In regards attention and movement; I heard from a trainer that for kids who have trouble staying still,  exercise prior to the lessons -as you well stated - will help tremendously, I also heard that some moms use in door re-bounders or a mini kid friendly trampoline and while they jump they are read or given the BITS - it is proven that kids will absorb better the information while in movement so this may even work on your favor if you find what worked for your child, every child is different.

Another thing that has worked for me is the use of little puppets to read instead of me reading... I notice that as long as I make it fun - goofy - ridiculous , Leena will remain engaged - the silliest the better!  One time I remember I didn’t have anything handy and we were in the middle of a lesson and  I really didn’t want her to lose interest... in a flash the only thing I could think about was to add two red dots (eyes) and a smile to my rubber finger (used to count money or to help you flash the cards quicly) and I loudly said hey Mrs Pluto is here to help today...!!   She looked at it... and crack laughing... guess what.... now Mrs Pluto is a member of "our school" she teaches her the presidents, states and planets, once she is finished another "creature” - meaning another rubber finger will join us ( I must make it cutter maybe a tiny wig or a mustache drawn with a marker) and  teach her something else LOL )

Hope this helps

Gloria

Thanks a million Sebastian !! thank God for technology !!!!

Thanks a lot Ayesha for your post .. really cool information. they are right parts should be call by their real name. Thanks for sharing that article - eye opening in regards detecting abuse God forbid .

Gloria

Hello there,  Sorry it took me a bit to answer LOL  !!  I took the classes last year in march and then the graduated class in may as my daugther is 4 years old.  The class is fantastic - if I could afford the time and money I will take it again!!  I regret not taking it before it totally changed the way I educate my daughter - If you have the opportunity you should take it - no questions - later on you can evaluate and make your own desicions but for something so important I would make my own judgement - that was my criteria when I was planning on going .. I heard so many good things about it and soooo many bad things that I procastinated to go for 8 months and God how much I regret that now...  Take it if you can and make your own program after that- we all do.  If you sign up this month you have a $100 off from the tuition, when is time to sign up call Connie at IAHP - she granted that discount to a friend of mine evethough she was a bit late registering. Tell her I told you about the discount she will without a doubth grant it to you.

Good luck and pls let me know if you go and how do you like it - pls keep me posted.  Gloria at [email protected]

Regards,

Gloria

Hello to all, and thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience; I want to add 3 resources that I found very useful when helping my daughter to develop a great memory; the first one is the silly stories from this software http://www.acceleratedchild.com  great material plus have many categories  flash cards, and follow the dot sections- the 3 componenets are great to enhance the memory in the "Right Brain" way. the second tool I use and like very much as well is http://www.rightbrainkids.com/jv/hop/?af=836489 which also have several products tailored specially for memory enhancement again the Right Brain way and lastly I agree with people at the forum Mind maps are useful - too early for my daughter though- but is a great concept to have in mind since they will grow so quickly and will be able to use this skill. Tony Buzan is the creator and main writer about mind maps and he wrote this book which can be found in amazon Mind Maps for Kids: Max Your Memory and Concentration (Paperback) by Tony Buzan (Author)

The silly stories or memory linking method is fantastic, they link all the items using silly stories and as they laugh and keep reading - they keep making the connections without even realizing what they do; my daughter has already memorized this way over 100 stories, perfect order and to the dot.

It really is a powerful tool used by Schichida, Right Brain and Buzan ( also if you are interested this book: Make the most of your mind-Tony Buzan great resource for adults and memory)

Hope this helps.
Everyone have a great week

Gloria

I am very new with the Schichida Method, I got the books and I am still reading and digesting everything. I will make a note to myself to write back to you in 2 weeks, when I expect to finished them. I attended the Doman class and I am very please with them as well, they advice moms to make your own books as soon as possible, only requirement is for the baby to be able to talk and tell stories, as they are not suppose to write but to dictate at least 1 book per day.

As soon as I have more detail I will be happy to share.
Have a great week.

PLS visit www.IAHP.org  then go to shop - for access to online store
(http://www.gentlerevolution.com/)


Hope this helps.

Great material specially the math DVD and the Picture dictionary series.
(The BITS are also great, the best inthe market)

Have a great week.
Gloria

Very interesting poll - I used to read 2 books (1 english 1 spanish) per day but recently I read one of Shichida books and they advise to read 8 books or more per day - so we are increasing the number of books - the books are small, first grade level, big letters lots of colors and fun stories. 

Hope this helps.

Gloria

Dear  Paldesh,

EyeQ will help young kids even if they do not read yet as one of the goals of eyeQ is to increase the periferal vision and increase the speed at which the eyes move left-right- to accomplish this they use pictures - I like it very much it has help me, and help my daughter as well 4 years old.

Hope this helps.

Gloria

Hi my name is Gloria - I am brand new here I Speak Spanish !  and learning Mandarin chinese will be glad to help !!

Buena Suerte para todos !!   Good Luck everyone !!