Extraordinary results, ordinary children

Have you ever wondered how some children are able to achieve extraordinary results at an early age?

How can children fluently read and write before age three, do algebra at five, or play Mozart by six?

Over the years, thousands of people have asked us how it's possible to get children to achieve at a remarkably high level. My experience has shown that any ordinary child can achieve these things — but this is only possible if the child's potential is nurtured in the right way.

The techniques I use are simple enough that anyone can use them, and yet they are extremely effective. And now your own children can also benefit from these techniques.

In my digital book, Genius in 28 Steps, I have refined and distilled my teaching methods into 28 key principles. Everything I know about teaching children to excel is contained within the pages of Genius in 28 Steps, and I hope that you can use this book to help your children fulfil their true potential.

But you might have more modest goals for your child — not everyone wants to raise a genius! This is why I've designed the book so that it is useful for everyone, even if you are a busy working parent and cannot afford to spend much time with your children.

Whether you want to help your child enjoy reading and learning generally, want to improve his or her attention span or level of independence, or are just a new mother who wants to give her baby the best possible education, Genius in 28 Steps has the answers for you.

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More details on Genius in 28 Steps

A new approach to teaching

I'd like to give a few more details about my style of teaching, which I call the balance method.

We all want our children to do well, but at the same time, I don't believe in pressuring kids to succeed.

This is why I always look for ways to encourage the child to enjoy learning, as this will naturally lead to him putting in a good effort.

It also means your child's interests will be aligned with your own goals, making learning and teaching a pleasant experience for both parties.

Learning should be fun

Babies and toddlers have an enormous amount of innate curiosity.

And yet after just a few years of traditional teaching, this natural enthusiasm for learning is gone, never to return.

Imagine, as I did, if it were possible to change this.

Why should learning be a chore? In fact, why shouldn't learning be fun? And how much of a child's potential is wasted because of tedious and ultimately ineffective forms of teaching?

Children are naturally enthusiastic about learning

Introducing the balance method

Twenty-five years ago, these embryonic thoughts led to the gradual development of my own style of teaching.

I call this teaching style the balance method — which reflects the balanced approach to teaching that I advocate.

Practical experience has helped me refine and enhance existing forms of education into a highly effective tool — and I'm still learning and discovering new things!

As you'll see in Genius in 28 Steps, the balance method's principles just make sense, and you should find them quite easy to use with your own child.

Main: My daughter Zuleikha's work at age 7

Inset: Zuleikha's work at age 6

How the balance method works

While I call my teaching approach the balance "method", it is not really a single method at all. It comprises many different ideas and techniques that, when combined, will help children achieve the best results possible.

I describe exactly how the balance method works in Genius in 28 Steps, but here's a brief overview of some of the method's key features:

The balance method combines the strengths of different teaching approaches

Results

Here are some of the results achieved when I taught my own children using the balance method:

• Zuleikha received a grade A in A-level maths at age 9 — the joint youngest of all time to achieve this feat. Now 14, Zuleikha has straight As in A-level maths, further maths, and physics; she has also completed courses from the Open University in biology and astronomy.
• At the age of 15, Iskander graduated with a First Class Honours from the University of Warwick's four-year MMath programme after having started his degree at 12. Shortly afterwards, he completed an MSc in Computer Science at Imperial College London.
• Sufiah entered Oxford University to read maths at age 13.
• Aisha entered university at the same time as Iskander, except that she was 15 to Iskander's 12. She is now finishing her PhD in Mathematics Education.
• Four of my kids — Abraham, Aisha, Sufiah, and Iskander — were ranked among the top 5-10 players in the country for their age group in junior tennis.

Of course, any child can achieve results just as good by using the balance method.

In fact, I fully expect that many children in the future will do even better, as I brought up my children in very difficult circumstances — I was in a foreign country with little in the way of support or resources, practically a single mother, and far from wealthy. But that's another story!

Halimahton Yusof

January 2009