Interesting morsels that parents should know about baby brains… 1. Babies are born too early When humans first evolved and began to walk on two legs, our pelvis became narrower. As we got smarter, our brains also increased in size. A narrower pelvis and a bigger head meant that babies had to be evicted fromContinue reading “Babies’ Brains – What Parents Should Know”
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Healing the Brain
Right Brain Education focusses a lot on connection because a child’s learning ability is strongly affected by emotions. When a child experiences trauma, the brain shuts off. This has a negative impact on a child’s learning capability. In order to re-open the brain, our children need to feel secure and loved. This article is aboutContinue reading “Healing the Brain”
Connecting with Your Child
Self-Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion
If you’re still struggling with the 5 Minute Suggestion, you may want to take a look at “Self Mastery through Conscious Autosuggestion” by Emile Coué. It talks a bit more about the concept of the 5 minute suggestion, although it is referred to as “autosuggestion”. There were some interesting points in the book which IContinue reading “Self-Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion”
Right Brain Kids: Wink Program
Wink is a Right Brain Education program for older children, gifted children, special needs children, and adults. It was developed by Right Brain Kids and is principally designed to prepare children for manifesting photographic memory, speed reading and similarly recognized “right-brain” abilities. There are seven different areas — or steps — of Wink. They are: Step 1:Continue reading “Right Brain Kids: Wink Program”
Right Brain Kids: TweedleWink Program
The TweedleWink Right Brain Education system focuses on eight areas. Eyes Exercises Vocabulary World Culture Music Reading Math Science Art Part 1: Vision Enhancement – Eye Exercises Eye Exercises are used to increase the amount of information taken in through the optic nerves. The exercises are designed to stimulate and strengthen the eyes, the opticContinue reading “Right Brain Kids: TweedleWink Program”
Foundations of Genius: Right Brain Kids
There are three main schools for Right Brain Education – Shichida, Heguru, and Right Brain Kids. Right Brain Kids’ approach to Right Brain Education has its roots in Montessori and Shichida. It differs slightly in approach. Read on to find out more. Right Brain Kids on Right Brain Education Right Brain Education is an enhancedContinue reading “Foundations of Genius: Right Brain Kids”
The Linguistic Genius of Babies
Patricia Kuhl is a name I came across when I read the book Brain Rules for Baby. She studies how we learn language as babies and looks at the ways our brains form around language acquisition. About Patricia Kuhl Patricia Kuhl is co-director of the Institute for Brain and Learning Sciences at the University of Washington. She’sContinue reading “The Linguistic Genius of Babies”
The Glenn Doman Method
Glenn Doman is the founder for the Institutes for The Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) whose initial focus was to help develop a program for treating children with brain injuries. With this program, they were able to help brain injured children catch up in their physical and mental development so that no difference could beContinue reading “The Glenn Doman Method”