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Neetu Malik – that’s a great activity to do with your child to engage their regular 5 senses and I would encourage you to do so.
Regarding the Right Brain Senses – these are more intuitive. From the way it is described by Shichida, it is more like knowing a smell without smelling it and knowing a sound without hearing it. This is why the activity played doesn’t actually feature physical smells or sounds but mental ones. Does that make sense?The Right Brain senses are a sensitive topic because this is probably one area where there is a lot of skepticism linked to it. In all honesty, it was one I never really focused on because of this, but other parents have reported their own successes with the Senses play. To be true to RBE and Shichida’s teachings, I include the activity for parents who wish to try it for themselves.From Neetu Malik:
Hello dear, you can play sounds of different birds, and animals on speaker so that baby can hear only sound then you tell this is sound of peacock, pigeon and so on….For smell you can use our kitchen spices like clove, garlic, cardamom, pepper, coriander, there are a lot. And also various flowers by telling this is smell of this. I hope it will help.Please correct me Shen-Li Lee mam if I was wrongIn answer to Aarthy Aiyer’s question:
Hello Shen-Li Lee , I have started implementing the home program by week for my 3.2 year old with speech delay. She has just started speaking in 2-3 word sentences. I am particularly looking for listening senses and smelling senses exercises that you have enlisted in senses play. Can you please direct to me the correct resource page.
Sowjanya Penmetsa – the flashcards on the general knowledge page are some of the older flashcards that I created and used with my kids when they were little. At that time, I wanted them to learn to read as well so I gave the words more attention by separating them onto a different slide.
The newer series of flashcards are available in the weekly lessons. I have also begun creating a list here: https://rightbrainchild.com/flashcards-for-speed-play/ These are the ones you should use for speed play and general knowledge.
General knowledge comprises of two parts which is best explained by Doman here – https://rightbrainchild.com/2020/12/15/domans-encyclopedic-knowledge-program/
The bits program teaches breadth of knowledge – knowing that a group of items belong to this category. For example, apple, grapes, banana, and oranges are all fruits and the accompanying pictures show what each one looks like; Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, and Stegosaurus are all dinosaurs. In this, we cover a lot of examples with sometimes as many as 100 flashcards for one category.POI (Programs of Intelligence) teaches depth of knowledge – knowing more facts about a certain thing. For example, Tyrannosaurus Rex is a dinosaur that lived in the late cretaceous period. It was a bipedal carnivore with strong jaws and claw-like front legs. Here, we only go into detail for 10 different examples from each category. Of course, if you have a child who is particularly fascinated with a topic, you can cover that topic with more detail. For example, if you have a little paleontologist, then you can spend more time covering details about the different types of dinosaurs.In the weekly plan, we have in essence covered the Bits Program through Speed Play. However, if your child requires more repeats, you can take the individual topics and break them up into smaller groups of flashcards to give them more attention. By Week 21, you will start to do POI.The weekly plan is just a suggestion rather than a rule book. If you wish to change your focus, you can adjust your lessons accordingly – add topics, drop topics, do more of one thing and less of another, etc.Sowjanya Penmetsa – yes. Let younger one be present to observe. There is no harm and it is good preparation for your younger to see older child learning. Your focus will be teaching your older one. You can repeat the bits again later when your younger one is older.
From Sowjanya Penmetsa:
As you mentioned , lessons for older and younger can be done together.1. Younger one is 4month can i show the same bits which i made for elder one.I am asking this because i read somewhere that bit should be show after 7months , till then math, read cards any black , white and red colour bit should be shown.Any suggestions on that mam.Your lessons for older and younger can be done together. Let your younger one be the observer as it is done in RBE schools. Your older one will be the one to do any activity (with your assistance where necessary).
In the weekly lessons, the flashcards listed are meant to be used for speedplay. https://rightbrainchild.com/2021/05/04/the-purpose-of-flashcards-in-early-learning/
Shichida says speed play is for brain activation rather than the learning of knowledge. In this event, your goal is to flash as many image cards as possible, as quickly as you can. Initially beginning with 100 a day and slowly increasing the quantity over time until you are at 1000 cards a day.
Some parents have expressed difficulties with this because of restless children who don’t want to sit still long enough to complete showing all the cards. In such cases, I would recommend focusing on topics your child likes only and keeping it short. Less is sometimes more in such cases.
The most important point is not to force. If your child does not want it, never, never insist. Let it go and do something else that engages.
