Brainwerkz I

So we did sign up for the programme after the talk (if you read my previous post). In fact, we are about to start our second term (12 weeks) with them. Anyway, here’s our journey so far…

I started reading up on Glenn Doman’s books first (when M was around 1 year old), starting with ‘How to teach your baby to read’ and ‘How to teach your baby Math’ and so on. I became aware of The Shichida Method around the same time. As there were no readily available reading material here, I ordered three of his books from Japan.

The power of the right brain amazed me enough to want to experiment on M. But I did not want to spend too much money such that my expectations will become unrealistically high. So I decided to go with the home-based Glenn Doman method. We first bought the English set from GD Baby. By the time I got started, M was 14 months and almost walking.

Not exactly the ideal time to start, but anyway I tried to flash the cards when she was ‘confined’, like when she’s on the potty or in the high-chair. Soon after, I started the Glenn Doman Math set but this time we bought the kit direct from US instead because it was a more basic set and cheaper even after shipping cost. M was not always interested in the cards, crawling away quite often.

I continued with the cards anyway. But as M was very easily distracted, I find myself flashing less cards and also less frequently. Occasionally, I stopped for a couple of weeks before starting again. I do not think we got very far really… definitely not like what others could achieve.

The flashcards slowly became forgotten and I stopped before M turned two. Then recently I was packing the flashcards and though if we should give them another try. Since I haven’t been too successful at home, I thought it could be time to seek some ‘expert’ help. As I’ve read quite a fair bit of negative feedback about the local Shichida franchise, I decided to go for another outfit, Little Neuro Tree. There is a relatively new outlet near our place.