Nurture for the future.
Thanks to BrillKids Little Reader, Hercules’ reading vocabulary has expanded enormously. Whenever we pass random signs, he will read out the words and/or attempt to decipher the pronunciation if the word is unfamiliar. He still likes to pull out his books at home and “read” them but he only ever really reads the books with [...]
Right Brain Education and Positive Behaviour Management I have been struggling a long time to correct the boys’ behaviours in a way that is in keeping with Right Brain Education philosophy. It seemed contradictory that I was always talking about love and connection, but was employing harsh methods of discipline – punishment and scolding (read: [...]
I can still remember when I first heard about Right Brain Education… Back then there was not a lot of written information available about Right Brain Education. Well, at least, not in English. Now, it’s a lot better. Here’s a book list I’m compiling. Feel free to drop me a line if you know of [...]
A problem child is only a problem child because we don’t know how to handle them. The best way to figure them out (if we’re stuck for ideas) is to read widely, get as many other suggestions as possible, then figure it out through trial and error. Hercules has been my problem child. Unlike Aristotle, [...]
I’ve been having a lot of trouble with Hercules lately and it is obvious that my current arsenal of disciplinary tactics aren’t working for me because all I ever seem to do is yell even though I know I shouldn’t and even though it is not effective at all. So I figured it was time to [...]
Now who remembers these? I haven’t seen one of these since I was a child… Aristotle attended a birthday party recently and came home with one of these in his party bag. These “paint with water” books have special pages that turn to colour when you apply water with a brush to them. These [...]
I recently received an interesting newsletter from Right Brain Kids (TweedleWink) introducing an interesting book that caught my attention: “A Whole New Mind” by Daniel Pink. And this is the story that caught my attention: Teaching Science… The Right Brain Way Mr. Jordan and Mr. Brown were good friends. They were both science teachers at Lincoln High [...]
The far reaching impact of her work came before me before I even knew her name. Carol Dweck has made a profound difference to my life ever since I discovered and understood her research on “the right kind of praise“. If there ever was a person who could draw back the curtains and shine the [...]
If you have been struggling to figure your son out and are looking for a parenting book on boys, this is it. I have a super-sensitive boy and I have been struggling for a long time to figure out how to deal with him. In a world that still largely believes that boys don’t [...]
After the dearth of information on right brain education from the Heguru perspective, I was pleased to see that Ruiko and Hirotada Henmi have published their first English book on Hado Reading and drawing out the “genius” in children. For those interested, it is available for Kindle on Amazon. You can also read the preview [...]
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