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A woman holding up two Flash Cards for toddlers
Child Development•Develop Love of Learning

Maximising Toddler Development with Flash Cards: Benefits, Tips, and Best Practices

Flash cards may seem simple, but they can be a game-changer in boosting memory, cognitive skills and language acquisition.
girl reading book sitting on sofa - sight words flash cards teaches reading
Develop Love of Learning

Sight Words Flash Cards: The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Kids to Read

Sight words are the most frequently used words your child will read in books such as the, look, see, and, play, like. Mastering sight words helps children read faster and more fluently.
Young Kids Playing Football on the Field, quick decisions are helped by developing intuition
Child Development•Develop Love of Learning

Developing Intuition in Children: How Parents Can Support Natural Growth and Decision-Making Skills

As a parent, your role is to guide, teach, and support your child in developing their natural intuition, which will shape most of their life decisions and actions.
Visualisation Techniques to Empower Your Child's Success - Close up of a Girl With Hand on Chin Looking Afar
Child Development

Proven Visualisation Techniques to Empower Your Child’s Success

In this article, we learn how visualisation techniques can be an incredibly useful tool to aid your child's success.
Intrinsic motivation in children, featuring a Couple Lying on the Bed while Looking at Their Young Daughter Standing
Child Development•Enhance Parent Child Bond

Developing Intrinsic Motivation in Children: Strategies for Parents

In this article, there are practical steps and strategies you can adopt to help boost your child's intrinsic motivation while supporting their growth and success.
Toddler playing with uncooked pasta noodles practicing Fine Motor Skills Activities through play
Child Development•Play and Games

Effective Fine Motor Skills Activities for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Fine motor skills are small but powerful building blocks that help a child to be independent.
Fostering a love for learning, young child looking through a picture book
Emotional Intelligence•Child Development

Developing a Love for Learning

Nurture a love for learning in your child with fun, practical and engaging activities that build confidence and curiosity for life.
A preschooler writing with confidence - Early Development Gives Your Child a Head Start
Child Development

How Early Development Gives Your Child A Head Start

Early development programs are popular among families wishing to give their children a head start in an increasingly competitive world.
Exploring early brain development, mum playing with her child
Child Development•Problem Solving and Cognitive Skills

Exploring Early Brain Development

Learn about early brain development with practical tips to start your little one's learning adventure. Nurture their growing mind!
Prepare for Year 1 phonics check with Shichida - here a Shichida teacher is showing phonics flashcards
Shichida News•Learning and Education

Victoria Replaces English Test with Year 1 Phonics Check

Victoria's Year 1 Phonics Check replaces the EOI in 2025. Find out how it works, why it matters, and what this means for early literacy.
Concentration Products For Kids: Young boy playing with a shape stacker
Concentration and Memory•Learning and Education

Concentration Products For Kids

Our list of concentration products for kids is full of fun, engaging games and activities that your child will love.
Meditation for Kids: a child and parent meditating in a garden
Emotional Intelligence•Child Development

Meditation for Kids: Helping Their Emotional Intelligence

Explore the importance of positive emotions, actionable ways to teach them to your kids, and how Shichida’s proven approach can help nurture emotional growth.
A mother holding a baby for better parenting tips to use while your child is young
Parenting and Bonding

How to Be a Better Parent with No Regrets 10 Years Down the Line

In this blog, we’ll explore three effective strategies to help you feel confident that you’re doing the best for your child’s development, minimising regrets or “what ifs” as they grow.
Enrichment centre Glen Waverley entrance
Develop Love of Learning•Learning and Education

Early Learning Enrichment Centre at Glen Waverley

Discover a unique early learning enrichment centre in Glen Waverley. Fun, educational classes and activities for babies, toddlers and preschoolers!
Cultivating a growth mindset in kids
Emotional Intelligence•Child Development

