The genius in the human design is easily seen on our faces. They are oval in shape with circles for our eyes and nostrils which easily attract our newborns. Since round shapes continue to aid our learning, flowers, animals, beans, rocks and more can be helpful for expanding learning beyond the basics.
Integrating Learning Is Fundamental
Movement integrates both sides of the brain and when we can not access it we will often simulate it for better retention or even to offset boredom as the case may be. If your child is jumping off the chandeliers, creating stairs out of door handles and window seals, they may be a prime candidate for gymnastics. Because of the unique way their brains are required to move while thinking through their routines, these athletes have some of the highest grades of nearly any other sport.
Folks seem to think a young child has a microscopic attention span, when in fact all of us have about an 18 second window before we decide whether to engage or completely dismiss any input we hear. It turns out there are many reasons for alternatives to institutional classrooms for young children. Maybe we would reverse the U.S. epidemic of pre-school expulsion if we started putting our own thoughts to music. Getting back to the average 4 year old laughing 400 times a day should be among our highest priorities in my book.
While braiding my daughters hair just now I realized how easy it is to teach her about the parts of the brain while she is feeling them being manipulated. Like the temporal lobes for side braids, frontal lobe twists, parietal pig tales... I am feeling synaptic activity just thinking of the possibilities!
Optimizing Comprehension is Developmental
Older children have the ability to conceive of a lower case and the letter in capital being the same. This also applies to equal parts of liquid put into different size containers. Pre-schoolers will often argue that the tallest container has more despite seeing the liquid in them being pre-measured the same.
In fact during their most vulnerable years children are drawn to vertical, then horizontal and finally diagonal patterns. We see this in infants and toddlers who with their eagle eyes seem fascinated by dust particles moving through the air. During their elementary stages they become better equipped for the diagonal patterns required for reading. No wonder Einstein's teacher thought he was slow when in fact he was right on schedule when he started reading and writing far later than his peers.
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Adelaide Zindler is The E-School Coach with a Bachelor's degree in Child Development, who found herself pregnant with a second child after 23 years. Trained in nutrition and life coaching she is also an award winning author and widely quoted in major publications around the country and a contributor to both ABC and Fox affiliates. Sign up for her free tips when you browse her website at http://FearlessParenting.com
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