Heart-based right brain enrichment programs and early learning centers

By a Parent

Barbara, a mother of two elementary-age children, gave them flashcards since their earliest moments of life.

"When my oldest child, Tim, was born, I got together with a friend who had a baby the same age as mine. We read all there was to read on teaching infants to do math, be physically superb, read, and have encyclopedic knowledge. We made flashcards together. We had a regular routine of math cards, phonograms, foreign languages, etc."

Her little boy began to read by age three. Meanwhile, my little boy was more interested in cars and trucks.

I soon became frustrated. I thought, "Why isn't this program working with him?"

My friend's son was the perfect example of what I believed in my heart was possible. I really became depressed. Then my husband woke me up.

"Barb," he said, "what is it that you want Timmy to learn, exactly?"

I stopped right there. I realized that I wanted Timmy to love learning. And I also wanted to have fun with him!

Once I realized that these were my true goals, I relaxed. I kept on making flashcards and playing learning games with Tim, but I focused on playing together as the main goal.

Then, one magical day when he was five, it happened. All of a sudden, he started to read effortlessly. He jumped from sounds to words to sentences almost instantly! In just a few months Tim was able to read out of our family Bible! It was just incredible.

I taught my daughter in exactly the same way as I taught my son. She is now an eager learner, too. They're both tremendously successful at school.

If there is anything I would like to pass on to other parents, it is this: love your child, love your child, love your child! When he feels loved, he will be so hungry to learn that nothing can stop him.

And don't hold any expectations over him. Love him unconditionally, just as he is -- where he is. If you do this, all else will fall in place naturally.