Any suggestions on Right brain activities for toddlers?

[hypatia]

3. Meditation - this activity is pretty much what I described in imaging.  They recommend that you teach your child to do this activity on a daily basis so that instead of you leading your child through an imaginary mind trip, your child takes himself there on his own.  This was said to be an important activity because many geniuses in history have been known to "meditate". 

How would you advise introducing this to an active 2yo? (who can't sit stil for a book except at night in bed, once exhausted? -)
Should I pick a time of the day, do it myself, and hope she'll join me and try to imitate?

[ShenLi]

Unfortunately, the book doesn't make reference to age groups.. :-( 

When I was sending my younger son to Heguru, they would do meditation for the babies as well (I'm talking about less than a year old).  They are supposed to close their eyes but, babies being babies...  Some mothers would cover their baby's eyes.  I found that my son didn't like it so I didn't bother trying. 

For an active 2yo, I can only suggest trying it before bedtime (turn out the lights and say we're going to get ready for bed).  Or in the car when she has no choice but to sit still?  Those are the times when I play this activity with my son.  I find my son is usually more willing to do things when other options are eliminated.  For instance, he's crazy about Thomas trains and won't play with anything else when he's at home, but when we're at a friend's house, he happily plays with other toys because there are no Thomas toys to play with.

[arvi]

ShenLi can you tell me the name of the book by Shichida that you are referring. There are several books by Shichida  but I would like to purchase only one of them which provides comprehensive information. If you could share your thoughts it would be nice.

[ShenLi]

Hi arvi.  I bought two books by Shichida:

1. Right Brain Education in Infancy - theory and practice
2. Children can change the world through right brain education

I have only read the first one.  It was a very interesting book because Shichida shares a lot of insights which I found intensely fascinating. My main criticism is that the book is not very specific about the "how to" part.  It is not like Doman's book where he tells you do "xxx", 3 times a day, 5 times a week, etc.  With Shichida's book, you need to have some background in right brain education and piece together the activities yourself.  I listed the activities I have come across through reading, personal experience with right brain classes and talking to others earlier in this post and have also covered them in my blog:

http://figur8.net/baby/2010/07/27/right-brain-activities-for-home-practice-part-1/

You can order the books from Shichida japan:

http://shichida.co.jp/english/c1-3_books.php

What I understand from some parents is that Shichida provides are more detailed "how to" section in their parents' manual which they only hand out to parents who send their children to their courses.

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