Method of Shichida: developmental activities for children

Psychologists and scientists around the world carefully study the behavior of children of different ages. Long-term studies have confirmed that the foundations of learning are laid in children from the time they are born. These principles are fixed to the age of three. That's why it is recommended to start developing the baby almost from birth. For such purposes, there are a large number of different techniques. This is the Montessori system, the development of the Zheleznovs, the Zaitsev technique and many others. One of the popular in Japan is the Shichida method. This is a unique system of child development since birth. Let us consider in more detail what it is.

A little about the author

Makoto Shichida is the author of a unique methodology, has a doctoral degree in the education sector. Professor - a fairly well-known public figure in Japan. For a long time he was studying the brain. This allowed him to discover a lot of interesting facts that formed the basis for the methodology he developed.

Forty years of research and 20 successful practices have fully confirmed his views. An amazing man forced to look at the possibilities of the child in a new way. Makoto Shichida proves that all children from the very birth have unique abilities that need to be developed.

The professor has written many books. Those who would like to read them, you need to learn Japanese. Unfortunately, not all the books of Shichida were translated into English, but only 4 of them were translated. In the Russian version there is only one.

Fundamentals of methodology

The author, who has studied the brain for a long time, says that the right hemisphere dominates the baby for up to three years. If you go into the anatomy, you can understand how the gray matter functions. The left hemisphere is responsible for the child's conscious actions. Thanks to him, the kid understands how to stand, walk, sit. The right hemisphere is responsible for unconscious actions that are at a subconscious level. These are different talents, the propensity to learn languages.

In his books, the professor pays much attention to the right hemisphere of the child. According to his statements, it is able to memorize a lot of information. The method of Shichida is based on the development of the right hemisphere. Engaging with a child up to 3 years old can reveal in him a variety of creative abilities, develop intuition, photographic memory, fast reading, inclination to mathematics, mastering foreign languages.

From the age of three, the left hemisphere begins to dominate. The child begins to develop propensities to logical reasoning, improves the fine motor skills of the hands, forming linguistic skills. From this age it is already much harder to teach crumbs to sensory perception.

That's why the professor recommends doing with the kids according to his program from 6 months to 6 years.

The basic principles on which the Shichida method is based:

1. There are no non-talented children. All babies from birth are brilliant. It is necessary to identify and develop talents.
2. Only as a result of close contact between parents and the child is quality education possible.
3. In the baby it is necessary to develop, along with the intellectual sphere, the sensual.
4. Classes must be regular and consistent. Otherwise, you can not wait for the results.

How are classes conducted?

What is Makoto Shichida's technique? This is a comprehensive exercise that develops in the baby's right hemisphere. Of course, it is best to train a child up to three years. But such lessons are no less useful for teenagers, and even for adults.

The lesson begins with relaxation to music. Then it is recommended to do respiratory gymnastics. And only then go to exercises for the development of the imagination. These simple rules allow you to activate the functioning of the right hemisphere.

After that, follow the developing games that train in the child's psychic abilities: clairvoyance, intuition, telepathy. Photographic memory is developed with the help of displaying flash cards.

The method of Shichida has many features. So, stories and fairy tales do not sound in the usual, but at a fast pace. Sometimes it is completely unclear what is at stake. It is this pace that contributes to the development of the right hemisphere. In addition, he trains the child speed reading.

Lesson scheme

In Japan, many schools are open, in which the Shichida method is practiced. Unfortunately, we do not have such centers. Therefore, parents have to deal with the child on their own using this method.

Let's see what the Shichida classes look like:

