Meet Our Instructors: Trained with Shichida Japan

Certification, not improvisation

Every Shichida UK instructor completes official training and certification aligned directly with Shichida Headquarters in Japan. The method is delivered as designed — the sequence of activities, the pace, the language used with children and the structure of the hour all follow the original programme.

What the training covers

• The theory of whole-brain development and the research it rests on.
• Precise delivery of each activity type, including timing and card handling.
• Age-specific adaptation across the four developmental stages.
• Education of the Heart and how to model it authentically.
• Coaching parents — a skill in its own right.

Continuing development

Certification is a beginning rather than a finish line. Our instructors take part in ongoing training and observation, and materials are refreshed as the international programme develops.

The part you cannot certify

Technical precision matters, but so does warmth. We hire people who genuinely enjoy small children on a difficult Tuesday morning, and who can hold a room of six toddlers with calm rather than volume. That temperament is what parents remember years later.

Come and meet them

The best introduction is a trial class. You will see immediately how your child responds — and that response tells you more than any biography could.

Curious to see it for yourself? The easiest way to understand a Shichida class is to sit in one. Message our team on WhatsApp to book a trial class and we will help you choose the right stage for your child.

Sources & Further Reading

For readers who would like to explore the wider science of early years cognitive development, the following authoritative organisations offer trusted further reading:

1. Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University. Brain Architecture & Early Childhood Development.
2. World Health Organization. Improving Early Childhood Development: WHO Guideline.
3. UK Department for Education. Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.
4. NHS. Children’s Development & Early Learning.