Tips you can try with a restless child – give them something to do. An activity that doesn’t require active thinking but occupies them in some way – usually their hands. It could be building blocks, sand play, or a fidget to fiddle with. You could do it during snack time, while they’re having their milk.Also, remember that your child doesn’t have to give you his full attention to absorb what you’re showing him. You can read this article to understand a little more about your child’s brain at this age – https://rightbrainchild.com/2020/06/20/babies-brains-what-parents-should-know/ – Many children learn things without seeming to pay attention and this is the reason why.For memory play, I would choose only one activity to do day and only one example of that activity. Say you are doing mandala – do one mandala activity and call it a day. If it is Linking memory, go through a series of linking memory cards, ask your question and call it a day.
Don’t feel like you have to do everything every day. Remember that most RBE classes are only once a week for an hour. Just a little here and there each day will already make a difference. Supplement your learning in between your sessions with hands-on physical activities. Cook together, play together, explore new places together – these all form part of your child’s learning and development.If you are using the flashcards for the younger to benefit, I would standardise and keep all the cards on A4 – just until your younger is older. Then do your lessons with both children present. Watching his older brother learning is also a great experience for him as children learn better from watching other children.Reading for your younger child – https://rightbrainchild.com/2020/12/02/doman-reading-program/ you can follow the words flashcards here which naturally moves you on to couplets and then phrases. These have also been factored into the weekly lessons.Hi Nandini – the choice between physical or digital flashcards depends on you and your child. Some children prefer physical cards and some work better with digital cards. You can read more about using flashcards here – https://rightbrainchild.com/2021/07/10/how-to-use-flashcards-in-early-learning/
Apeksha Jangde – generally POI is done as bits first before the ten pieces of information are shared. However, the way I have created the weekly lessons, most of the bits cards I have on https://rightbrainchild.com/bits-of-intelligence/ will already be covered in the speed play activity so you can go straight to reading the pieces of information.
Doman’s schedule for POI is described here: https://rightbrainchild.com/2020/12/15/domans-encyclopedic-knowledge-program/
You can follow this schedule or just follow the outline in the weekly lessons which begin in week 21 https://rightbrainchild.com/2021/01/27/rbe-home-practice-week-21
Hi Alaka Das – the Little Reader cards are for optional use. A number of the topics overlap with the existing flashcards. I made them quite a while back but I’ve been made aware that you must now purchase the software to use the files so I don’t use the program to make flashcards anymore. Since I have resources I have created there, I share them so parents who already have the software can access them.Topics can be used for speed play/knowledge/reading – it depends on what you wish to focus on.Hi Gowri Vaidyanadham – the template is the same as the one used for the basic. You only one set of tangrams for all the puzzles. The colours are only required for the basic puzzle set.
Hi Priyaa – Yes. This has been noted and all new flashcards are created with words and pictures separated. I have not had time to go back to edit the other flashcards, but if there are specific topics you would like to see separated, let me know and I will edit those.
Hi Rochna Sharma – Most activity sheets are usually aimed at children 3 and up but I would say it depends on the child. Some are more ready than others to do activity sheets. You can try introducing it and see how your child takes to it. The ones the kids usually do in RBE classes are similar to this activity book by School Zone – https://amzn.to/3vk6fRU If you can find books like this, that’s a good place to start.
At this age, I think it is more important to develop pencil skills and the hand muscles to hold the pencil. It is very tiring to hold a pencil and many young children can’t do it for long before their hands get tired. They also tend to grip the pencil too tightly at the start which makes it worse. Even for us as adults, if we don’t write by hand for a long time, it’s tiring to write pages of handwritten text. I noticed it myself when I started to keep a written journal. It was one thing to jot down a few words on a shopping list but something else completely to write a whole page of words.
Many children get put off writing because their hands hurt. It is important to build the hand muscles required for writing. You can also do this by encouraging your child to do some pencil work daily and think of it as exercise – if you don’t do it regularly, you can’t get fit. If your child doesn’t pick up a pencil regularly, it’s hard to build the muscles required to use the pencil so they can keep going for longer. The activity can be anything from colouring to freestyle drawing to tracing lines on paper (this is usually the beginning of writing – learning pencil control). Here’s an example: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/e1/51/4ce151983595fedbc8578e9328119a84.jpg?fbclid=IwAR0H5yumo0Do5CbmQA965_1GYBGWZ6wJSbITw310n8fit1kVoArjJ6P04p0You can also help your child build their fine motor skills with activities that help them practice the pincer grip (e.g. using clothes pegs, pincers to pick up things, threading beads). These activities can be done alongside any pencil work.Activities like writing on a whiteboard can help your child practice writing skills but are not as tiring as writing with a pencil because the marker runs more easily on the board than a pencil on paper. Fat pencils and triangular-shaped pencils are also easier for little ones to hold.I’ve gone off tangent from your question, but I hope that helps.