1. Relaxation. You need music with alpha waves. Such accompaniment should sound throughout the class. Sit in a chair or on a sofa comfortably. And put a crumb on your face to your knees.
2. Breathing exercises. Invite the child to blow a butterfly or a bee from paper. These toys periodically update, because the crumb quickly lose interest in them. In time, ask the baby to blow on imaginary objects, for example, a snowflake, a dandelion.
3. Ball of energy. Imagine that you take up a ball of energy. Roll it like a snowball, and then pour it onto your head. The next ball of energy must be drunk. The child must repeat these movements for you. And it is very important to bring information to him so that he understands what he is doing.
4. Suggestion. Smile at the little one and quietly say three phrases: "You love", "You are special", "You can do everything". It is not necessary to repeat exactly these words. The essence of this exercise is to tell the baby how much you love it.
5. A lesson in the imagination. For kids, a role-playing mini-game is suitable: to show how a gnome is eating, walking, resting. Older children can dream. For example, offer the child a situation: "We took the train and went to the grandfather and grandmother." What pies did the grandmother bake? With potato? Let the child develop his imagination.
6. Extrasensory training. The Shichida method contains many exercises. Some of them will be given below.
7. Gymnastics for the eyes. For babies the following exercise is suitable. Take the bell and bear it in front of the child, up and down, left to right.
8. Flash cards. Choose pictures on various subjects: animals, transport, flowers, etc. You should have at least 100 of them. To activate the right hemisphere, you must follow certain conditions. Professor Schichida insists on this. Cards must be held in front of the child's eyes for not more than one second. Showing a picture, you need to call it. This exercise allows you to use both hemispheres at once. The speed of the display activates the functioning of the right side of the brain. And when naming the card, the child connects the left hemisphere to work. Mention should also be made of mathematics. The professor recommends showing only the answer card. For example, you tell the child "One plus one", and very quickly show a picture with two points. Instead of points there may be bears, butterflies.
9. Work on photographic memory. You will need similar pictures that have one difference. Fractions of a second to the child show one card. Then they show both, and they ask the question: "What picture have you already seen?".
10. Exercises for musical ear, color perception, training of tactile sensations, recognition of smells. All creative pursuits follow after the main block.
11. Suggestion. The exercise closes, which was mentioned above. Be sure to let the crumb feel as much as he likes.

The School of Early Development on this method implies regular lessons. By duration, they should take about 30-40 minutes.

Exercises for developing extrasensory abilities

This is one of the key points in the methodology. Is it necessary to develop extrasensory abilities? Such questions arise in almost all parents who are interested in the methodology of Makoto Shichida.

It should be said that intuition is one of the varieties of such abilities. This quality is very helpful in life. After all, a person who has excellent intuition, is more likely than others to win the lottery, take the "right" ticket on the exam. In addition, this quality plays a significant role in various scientific inventions and discoveries.

All games that develop extrasensory abilities are divided into the following categories:

1. Telepathy is the ability to transmit feelings and thoughts at a distance without the use of technical means.
2. Clairvoyance is the acquisition of information about an event without the participation of certain senses.
3. Foresight is the ability to foresee, to anticipate the events that must occur.
4. Psychometry is the ability to communicate information about the owner or an object through contact with them.
5. Telekinesis is the ability to influence physical objects by the effort of thought.

To develop such abilities, the professor recommends the following simple exercises:

1. Develop telepathy. During the lesson, when the child sits on your lap, imagine any shape, of a certain color. Try to mentally send this information to your child. Then ask the crumb that he saw. For example: "I send you a square, what is its color?". Be sure to praise the child.
2. Develop intuition. Start with the simplest exercise. Ask to guess in which hand you have a bunny hidden. Under what glass is the beetle sitting? Then go on to more complex exercises. Offer the child three kinder-eggs, and find out from him in which the bear is sitting.

Development of photographic memory

No one will argue that the training of memory is an indispensable component of harmonious development. There are even special educational toys for such purposes. But what does photographic memory mean? And than it differs from the usual?

A person with a developed photographic memory has an excellent access to the information he has ever received. In other words, such an individual is able to recall any book ever read, and even those pages that he saw. After all, information is seen in his head, as on the screen. Such memory can be compared with a photographic photograph.

To train these abilities, the following developing games were developed:

1. "What has disappeared, what has arisen?". For the game you will need any items. Lay them on the table and show the child. Then remove, imperceptibly for the baby, or add 1 item. The child must guess what appeared or what disappeared. It is recommended to start with 3 items. With time, increase the number of things. To complicate the game, remove 2-3 items.
2. "What hid in the box?". Put 3-4 items in a container. Cover them with a cloth. For a moment, allow the baby to look at the objects, and immediately close the box. The kid has to say what things he saw. Gradually increase the number of objects.