Cultivating a Growth Mindset

Explore the benefits of promoting a growth mindset in kids. Learn practical ways to develop resilience, creativity, and problem-solving.
Shichida vs Montessori methods, here an adult is playing a shape game with a young girl
Child Development•Learning and Education

Early Childhood Development Methods: Shichida vs Montessori

Learn how Shichida’s structured brain stimulation differs from Montessori’s child-led exploration and independent learning philosophy.
Young girl showing eight on her fingers, next to an abacus, a great example of numeracy in early childhood
Literacy and Numeracy•Learning and Education

Enhancing Numeracy in Early Childhood

Boost your child's numeracy skills in early childhood. Discover hands-on techniques and activities to ensure math is a fun experience.
Problem-solving skills in young children shown through shape puzzle building by parent and child
Problem Solving and Cognitive Skills

Developing Problem-Solving Skills in Young Children

Discover simple and effective ways of developing problem-solving skills in young children, essential for their creativity and future success.
Alternative Education, father holding two young kids at home
Learning and Education

Alternative Education For Children

Why do more Australian doctors and teachers seek alternative education for children? Professionals and teachers share something in common.
How to help an easily distracted child: a girl playing with a fidget spinner
Concentration and Memory

How To Help An Easily Distracted Child

Kids who are easily distracted are often more sensitive to an overload of sensory stimuli which can scatter their attention.
Learn together at Shichida - mum and two girls in a Shichida class
Parenting and Bonding

Learn Together Bond Together

We often tell parents the importance of learning alongside their child: “When you engage the heart of your child, you will engage their mind.”
The power of positivity and positive emotions with three kids enjoying ice cream
Learning and Education•Emotional Intelligence

The Power of Positivity: How To Teach Kids Positive Emotions

Explore the importance of positive emotions, actionable ways to teach them to your kids, and how Shichida’s proven approach can help nurture emotional growth.
emotion chart for kids, stickers showing a variety of emotions
Learning and Education•Emotional Intelligence

Create Your Own Emotion Chart For Kids

Help your child understand and express their feelings by creating a personalised emotion chart for kids that’s fun, interactive, and easy to use.
How to help kids express emotions for kids through play
Learning and Education•Emotional Intelligence

Using Play To Help Kids Express Their Emotions

Help your child understand their feelings with engaging emotional regulation activities for kids that promote self-awareness, build resilience, and make learning about emotions fun and interactive.
mum playing memory games cards in the park with her young child on a sunny day
Concentration and Memory•Learning and Education

Do Memory Games Help Kids With ADHD?

Discover how memory games can support kids with ADHD by enhancing focus, improving working memory, and addressing ADHD memory challenges effectively.
Core skills: a test paper, pencil and eraser
Learning and Education

Achieving Academic Success Through Eight Core Skills

Our programs not only instil the eight core skills identified by AERO but also go beyond to nurture well-rounded individuals.
Difficulty focusing, this article looks at child focused issues, why a child can't focus, young girl daydreaming
Learning and Education

Reasons Why Your Child Has Difficulty Focusing

Understand why your child may struggle to focus despite being capable. Learn practical ways to support child-focused attention and address common issues that impact focus.
A graphic showing a young girl thinking with ideas popping from her mind to demonstrate short term vs long term memory in children
Learning and Education•Concentration and Memory

Short Term vs Long Term Memory: What’s the Difference in Kids?

Learn the key differences between short term vs long term memory in kids. Discover how these memory types impact learning and tips on how to improve short term memory.
How a child's memory formation works, shown by a child having an idea, and graphic behind him showing a brain and gears to imply that thinking is at work
Learning and Education

How Memory Formation Works in Early Childhood

Discover how a child’s memory formation works, from encoding to retrieval, and learn how the Shichida Method supports memory development in early childhood.
A young girl playing a memory match game with an adult male, in a demonstration of the importance of language and memory development
Learning and Education•Concentration and Memory

The Importance of Memory in Language Development

Memory works hand in hand with language development in young children. Learn why early language and memory development is crucial.