Right Brain Education Unveiled

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In today’s challenging world, having a high IQ no longer guarantees success. A well-rounded individual comes from a background where he is loved, knows how to love and has a balance of intellectual and emotional intelligence. That’s where the Right Brain Education (RBE) comes in to realise a child’s highest potential. What exactly does RBE do? Read on to find out more.

What is Right Brain Education?

In the 1960s, Dr Roger Sperry performed split-brain experiments revealing distinct differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. His findings inspired new techniques for developing the brain by tapping into both sides of the brain to utilise their unique potential strengths. Individuals such as Tony Buzzan and Edward de Bono came up with new educational methods.

At about the same time, physical therapist Glenn Doman discovered that specific movements helped stimulate brain development. He applied what he had learned to brain-injured children and discovered that he could help these children catch up in development to their “normal” peers. He then applied the same methods with “normal” children and witnessed amazing results. These methods evolved into an accelerated program for teaching children to read, do math, develop encyclopaedic knowledge and be physically superb from infancy.

When Makoto Shichida, a Japanese professor in education heard about these developmental techniques, he began to apply them on very young children through child-friendly methods. These children began to develop at an amazing rate, revealing enhanced abilities. Some had photographic memory; some were extremely creative; some had superior IQ; some had superb linguistic skills and were able to master multiple languages; some developed perfect pitch; some developed excellent intuition – the children developed a variety of these abilities and more. These methods were so successful with young children that a school was eventually formed to teach the Shichida Method. From there, other schools followed quickly – Heguru (HEGL) and Right Brain Kids (TweedleWink/Wink).

Eight Goals of RBE

Goal 1: Develop a Loving Relationship between Parent and Child

It is important to foster a loving relationship between parent and child because the right brain abilities can only be reached when the child feels loved. When there is discord and disharmony, especially between parent and child, learning problems emerge and the pathway to the right brain closes. Focusing on developing the relationship between parent and child not only facilitates learning, it also helps to strengthen the family unit.

Goal 2: Develop Right Brain Senses

Touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight are all considered left brain senses. Similarly, the right brain also has its own set of senses which Professor Makoto Shichida referred to as “HSP” or Heightened Sensory Perception. RBE helps to develop the right brain senses to enhance the individual’s intuition and perception.

Goal 3: Enlarge the Brain Capacity

HEGL states that the brain is like a cup – it can only hold so much information before it begins to overflow. Therefore, the fundamental step before knowledge acquisition is to increase the brain’s container. Current educational programs focus only on knowledge acquisition. RBE, however, focuses on enlarging the brain’s capacity first so that it is capable of storing even more information.

Goal 4: Make Learning Easy and Fun

The human brain has abilities that surpass the capabilities of any computer ever designed by man. Unfortunately, most individuals are not always able to tap into these abilities. RBE helps children to utilise their brain’s full potential at will so that learning becomes easy and enjoyable.

Goal 5: Input Knowledge

RBE helps to create a library of information in the right brain that can be accessed at any time by children who have effectively developed the connection between the left and right brains.

Goal 6: Enhance Left and Right Brain Connection (Corpus Callosum)

Developing only the right brain does not create genius. It is the combination of the left and right hemispheres functioning together as one seamless unit that produces genius. In order for an individual to utilise their whole brain effectively, the connection between the left and right hemispheres must be properly developed to facilitate communication between the two halves.

Goal 7: Develop Creativity

Information that is memorised using left brain pathways relies on muscle memory. It requires considerable repetition in order for the information to be stored. RBE not only helps children remember new information more easily and completely, it also helps them to use that information creatively.

Goal 8: Help Children Discover Their Genius Potential

Children who are able to learn effortlessly have more time to explore the world around them. This enables them to discover and develop their individual passions free from the distraction of arduous learning. For example, these children spend less time studying material taught at school so they are able to pursue personal areas of interests instead of having to attend tuition classes after school. Their heightened senses, developed through RBE, and their increased confidence allows them to pursue any course they desire.

Benefits of Right Brain Education

RBE enhances a child’s learning ability. Individuals who have been through RBE in childhood have demonstrated the ability to absorb new information quickly and easily. These individuals are also well-adjusted, confident and very successful in the various pursuits they have undertaken, be it in sports, music, academics, or with any other aspect of their lives.

In a nutshell, right brain kids can develop any combination of the following abilities and characteristics following their individual inclinations:

• photographic memory
• speed reading capability
• highly creative and imaginative
• superior intellect
• superb linguistic skills
• perfect pitch
• extraordinarily intuitive
• exceptional sporting skills
• music brilliance
• able to perform computer-like calculations
• charming personality

What Parents Say…

Heguru

I think it is too soon to see the benefits of RBE. However, I feel that the programme has exposed Timothy to many different subjects. As a result, he has an expansive general knowledge. My son has a vivid imagination, speaks well and has a large vocabulary for his age, although I think this is also because we read to him a lot.

Lim Su Hoon is mum to Timothy Ee, 29 months who has been attending Heguru for 16 months.

After one year of studying at Heguru, there is tremendous improvement in my daughter. The most obvious changes are her memory and reading skill. Due to this, she now loves to learn and is able to absorb new things or new subjects very fast. For example, she is able to remember new words, song lyrics and dance steps. What I am most impressed with is that she has become braver and dares to present herself with confidence in front of other people during the class.

Nur Diyana binti Zainal is mum to Raja Athira Sofea, 4. They have been attending Heguru for 13 months.

TweedleWink

I think it’s still early to tell what the benefits have been for my children. It is the potential of what can come that drives me to continue sending them for right brain classes. Sometimes, encouraging signs manifest in precious moments, like when the kids play memory games surprise us when we least expect it. 

Tey Kiat Hong is mum to Kirsten, 4, and Dominic, 3. Both her children have been attending TweedleWink for 13 months.

I feel that my children are able to grasp new concepts more quickly; they are more creative and able to think out of the box; and they take great joy in learning. I can see that these advantages help to give Elyssa a lot more extra time to relax and play (she is in Primary 1). Elena is still young and not into proper school stress yet but I feel she learns at an even faster rate than her big sister.

Ang Soo Huey is mum to Elyssa, 7, and Elena, 4. Elena has been attending TweedleWink for 2 years, 7 months. Elyssa has been attending TweedleWink for 2 years, 1 month.

Shichida

Before joining Shichida, my son was very shy and easily distracted by others in the class. His attention span increased tremendously from the third term onwards. He has developed into a more confident and happy toddler. The programme has also influenced the way I raise my son. I have learnt ways to become a good parent and create a closer bond between us. I don’t expect my son to turn into a genius but I hope he can develop excellent memory and have an easier learning path in future.

TehLih Peng is mum to Chai Chen Rui, 4, who has been attending Shichida for two years.

Adam has been with Shichida since he was nine months old. At 19 months old, he could recite words and simple sentences in the whole storybook after we read to him just once or twice. My husband and I are so thrilled we can’t help but think he might have photographic memory. To date, he has memorised about 10 books. We are looking forward to him reading a whole storybook all by himself.

Cherrie Chin is mum to Adam Kuan, 49 months, who has been enrolled in Shichida for over two years.