A Sweet Intro

This blog is dedicated to our darling boy, born prematurely at 29 weeks and miraculously survived all odds during his 57 days in the ICU. We named him Reagan, which means our "Little King", strong and brave enough to fight any battles. He is also our little king whom we worship with a lifetime of our love and kisses. Baby Reagan continues to amaze us with his awesome strength, big personality, joyful laughter and lovely smiles. This is where we share both our learning journeys and all the fun bonding time together.

Jun 9, 2014

All About Flashcards

There is a large variety of teaching methods and flashing cards is one of them. My elder boy, Reagan, has always been a flashcard baby. It works for my boy and I've witnessed how much and how fast he has learned through cards-flashing.

Benefits of Right-Brain Flashcards
  • Activates the right-brain
  • Develops instant/photographic memory
  • Teaches languages
  • Connect left and right brain when pictures are shown and words are read out. 
  • Easiest and fastest way to input as much information to the child at the shortest time. 

How To Flash the Cards?
  •  Cards are to be flashed at a very high speed, at least less than a sec per card.
  • Each topic can consist up to 10 cards or more, and comes with a title as the "cover page"
  • You can start by flashing 10 topics per session (one session a day is good enough) and gradually increase the cards to your child's comfort level. (Reagan is doing 25-30 topics per session).
  • Always begin the flashcards session only when you and your child are both in a good and relax mood. 
  • Video example of a flashcard session
  • Video example of Reagan learning to read via flashcards 

What Makes A Good Right-brain Flashcard?
  • Cards to be at least 260gsm and above (thick enough to flash fast)
  • Cards to be at least an A5 or A4 size 
  • Pictures have to be large, bright and clear, preferably with a white background
  • Words are to be large and clear, either in bold black or bold red in colour
  • Pictures and words have to be on a separate card. (Pictures and words cannot be on the same page)
BrillJuniors is one great website where you can get ready-made cards that meets all requirement of a good and authentic right-brain flashcards. It belongs to one of my friends, who is also a mummy experienced in cards-flashing/cards-making, so you can be assured that her cards are catered to right-brain flashing and are of good-quality. 
So if you like to embark on this flashcards learning journey as well but lack the time to self-made your own cards, do give BrillJuniors a visit!

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