Caryn - I don't know about the youtube video but you can listen to the audio excerpt from Pamela here:
http://www.rightbrainkids.com/content/view/25/168/Don't know of any offices in Singapore, but you can buy it online from their website:
http://www.rightbrainkids.com/component/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,26/Joni2009 - I only started using the Wink program very recently. I bought the program last year but he was too young for it. Even now Wennie suggests I hold back on using it until he's a little older. However, she also adds that if he is enjoying it then by all means go ahead because learning should be fun and enjoyable.
The Wink program comes with a quick start guide and a handbook that you can read for more info. The quick start guide teaches you how to use the program for young kids and for adults.
Alpha Relaxation:
You're supposed to start with the audio CD and listen to alpha wave music to get the right brain open. Adults need to listen to the music for longer but children can access their right brain more quickly. After that you can play any of the games in any order or as directed by your child. They offer recommended playing times, e.g. 3-5 mins but you can go on for longer if your child is eager. Only do what your child wants. If he resists, stop.
Memory Train:
My son loves the memory train - which is a program also known as linking memory (Shichida and Heguru) or silly stories (memory magic). It is the process of connecting a series of unrelated pictures together with a silly story to help you remember all the pictures. Eventually you should be able to link a hundred (or more) unrelated pictures in order. There's a good example of this activity here:
http://www.acceleratedlearningmethods.com/SillyStory.zipEye Exercises:
These are sheets of paper with lines on them and your child is supposed to follow the lines with his eyes. They look like this:
http://www.shichidaparents.com/rc/downloads/maths-flashcards/eye-training-butterfly.pptMy son enjoys this, too. You can start off by asking your child to trace the lines with a small toy - I got my son to use his trains.
Photo Eyeplay:
You play the DVD, get your child to focus on the dot at the center of the screen. Then when the screen turns white, he should see an after image. This is supposed to help your child activate the right brain. My son doesn't really like this. He might still be a little too young to get the idea of the after image. He keeps saying he can see it but what he describes doesn't sound like what he should be seeing.
Mental Imaging:
You pretend you're going on a magic carpet ride and picture images in your mind of flying underwater, around a farm, etc. It's supposed to drive the right brain imagination. My son loves this one, too.
Observation Training:
You play the DVD and watch the screen for a while. When it goes blank, you try to remember everything you saw before.
Photographic Memory and Speed Reading:
It starts with showing you a series of objects that you are supposed to remember. I haven't gone through the entire DVD so I'm not sure what else there is.
You are supposed to do all these activities with your child for a few minutes every day. Let your child guide you - stay with the activities he's interested in and don't do the ones he resists. So far I've only done them twice with my son.
As far as I understand, your 7 year old should be more left brain and Wink should be more appropriate for him. I'm not really sure how you tell if a child is more left or right brain but I understand that logic, reasoning, asking why, talking a lot are all left brain traits. The Wink program is supposed to help a person tap into their right brain and is better for those in whom the left brain has already become dominant. I'm sorry I can't give you more info on determining whether your child is left or right brain but I do think that at 7 years, it is a good bet he is already left brain dominant. Wink should be the program you use with him.
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