafew]

ChiefKiasu:

winth:

...I took him out of Shichida after 1 year not because it is not good, but I've created a little-Shichida for him back at home after I've realised the gist of right-brain program.

Hi winth, thanks for sharing your experience with Shichida. I think you hit the nail on the head, that enrichment courses for young children are really meant for PARENTS to learn and assimilate within the home environment. There is really no need to continue with the programme after you have learnt the ropes and have successfully integrated it within your child's home regime.

I agreed totally! :grphug:
This SM can only be effective with parents involvement, even Mrs Khoo mentioned that as well.

[concern2]

As I get to practice Mandala Colour Memory more often with my kids, I realize something about visualization abilities.


Some people simply cannot imagine, say, a white box in red. This form of visualization is relevant to our daily life - like imagining what wall colours you would like in planning your home interiors or dealing with questions like ‘would this suit look better in black or grey’? I know of some people who just cannot visualize anything and must see it with their own eyes. Most designers and artists have this ability to ‘see’ without actually seeing it.

Come to think of it, learning to use the Abacus has this ability to train visualization too. I shall elaborate this in the Abacus thread…

[Simplypositive]

Fettuccine:

Hi all,


I am keen to send my kids to learn at Shichida. Although at their preschool, they are doing spelling, simple dictation, maths, reading, I would like my kids to improve the use of their \"right brain\", just for enrichment

Does anyone have any comments about the results, effectiveness and what exactly are they going to learn about? Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi, why not try whole brain learning.My son goes to MindChamps Preschool and loves it. They have gym lessons as part of the preschool which I hear is very good for right brain stuff. his favourite is gourmet moments (and mine too for that matter) where brings back some delicious food he has cooked up in class. A few weeks ago, he brought back real salmon baked with rosemary leaves and all. I was surprised and it was delicious.