How to Use Flashcards with Babies

Left Brain Workout with baby flashcards:

By showing the baby flashcards to your children one by one, it is similar to pointing to your head and then telling your child what that is. The logical left brain learns and retains through this repetition and memorisation.

The 20-Day Program allows your child to be exposed to a variety of subjects at a controlled speed of about 2 seconds per flashcard in auto-pilot mode. Through multi-sensory stimulation, children pick up images and shape of the words while the audio reinforces what the word and object mean . We recommend you as parents (or carers) to repeat saying the words out loud, after each word is read from the screen. This will encourage your child to learn the words with you. Sound effects are also incorporated in some flashcards to help maintain your child's interest during the shows.

Right Brain Workout with baby flashcards:

The 20-Day Right Brain program shows at about 1 second per flashcard, and have an intentionally fast voice-over. The effect is similar to watching fast moving images on television which you can see captures your child's interest (but without the benefits!).

The fast-moving flashcards are meant to grab and focus your child's attention, and stimulate their right brain to pick up the images. They are not meant to memorise the flashcards this way so it is not advisable to repeat the same show twice in a row.

While you may not see how your children can pick up the fast images, scientists have proven that amazingly, the brain picks up images, even though the eyes may not register them. Similarly, the faster “chipmunk” voice may seem impossible to comprehend but be assured that this form of stimulation mainly aims to “open up” the right brain. Once the brain is stimulated, left brain learning becomes effortless. Thus, the right brain complements the left brain in learning when brain circuits are stimulated and connections are formed.

Some parents may say that because babies are merely repeating sounds from baby flashcards without understanding meanings they are not learning. There is a lot of research around this that has shown that babies as early as fourth months old are able to learn mathematics, new languages and comprehend written words.

The most effective way to train a baby’s brain is through using baby flash cards. Especially in terms of math, research has shown that this form of learning allows babies to use their right-brain to identify the number of dots on a page, rather than counting them. This ability can be trained into adulthood if the practice is maintained, and will always be useful, as they can then channel such a skill towards fast calculations of very large sums.


Babies enter this world with curiosity and wonder, and there is no reason that a baby will not enjoy learning, unless the teacher shows signs of distress themselves. Make the learning session fun, with lots of smiles and applause for your baby will provide a learning environment that is highly stimulating. If your baby is tired, then stop. Do not force rigid time constraints for learning. Be patient with your baby and allow him or her to learn and develop at his or her own pace.		Remember, flash card learning promotes fun in learning. Do not feel defeated if you show the flash cards to your baby and there is no initial progress. Continue the exercises, day by day. The baby’s right-brain is absorbing that information anyway. When you continually show them visual cues, the right-brain will subconsciously be absorbing the information for later reference. It is an intuitive memory, which is more active in babies and easier to trigger than in adults, who later become		dominated by their left-brains. Left-brain dominance results in linear, logical thoughts. Yet Einstein was a right-brain thinker, who did very poorly in his schooling. This is because the right-brain intuitively reaches the correct answers, without always being able to explain the logical steps that should have been taken to reach them.

Three times a day, every day, is the optimal amount of time to practice baby flashcard learning with your baby. If you can’t find the time, remember, any amount is better than nothing.

Some conventional teachings may comment that the reading and learning age should be six or seven. This is not for babies or children of any age. Learning can be fun if the teacher is there to support and guide the child in a positive way using baby flash cards.

For babies especially, they learn words contextually and are happy if you are happy. If you are feeling tired or stressed out due to other problems in life, it is better to take a break. When you are in a happy mood, together with your baby, you will be able to share some very happy memories teaching and guiding through flash card learning.

The most important thing to remember is to have fun with your baby. Then they will grow into a happy and confident child when they are ready to take on formal schooling.