re: 1000 pic flashcard BP
actually these cards are A5 size. Printed from the 10 volumes of GD dictionaries CD. I have those 10 CD too... very costly and can flash the 1000 pictures in many different language. Can buy from gdbaby too... The cards printed in A5 sizes are goood... I use them for image training
when u believe and practise the shichida methods, you need LOTS of image cards... real life (applicable to GD and shichida) or cartoon images (applicable to shichida) is ok.... just need LOTS of cards... cos the suggestion is flash as many image cards at high speed as possible for the image training.
If u r serious in GD and shichida method... then u will need to start collecting as many of such good quality image cards (or softcopy) and start a system of printing your own or making your own or somehow obtaining much more cards... cos the encyclopedic set from GDbaby is just 25-30 topics consisting of 10 facts each.... there is so much things to teach them.. soon u will run out of such cards. U definitely wont wanna stop there right... so buying the cards is one thing, at the same time a lot of effort needs to put into making/sourcing for more. I went to the shichida parents session and first thing they shared which I fully agreed is... shichida parents equal to hardworking parents... many many nites need to be spent on just the preparation work... I used to spent 2-3 hours a nite doing such preparation work... hehee
Things like san zi jing, zhong hua zi jing, etc mostly can be printed by yourself OR if they are slightly older, use powerpoint
re: ESP
the shichida teachers told me that ESP is like the senses of the right brain. Just like our normal 5 senses are of the left, the ESP belongs to the right brain.... and is strongest in the first 3 years of the child's life where they operate predominantly in right brain... At this age, u all do not need to deliberately conduct ESP program... just do pretend play. Like eg take a bear, say to the child, hey teddy is singing a song to u.... can u hear it... then put it at their ear and let them listen.. etc
re: 1 sec per card or less
fast speed flashing activates the right brain. The left brain do not do well with this type of speed... thus the right brain took over and each cards becomes an image ... invoking and enhancing photographic memory... If you flash cards too slow, it does not activates the right brain but the left. Supposed to be like dat lah... thus I flash it at 1 sec a card...
re: baby signing
my son learn most of the signing from my volumes of signing times which he love. For joelle, I am signing to her myself... cos I already know most of the basic signs liao... so can just sign to her..
My son can sign quite a lot of signs... at his age, it helps him communicate some of his needs to us and save some frustration..