winnie - didn't buy any sichida related materials. Bot one item at earlier BP by same supplier. No issue.
Mummies,
If you really want to see results with SM, you need to put in a lot of effort at home as well. Just one and a half hour every week is not enough. These weekly sessions are supposed to teach the parent and the child what/how the SM method works/ and for the parent, how it is supposed to be taught.
In addition to the PEC, please also note that there is a free home education tutorial (also about 2 hours plus.) They would give you the schedule for these classes in the file you first get at the first lesson or when you signed up.
The PEC is an extended version of the video you guys might have seen before signing up. Explains the thinking behind the SM... explains how flash cards work , how to activate the esp parts of your kid (SM calls it HSP not esp)
The Home Practice course (not sure what they call it) is a more hands on class - e.g. teaches you the best way to hold flashcards, what type of cards to show todds (under 2yr) and todds above 2. How to do the 65 or 62 day dot-course (given in manual distributed during PEC) effectively and so on..
After the home practice class, there's a session with parents of Sichida "geniuses"... listen to what they say but don't stress ... one of the mothers in the session I went to was asked how many flashcards she had for her girl. She said "20,000 hard copy and some more in the computer " !!!