Right Brain Education with Tweedlewink
Posted on January 31, 2010
Filed Under [SKW] Early Childhood Education, [SKW] Parenting
Tweedlewink is a name that was quite alien to earlier this year. But somehow, somewhere it just won me over. Tweedlewink is about providing a wholesome education to children from the womb - 6 years old. Early part of the life is focused on stimulating the right brain and the later part on engaging the both left and right to work harmoniously. Kids who undertook this class have shown exceptional ability to read and carry out quick mental maths calculations. They have classes for your kids to experience the learnings. 12 classes are held per term, one hour for each session. DVDs are also available. But here’s the thing. It’s difficult to get your child to focus on the TV, so buying DVDs may or may not worth your while. Perhaps it’s best if you could send your children to their classes. PERMATA NEGARA programme whose patron is DATIN ROSMAH MANSOR, I was made to understand contains if not all some basic foundations from TWEEDLEWINK.
TWEEDLEWINK RIGHT BRAIN EDUCATION CENTRE IN NEO DAMANSARA, DAMANSARA PERDANA SELANGOR
If you are interested in the education, you may download the course brochure here http://www.rightbrainkids.com/centers/tw-school-brochure_3.pdf or contact 03-7710 1090 for more information. They have 3 branches in MALAYSIA. One in Neo Damansara, Puchong and Klang. I will write a review next on other early childhood education programme such as GLENN DOMAN, MARIA MONTESSORI, DR. ROBERT TITZER’s YOUR BABY CAN READ (YBCR) programmes. Oh by the way, you may get hold of the famous GLENN DOMAN flashcard kits by contacting Lily on 019-600 1380. Don’t forget to mention [FAIZAL] for 5% discount. 
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More on Tweedlewink and Wink programme from the Star: Most early education programmes focus on left-brain cognitive development. But if the right brain is more involved in learning, then you can have a balanced, whole-brain menu for your child.
“If a person only uses the left brain, he or she will be very logical, and will only have a narrow and limited point of view. The right brain is more intuitive, creative and inspired.
“When children can tap into this part of themselves, they can conceptualise things accurately in their mind and see things clearly, be it a goal or a product. When the left brain, which is action-oriented, and the right brain, which is concept-oriented, work together, then you have the actual realisation of your goals or dreams, and you can be very effective,” said the amicable Pamela Hickein, founder of Wink-Right Brain Kids.
She was in Kuala Lumpur recently to conduct a workshop on Right Brain Education.
Wink is her brainchild, and has its origins in an eclectic community Montessori school in Montana, the United States.
“Parents and teachers there worked on a blend of various early education methods. I was pregnant with my first child then and wanted to learn all I could about pre-natal education,” explained Hickein, 40, who’s based in New York.
In exchange for learning the programme, Hickein, who had lived in Japan for a year during a high school student exchange programme, taught the school teachers Japanese.
“I was so passionate about it that within two years, I became part of the administration!” said the mother of four.
A few years later, early learning expert Makoto Shichida toured the school and was impressed with the work done with the children.
“He invited me to train the Shichida method (an accelerated learning technique that emphasises right brain development for better memory enhancement and photographic imaging) in the United States. Later, we discovered that the method was not so effective for American schools but I still believed in the programme,” said Hickein.
One of the methods that had developed in the school along the way was called Right Brain Education, based loosely on the work of Betty Edwards, Barbara Meister Vitale, Colin Rose, Glenn Doman, Shichida, and others. Children were taught how to learn large amounts of information in a short time, and therefore were able to spend most of their time at play.
The school closed in 1996 due to lack of funding but a small circle of parents and teachers later came together to continue Right Brain Education for their own children. They also wanted to package what they had learnt to benefit other families around the world.
“I started writing about all the experience garnered from the school. America has very strict copyright laws so I had to go back to drawing board and make clear what was really ours (Wink). We created our own games to help children to visualise. There’s a variety of learning ‘diets’ and thoughts involved, and they all help in the learning process.”
In 2003, the first Right Brain Education kit called Wink was established for children aged four years up to adulthood.
The process of learning through drills, repetition and tests depends upon the faculties of the methodical left brain, which builds memory through logical links and repetition.
On the other hand, visual stimulation, a right brain function, enhances traditional learning by developing and sharpening photographic memory capabilities, intuition and creativity.
The Wink system marries the left and the right to form a seamless mind. It allows the mind to learn in a whole new way by activating both hemispheres and stimulating the brain’s visual centres.
The programme is designed to build confidence, enhance memory, self-esteem and accelerate learning for people of all ages, creating a complete well-rounded approach. Hickein also came up with a programme for children up to four years old called Tweedle Wink.
“In very young children, the brain develops from right to left. The nerve fibres connect right to left, and they start knitting a bridge to link information between the two hemispheres.
“From ages zero up to three years, that’s when you use flash cards, classical music, anything that will help create the nerve fibre bridge. And the most important input is love,” Hickein said.
“When the link between the left and right brain is strong, the left brain starts to emerge, which is how you get conscious thinking, cognitive skills, organisation and expression of ideas. That’s when we graduate to the Wink programme.”
In children with no developmental delays, Hickein said they can grow up to be successful engineers, writers, independent thinkers, entrepreneurs, as “they can do anything they put their mind to.”
However, those who have delays like autism, ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), dyslexia and other special learning needs appear to make the most progress as the programme helps them to harness the power of the right brain.
“The left brain is like a cup, holding the liquidity of the right brain and helping to bring ideas into actualisation. Wink helps them focus while still honouring who they are and how they learn. It’s also about training the parents to see their kids having infinite possibilities and throwing the concept of ‘normal’ out of window.”
Hickein has worked with learning-challenged children for many years, and written numerous books and learning curricula, including TweedleWink; Wink: Right Brain Education; Soul Bonding; Womb with a View; and Montessori International Prenatal and Infant Learning Handbooks.
“Because society is left brain oriented, children will get left brain education anywhere they go, (hence the need to develop the right side). Of course, if a person uses only the right brain alone, that’s also not good as he would have no wisdom or insight. The whole idea is to develop the right and left side together,” she added.
Right brain education is helpful even for adults and this can be in the form of listening to music, enjoying art and nature. These techniques jump-start the process and reintroduce right brain thinking, especially in senior citizens who tend to regress to childhood as they age.
And how did the name Wink come about?
“I wanted to call it ‘right brain education Montesorri Doman blended programme’ but the marketing people said that’s not going to work! Then, my six-year-old son was winking at me and it struck me how the concept of one eye open, one eye closed, switching from left to right, made sense as it captured the essence of the programme perfectly!”
Hickein trains parents and early child educators all over the world and offers products on her programme via the Internet. She has students from the United States, India, and other Asian countries.
“In a left brain world, we bring whole brain balance with right brain education. If my programme resonates with parents, then I’m glad that we’ve been helpful.”
right brain education from Shichida Japan now available in Malaysia but there is a waiting list for you to get into the class.
I met Pamela and Wennie personally 3 weeks ago at the Neo center. It was an honour. Personally I find Wink is better than Shichida. If you are interested in such discussion, join me in FB group name “Children Education & Enrichment”.
I’m sure every enrichment school will do something differently, my concern would be the cost for wink ?
Cost for wink is either same or slightly lower than Shichida. If you can afford for Shichida, you can afford for wink. One thing good about wink is, if you know how to conduct the lesson yourself, like I do as I read a lot of the books and materials of Shichida method and right brain education, you can buy the lesson kit yourself (no member’s discount) and practice at home. For Shichida, they don’t allow the lesson kits and materials to be purchased if you do not join them (commercial’s mindset).