Shichida Right Brain Training - Discussion

[Bowie]

Hi Simply Positive,


May I know which Mind Champ Pre school ur kid attend?

And how old is he?

Mind Champ has open a number of new branch which inc. Fusionpolis and City Square (coming soon) just wan to know more.

[Simplypositive]

Bowie:

Hi,


May I know which Mind Champ Preschool ur kid is attending and how old is he or she?

He attends the one in Toa Payoh. he started in K1 but now in K2. I transfered him from Cambridge Childcare in about 1 year ago. When he first started, he didn't know how to read or recognised all the letters (yes, at K1), but now he reads very well even for a boy. Worth checking out but I believe it is full. My friend's child attends the Tampine one and she seems to like it there too.

[phankao]

Simplypositive:

Bowie:

Hi,


May I know which Mind Champ Preschool ur kid is attending and how old is he or she?

He attends the one in Toa Payoh. he started in K1 but now in K2. I transfered him from Cambridge Childcare in about 1 year ago. When he first started, he didn't know how to read or recognised all the letters (yes, at K1), but now he reads very well even for a boy. Worth checking out but I believe it is full. My friend's child attends the Tampine one and she seems to like it there too.

How much does it cost? How is daily curriculum like?

[Happygolucky]

Believed in right brain training, so sent my two kids to Shichida for about 1 and a half year each. Maybe a bit too late, at 2 and 4 years old then, so not much impact. The elder one enjoyed the activities but don’t think it’s worth the fee. The second one worse, I ended up asking him to behave in class more than enjoying the class with him.


It may work in the long term(maybe 6 years). Saw a boy in my girl’s class then who can do math addition and subtraction at super speed. Then a lot of school math questions require you to be able to interpret the questions and applied, so no idea if it’s beneficial in that area.

Still don’t believe in the ESP training though. Kids most of the time ended up guessing and probably lucky at times only.

But I remember the principal did not say that all child can be trained to be "super memory, super smart kid" kids. It was more like show your kids more love and probably try to max their potential, in areas other than academic as well.

[bishanman]

Was with Shisida for 9 months when my kid is only 3 years old. Results not too good. In fact, their course seem to be targeting at training the parents how to teach their kids. during the lesson, every activities last less than 8-10 minutes. The pace it going seem breathless. I wonder how do they know the kids can understand. Sometimes, being adult, i have problem coping with the pace. Couple of kids in the class seem to have been with them for quite a while and their mum is full-time housewife, hence have the luxury of time to teach the kids during the week. In the end, my kid suffer a drop in self-confidence seeing how other kids (with full-time mum) "fly" during lesson. I also cannot stand the part at the start of the lesson, where they get the kid to rub the palm together to generate heat and request them to "swallow" the heat energy and pass some to the parents. So very unorthordox. Lasty, the teacher always end the lesson 5 minutes earlier. Not that I am calculative but for a 55 minutes lesson, 5 minutes is a big deal.

[mintcc]

bishanman:

also cannot stand the part at the start of the lesson, where they get the kid to rub the palm together to generate heat and request them to \"swallow\" the heat energy and pass some to the parents. So very unorthordox. Lasty, the teacher always end the lesson 5 minutes earlier. Not that I am calculative but for a 55 minutes lesson, 5 minutes is a big deal.

Hi bishanman, my child have been with shichida since 2 years old. However, will be withdrawing him from next term onwards now that he is 4 and there are many other enrichment which I think will engage him more. Overall we have a good experiecne as my child enjoys the classes a lot for the first 1 and a half yeards and I learn some useful techniques of teaching my child.

I think the part about rubbing palms together...it's just a relaxation technique. I think they try to make it more fun for the kid by swallowing the \"energy ball\" It's a lso a kind of imaginative play.

Our teacher always extend the class for our case. A 4:15 class ends at 5:30 most of the time, so I think the length of the class varies from teacher to teacher.

[bishanman]

Anyway, find it weird to have the "energy ball" pushed into my mouth by my kid. My lesson at best end on time but never extend.

[swansea]

I believe that it depends on the teacher herself. My kid used to attend class in Springleaf under Teacher Suxxx, she is quite good.

bishanman:

Anyway, find it weird to have the \"energy ball\" pushed into my mouth by my kid. My lesson at best end on time but never extend.

[cookiecreature]

Hi mincy, Wud you mind share with me how do you coach Multiplication sheet homework that the SM teacher gave?

[mintcc]

cookiecreature:

Hi mincy, Wud you mind share with me how do you coach Multiplication sheet homework that the SM teacher gave?

Sorry, we quite laid back with the home work....er actually never do home work hee.