Development of logical thinking

For the harmonious development of the child, it is necessary to teach him to master the new, to instill the child's ability to "invent and act in the mind." It is these qualities that acquire a crumb with the development of logical thinking. A child with this quality is much easier to learn at school, able to solve emerging problems and everyday tasks. He perfectly formulates his thoughts, draws conclusions and conclusions, argues. Developing logical thinking, you instill in your child such qualities as ingenuity, ingenuity, curiosity and observation.

Most often for children in Shichida classes, the puzzle "Tangram" is used. This is a game that consists of 7 figures designed to collect a specific object. However, one should not limit the development of logical thinking by one puzzle.

You can use any educational toys that you have. The following games are quite popular and effective:

• The Magic Circle.
• "Pentamino."
• "Leaf".
• The Magic Square.
• The Columbus Egg.
• "The Vietnamese game."
• "Sudoku".
• The Domino.

The development of imagination

This is a very important direction in the harmonious development of the child. The school of early development, according to the method of Shichida, pays much attention to the development of the imagination. After all, it is the initial step of visualization. People who have a developed imagination are curious enough. They provide progress in art, science and many other spheres. Not surprising. After all, only that person who thinks and knows how to represent the future, is able to see in the ordinary subject a genius.

Perfect exercises for children will be the following games:

1. "The dinosaur in the park." Offer a crumb of a paper park with benches, trees and a plastic figure of any animal. We have a dinosaur. Parents should take the handle of the kid with a figure and move it around the park. At this time it is necessary to say: "Here is a dinosaur. He strolls through the park. Now he eats leaves from a tree. Now he wants to rest and sits down on the bench. " Very soon the crumb will start to think out his little stories about the heroes: where and why they will walk, and what they will do.
2. A chain of memory. This is a very common game in the technique of Shichida. It is also called the method of absurd stories. The child, listening carefully, as you come up with a story with pictures, will want to write his own stories. This is quite a fun game and at the same time very serious.
3. "What does it look like?". You can develop a kid not only in class. While walking, pay attention to the child's puddles, clouds, leaves, pebbles. All these items in their form can resemble certain things that a child encounters in life. Find out what they reminded the baby. Be sure to listen to the child, and then tell your version.

How to develop speed reading?

Accelerated education for children is of great interest to parents. Every mom wants her child practically from the diaper to skilfully read, count, reason logically.

Sichida's method includes training in speed reading. To develop this skill, the following exercises are recommended:

1. Prepare cards with simple words written on them. It is advisable to start with three-letter: house, cat, dog. Quickly show the kid the cards and take them away. The kid should say what was written on them.
2. For very young children, only letters will suffice. If the crumb does not yet know how to talk, then prepare the same cards for him. Demonstrating a picture to the baby, suggest that you select the same one from his collection.

As you may have guessed, the kid develops a photographic memory during this lesson. In addition, this exercise prepares your child for speed reading.

Strong arms

When developing a child, do not forget about the important component of your relationship with a baby. Be sure to show him your love. Makoto Shichida advises that you must hug the baby.

An excellent example is the following situation. Ask the crumb to help you wash the dishes. When the child cope with the assignment, be sure to praise him: "Thank you for your help! You really helped me! I love you so much!". Hug the baby and do not let go of your embrace for 8 seconds.

This time is enough for your love to reach the heart of a crumb. This exercise is also part of the technique of an amazing professor. It lays the foundation for a harmonious relationship between the child and the parents.

Opinions about the methodology

What do specialists and parents think about this development of children? Experienced teachers appreciated the methodology developed by Professor Shichida. The responses of specialists fully confirm the effectiveness of such studies.

After all, they are involved in all "communication" with the baby's brain: musical accompaniment, visual images, logical tasks, games. In addition, the training scheme is correctly arranged.

No less enthusiasm is caused by the technique of parents. Such activities are very interesting for children. Kids are pleased to learn. In addition, many mothers very quickly notice excellent results. Particularly surprising to parents, how quickly the photographic memory develops in crumbs. Many children, returning from the kindergarten, are able to accurately restore who and what was wearing.

Unfortunately, this method has come to us quite recently. Therefore, it is difficult to say about longer results. But the parents who decided to develop the baby according to Shichida's recommendations leave only rave reviews about her.