Several Mummies have asked me on Shichida 5-Minute Suggestion Method, so here’s a post sharing how we use it. To tackle child-raising challenges on behaviour, sleep, tantrums and more. As mentioned on my Shichida Review & FAQs article, I signed up for classes 4 years ago to learn the 5-Minute Suggestion Method to help Vee sleep better. […]
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Need more resources for Shichida home practice or home-learning? After receiving many requests relating to home practice, I’m planning to provide you with even more materials. Home Practice / Learning Fact Find To let me understand what you need, please complete a super-quick survey on home practice / learning. This should take less than 2 minutes.
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Vee is starting on Singapore Math – My Pals are Here primary 1 books. So far, he’s been learning Math using the Shichida Method (from 1 year old), the Montessori Method (from 4 years old), and through daily experiences. I’m using My Pals are Here to observe how he takes to textbook and workbook-style learning.
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Our unschooling theme now: Lion Dance! Vee and Jae have been fascinated by lion dances this Lunar New Year. Just imagine 2 active boys banging pot lids, drum sticks and bouncing around like mad ALL DAY LONG. Since I can’t stop them, I joined them. What we did in an evening… 1. Vee wants to
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Here’s a tutorial on how to make hundreds of Shichida flashcards easily. For the basics, you may wish to read my first tutorial on How to Make Shichida Flashcards first. Update: I no longer use this Print & Stick method to make flashcards. Instead, I print directly on thick paper or cards (230 to 275gsm, depending on
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Today’s post is on how to make your own Montessori Golden Thousand Cube for teaching Mathematics. To let the child visualise quantities of 1,000 to 9,000, the Montessori Decimal System (Golden Beads) Complete Layout requires 45 Golden Thousand Cubes. Over here in Malaysia, each cube costs RM100+ (!!!), so there’s no way we’d buy 45 of them
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Here’s a short post on the Montessori method of teaching a child to write on a line… Some time back, I let Vee practise writing on lined paper, but his letters were “jumping” all over the place. So I went back to Karen Tyler’s Language album to use the presentation on Line Placement (on page
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Vee has turned 4 years 9 months old, and here’s his learning progress update for the past 5 months… Right Brain Education Vee’s last term in Shichida KL ended in June, so that he could spend more time on music classes. We continued to do regular home practice during until I delivered Baby El in
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Ok, here’s a set of flashcards before I pop anytime soon: to demonstrate the correct pronunciation of English words ending with “man” and “men”. For a long time, I’ve struggled with the correct way to pronounce words such as “man”, “men”, “policeman”, “policemen”, “policewoman”, “policewomen”, “snowman”, “snowmen”, etc. What’s more, Vee is a huge fan
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Wish to teach your child, but find that time is not enough? Here’s a post with ideas on how to reach your homeschooling goals. The “Problem” Homeschooling needs time. Using the Shichida and Montessori methods means I need time to educate myself, create materials, rotate materials, organise materials, and carry out lessons. I don’t aim
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