Singaporeans & Malaysians!

[zlyne]

Hi,

There are a few right brain centers in Singapore.

1. iGenius - http://www.igenius.sg/
2. Little Neuro Tree (formerly known as Trio) - most of the staffs are from Shichida. http://www.littleneurotree.com/
3. Glenn Doman - http://www.gdbaby.com.sg/
4. Right Brain Networkz - http://www.rightbrain-networkz.com/

There are a lot more brain centers for older kids such as MindChamps, Singapore Brain Development Centre, Tony Buzan Learning Centre, LogicMills, Adam Khoo etc...

Go figure.

Cheers,
Angie

Hi Angie

Thanks for the listing it out.  I haven't been actively in the forum and thus the late reply.

There's aplenty to choose from and this is creating confusion. Not wanting to be "kiasu" but really, sometimes I wonder how not to.

[angie]

There's aplenty to choose from and this is creating confusion. Not wanting to be "kiasu" but really, sometimes I wonder how not to.
[/quote]

Yup, I agree with you. I think we are in the dilemma on what to do with the kids education. Not wanting to be "kiasu" but at the same time we do not want him to be left behind and missed the window of opportunity.

There is a lot of argument on the early learning. Some people argued that we should not teach the children at all. The following is the video clip from Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Professor at Temple University and author of the book "Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Our Children Really Learn-- And Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less".

Part 1 - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/iYANf5DlhLU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/iYANf5DlhLU&rel=1</a>
Part 2 - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/u1TEynH9UmU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/u1TEynH9UmU&rel=1</a>
Part 3 - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/kxLGP3kZ1n4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/kxLGP3kZ1n4&rel=1</a>
Part 4 - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/6_FfFdYCIjM&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/6_FfFdYCIjM&rel=1</a>

Shall we? Shall we not?

Cheers,
Angie

[nhockaday]

I really could go on all day about what this lady has to say, but I don't type fast enough to write all of my thoughts. 

I agree with her about EQ and sending kids to preschool, but that's where it ends. My son plays all day, exept for the short intervals of playful learning. You should see the toys all over the house. He enjoys Little Reader. He enjoys YBCR. He enjoys Tweedlewink. And yes, for the most part, he enjoys "the flash cards". When you make learning fun, and teach in a playful way, kids don't realize that they're learning. We don't drill, we don't test, we don't force. My son thinks we are playing when we do educational stuff, and if that's the case, what could possibly be wrong with it?

[anushyam]

Hi all,

sorry for the late post. I didn't know this thread existed until now!! 

I'm from S'pore and my son is attending shichida classes for a 2 months now. The classes are actually based on having fun and learning. The teachers don't force the kids to sit in one place to learn, they can be moving about. The quickness of the activities (1 activity 3 mins or less) first bewildered me but that's how fast the kids get bored of doing an activity.

The kids are fully engaged for that 1hr and after every shichida class my son falls asleep on the way home. He enjoys the activities and i guess gives all his energy and thus he tires easily.

Anushyam

[nohayo]

I personally don't see why it has to be this or that...it's not flashcards OR EQ...If I was a parent, I would try my best to give my kids BOTH

[iyph28]

Every parent would love to provide the best for our kids. Most importantly, we have to shower our children with LOVE, CARE and quality TIME. 

There are so many material/educational things that we would want our kids to have. Such as the best enrichment classes, gym sessions, educational VCDs and many tons of stuffs.

Just try our best to provide within our means that would be less stressful.

It is out of LOVE that we would want our kids to have the best or at least the good ones but definitetly NOT the "fear of losing", "KIASU". Money spent, it can be earned again. Golden time lost, it can never be bought for.   

Love conquers all fears

[ZaJa]

Amen to that iyph28! I second the motion!

[KL]

There is a lot of argument on the early learning. Some people argued that we should not teach the children at all. The following is the video clip from Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Professor at Temple University and author of the book "Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Our Children Really Learn-- And Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less".

Yes, this is one of the more popular books that is anti-early learning.  Maddy (our Editor) has dealt with her main arguments here:

http://www.brillbaby.com/early-learning/teaching-will-harm-the-child.php

And Nohayo is completely right - the biggest misunderstanding is that people think it's EITHER / OR, eg,. it's either learning or play.

and iyph28 - well said!

[Maddy]

Thanks KL. And btw I have responded to more of the points presented in Einstein Never Used Flash Cards in this article.

To me, the authors are particularly misguided when it comes to early reading. They say, "A number of studies indicate that children who have been taught to memorize printed words might be ahead in first grade, but by third and fourth grades many of the other children have caught up or even surpassed them."

This doesn't take into account the fact that if you start teaching your child to read as a baby, she will normally be able to sound out words - and so will be a phonetic reader - by the time she starts school! This is an enormous advantage compared to those children who begin school unable to read.

Besides, other scientific studies have shown that there are lasting benefits to learning to read early - at age three or four compared with five or six. You can read about those on this page of Robert Titzer's website.

[angie]

   , I do believe in early learning and I am still holding on to the flash cards. As a mother, I want the best for my son and when I see someone doubting about what I have been doing, I will take a step back to look at what went wrong with it. I have not read this book and I intend to do so. One of the reasons is to understand if there is any supporting document or statistic to prove that it is wrong using the flash cards. At the same time, I would also like to understand how successful GD method and I am sure we can find some examples as this method has been around for decades. Can anyone share with us if you came across this?

I like the comment from iyph28. Yes, love conquers all fears. Love has make me a better person.

[KL]

I'm from S'pore and my son is attending shichida classes for a 2 months now. The classes are actually based on having fun and learning. The teachers don't force the kids to sit in one place to learn, they can be moving about. The quickness of the activities (1 activity 3 mins or less) first bewildered me but that's how fast the kids get bored of doing an activity.

Good to know!  Can you share a bit more with us what happens in the class? what kinds of activities do you do?

[LDSMom]

Sorry, just stumbled upon this thread... I just wanted to add that I find it highly interesting that according to Dr. Titzer about half of the babies in Singapore use YBCR. So surely early education (and flashcards) can't be all that bad if the children there are doing so well? :o)

http://www.teachyourbaby.com/ - do  a search for Singapore and you'll see what he says.

[LDSMom]

Just wanted to add this too from the site on my previous post:

"Singapore ranked #2 in an international comparison of fourth-grade reading scores throughout 45 countries released in 2007. The U.S. placed in the middle of the pack after dropping two points since the previous test. In the results from 2001, Singapore was below the U.S. in their overall scores. What is extraordinary is that children in Singapore learn multiple languages yet they now score above Americans when tested in English. Around half of all of the babies and toddlers in Singapore are currently using our program to learn to read. Since the earlier the child is taught to read, the better the child reads, I believe Singapore will move into the number one spot as more fourth graders who learned to read as babies and toddlers will be represented in future international comparisons."

[noorhidayah]

hello there,

I am from Malaysia but have been living in Manchester, UK since 2004. Currently, have a lil daughter...

[Lendal]

Hi

My son was in the Shichida programme in Singapore for about two years (2004 to 2006). I believe that success of the programme depends on the following:

1. Interest and aptitude of your child
2. Commitment of parent - being a working mum, sometimes it gets too difficult to balance work and a not very cooperative child
3. A lot of hardwork

At the end of the day, we may be better off doing things at our own pace, rather than being bothered by whether we are able to learn and absorb as fast as the rest of the class.

Hence, with my second child, after weighing the cost and benefit, I would prefer to DIY using LR rather than signing up for classes.

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