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Here’s some very recent research results showing the long term benefits of early learning, reported by The Guardian newspaper (UK): http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/oct/14/childhood-stimulation-key-brain-development Some quotes: Farah’s results showed that the development of the cortex in late teens was closely correlated with a child’s cognitive stimulation at the age of four. All other factors including parental nurturance at [...]
It’s been quite a while since my last blog post. In fact, over the past few months, I haven’t even been able to be very active on the Forums either. What have we been up to? Quite a lot! US Infomercial The main thing that has been occupying my time, since the beginning of this [...]
As promised in an earlier blog post (Why I Avoid Classical Piano Teaching For My Daughter), here is an update on Little Musician. Over the recent weeks, we’ve been working feverishly hard to get this out. One reason Little Musician has taken so long is that we kept wanting to add more features to it [...]
I’d like to give some updates to two of the earlier blog posts that I made. 1. “COMMON CRITICISMS” One of my first blog posts looked at the criticisms frequently leveled at the idea of teaching babies to read: “Common Criticisms Of Teaching Babies To Read” I’ve since added a new frequently-heard criticism that I [...]
Firstly, some good news for all of you who’ve been waiting for Little Musician: We’re very close to beta launch now! In my next blog post, I will give a more detailed update on where we are, and what Little Musician will include. For this blog post, however, I would like to ‘set the scene’ [...]
Here’s a topic I just posted on the BrillKids Forum: — Many of you probably have read about the recent controversy stirred up by the Today Show over YBCR and teaching babies to read in October last year, and again recently when the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) joined in the attack. If you haven’t [...]
Ever since I published videos of our daughter, Felicity, reading at twelve months of age on YouTube and switched career paths to the field of early childhood education, I have often heard negative comments by people concerning the idea of teaching babies to read. At first, I was shocked by such a negative reaction, especially [...]
Welcome to the BrillKids Blog! We’ve been meaning to have a corporate blog for a while, but never got round to it – that is, until now! Contributing to this blog will be members of the BrillKids team, including myself (Founder and CEO) and Lappy (Vice President), and it will cover areas such as: Early [...]
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