Counting fingers

To count the number of fingers and match the right number to the card. Child or parents can show their fingers out, same as shown on the cards and count together.

Objective
To learn counting using fingers and recognising numbers 1-10

Match eggs to chickens (Big & small alphabets)

Objective
To recognise and match upper & lower case alphabets

Send pictures to the right Alphabets House

Use Phonics to go through each picture to each alphabet. Then paste Alphabets House on the wall and ask child to send the pictures back to the right house.

Objective
Familiar with names of pictures, recognize alphabets and Phonics.

Space Memory

Prepare 2 sets, one for yourself and one for the child. Flash the picture to the child for ard 3-5 secs , give the child an empty grid squares and ask child to arrange the pictures back to the correct position as shown earlier. I used blue tacs to paste the pictures, so I can play a few more times while rearranging or changing the pictures frequently.

Objective
Child to practise remembering the position of where the pictures are.

Paperdolls

There are many printable cut-out dolls which can be downloaded and printed from the internet. Print and cut out a variety of apparels for child to dress up the doll.

Objective:
Child learns to differentiate types of apparels and dress up the dolls accordingly.

Sorting vegetables

These mini-sized vegetables are bought from Daiso. I mixed all the vegetables together, get the child to sort them and insert them into the bottles according to the different veg names printed on the bottles.

Objective:
Child learns to recognize different vegetables and practice finger training by inserting them into the bottles.

South-East Asia Countries flashcards

Shichida vs Glenn Doman FLASHCARDS

Guidelines for Shichida and Glenn Doman's flashcards methods

Shichida believes in building up the images in a child's brains before showing the words.

Content: (start with only images and slowly input words after child is ready or gets older)
Number of cards: 1 to 20 sets of cards (depends of the child's attention span), each set consists of approximately 10 cards and an individual topic(cover page) of each set.
Intensity: Clear images on A5 size (recommended size for fast flashing). Input as much information as you can.
Frequency:Flash only 1x a day (do not repeat)

Glenn Doman believes in building up the words in a child's brain first to prevent child getting bored or lose interest in words easily if images are shown to the child before words.
Content: 3-inch red words
Number of cards: 5 sets of words , 1 set consists of 5 words
Frequency: 3x daily (2x daily for working moms)
New words: 5 daily (1 in each set)
Retired words: 5 daily (1 in each set)
Life span of each word: 3x daily for 5 days= 15x

For both methods
- Begin as young as possible
- Be joyous at all times during the flashcards session (never force the child)
- Stop before the child wants to stop
-Flash each card quickly (<1sec per card)
- Introduce new materials frequently
- Be consistent
-Prepare materials early and carefully and stay always ahead of child

Exploring the Glenn Doman 's Method

Finger-training- Ladybirds on the leaf

How to play: Instruct child to put the correct number of ladybirds onto the respective leaf

Objective:
To exercise their thumb and index fingers using clothes pegs in a much more interesting way.