What is Shichida? What is the Shichida Method?
The Shichida Method is a groundbreaking approach to early childhood education that unlocks your child’s natural learning ability during the most powerful developmental stage – the Golden Period.
What is Shichida?
The Shichida Method of Education is the original whole brain training program that boasts proven results from across the globe.
Built on the belief that young children have an extraordinary ability to absorb information, this method provides purposeful, brain-stimulating experiences that build cognitive, memory, and emotional skills – while having fun.
The Science Behind It
From birth to age 3, your child’s brain is forming millions of neural connections every second. This Sensitive Period, also called the Golden Period of child development, is when learning happens most effortlessly – if the brain is given the right input.
The Shichida Method uses whole brain training to target both the right and left hemispheres, ensuring children develop logic, memory, language, emotional intelligence, creativity, and more – all in a balanced, playful way.
We also apply the Law of Diminishing Ability: when new skills aren’t used, they fade. That’s why our activities are designed to reinforce learning consistently – helping children retain and grow what they’ve gained.
Meet The Founder: Makoto Shichida
Developed by Makoto Shichida, a respected Japanese educator, author, and researcher, this method reflects more than 65 years of academic research and classroom experience. His mission? To nurture not just intelligent children – but compassionate, confident, and capable individuals with lifelong learning habits.
The Shichida Difference Across the Globe
The Shichida Method is trusted by families around the world, with centres in over 17 countries helping children achieve early milestones once thought impossible. From reading fluently before school to solving advanced puzzles, developing emotional maturity, and more, the results speak for themselves. You can explore our international Shichida network here.
Shichida Program in Australia: Learning for Every Stage
At Shichida Australia, we offer classes in Melbourne and Sydney for children from 6 months to 9 years old. Our programs grow with your child – from sensory play and flashcard memory for babies, to literacy, numeracy, creativity, and logic development in the preschool and primary years.
Please note: our Primary School Program is exclusive to children who have completed the Preschool Program.
What Your Child Gains
The Shichida Method goes far beyond worksheets or traditional learning. It’s a brain-boosting, confidence-building, memory-sharpening journey that sets children up for a lifetime of success – while strengthening the bond between parent and child.
Here’s what your child will gain:
Cognitive Growth & Creativity
- Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Strengthen photographic memory and mental processing
- Enhance creativity, imagination, and innovation
- A solid foundation in early literacy and numeracy
- Build visualisation skills through image training
- Support the development of speed reading skills
Motor Skills & Physical Awareness
- Improve fine motor skills and hand–eye coordination
- Enhance physical awareness and spatial understanding
- Sharpen intuitive thinking and sensory perception
Emotional & Social Development
- Develop both IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence)
- Build resilience, confidence, and motivation to learn
- Encourage positive social interaction and teamwork
- Enhance the connection between you and your child
Focus & Perception
- Increase attention span and concentration
- Improve observational skills and visual processing
- Sharpen intuitive thinking and sensory perception
- High-speed flashcards
The Shichida Difference
The Shichida Method isn’t just a class. It’s a scientifically grounded, globally trusted approach to early learning – designed to bring out the brilliance in every child during their most important years, while having fun!
Curious to see it in action?
Book your trial class today and give your child a strong start that lasts a lifetime.
FAQs
The Shichida Method is a scientifically backed whole brain learning program developed in Japan by Professor Makoto Shichida. It nurtures both IQ and EQ through memory, creativity, language, and motor skill activities. Unlike traditional early learning approaches, Shichida focuses on the Sensitive Period of development and uses right-brain techniques such as image training, flashcards, and speed training.
Shichida’s approach is based on stimulating both sides of a child’s brain through fun, high speed, multisensory activities. From infancy, children are exposed to a wide range of input — visual, auditory, tactile — that helps them build memory, focus, problem-solving skills, and emotional awareness. The method is structured, nurturing, and grounded in over 65 years of research.
The best time to start the Shichida Method is from as early as 6 months old. This is when the brain is developing rapidly, and learning happens most naturally. Shichida classes are designed to match your child’s developmental stage — from baby to primary school — making it the ideal early learning program to start during the most formative years.
