|
By
Victoria Welch
Preschool learning games can
be made out of every day activities. Changing boring
tasks into fun games, keeps your Childs
concentration and imagination going strong, just look at
Mary Poppins. This time in your Childs life is a big
stepping-stone, they are like little scientist looking,
watching and discovering the wonders of the world around
them.
Their
curiosity in everything is wonderful to see, nurture
this and your child will grow into a beautiful swan (not
literally, but I hope you get what I mean).
It is a
misconception that we inherit our levels of ability, for
instance if your family is great at sport, but not
academics, a lot of people would say 'Well its in the
genes', (genetically passed down through generations)
this is rubbish, genetics has nothing to do with it, it
is the environment in which we learn and grow!
If as a
child you developed in a sporting
environment, you would make your own preschool learning
games out of toys for physical development and your
parents would start praising and encouraging you.
What do
you think would happen?
That
child will then start thinking this is good, if I do
this my parents will he happy which makes me happy too.
Environment is Everything.
Get a
Variety of Preschool Learning Games For Your
Child
Education isn't just about
learning maths, reading and writing, although your
child will have to meet the "required"
or "desired" language and literacy skills. Let your
child have a wide experience with preschool learning
games from subjects like music, art, language, exercise
and dance, even down to small things such as stories of
different cultures, different clothing and food to help
personal and social development This is the best time to
start them on the right path in life!
Using
play and a variety of preschool learning games, learning
becomes fun, enjoyable, fascinating, and easy!!
Yes I did
say easy. If you show them the right way now then, they
will think of learning as brain food, they wont be able
to live with out it.
Tony
Buzan books will open your mind, to a different way of
learning.
If you
start this learning process early, your child
will use their curiosity, creativity, sensuality, rhythm
and fascination to take in information, and have the
ability to recall it at any time.
They will
use their memory in such a way, that it may seem as if
they have an encyclopaedia in their head, but they have
better than that, they have the most powerful instrument
of all, their brain.
I just
want to give you an example of Tony Buzans learning
methods, so that you can see for yourself how easy it is
to learn.
Do you
remember when you were in school, and you where asked by
the teacher to learn the planets of the solar system,
their size and the order they are from the sun.
If you
didn't do this you can have a go now.
1.
Mercury (small) 2. Venus (small) 3. Earth (small) 4.
Mars (small) 5. Jupiter (big) 6. Saturn (big) 7. Uranus
(big) 8. Neptune (big) 9. Pluto (small)
Give
yourself ten minutes then have a go of writing them down
in the correct order and sizes.
Give
yourself one mark for each planet correctly placed. If
you have the correct planet but in the wrong place, or
the wrong size, you score 0.
How did
you do?
The
average score around the world on this test is between
one and two, so don't worry if yours is a low score.
In order
to memorise the planets for life you are going to use a
Link System, in conjunction with your imagination, to
create a linked and fantastic story.
If you
follow it carefully and completely, it will be harder
for you to forget than to remember!
Imagine
that in front of you, where you are currently reading,
is a glorious SUN. See it clearly, feel its heat, and
admire its orange/red glow. Imagine, next to the Sun, a
little (it's a little Planet) thermometer, filled with
that liquid metal that measures temperature: MERCURY.
Imagine that the Sun heats up, and eventually becomes so
hot that it bursts the thermometer. You see all over the
desk or floor, in front of you, tiny balls of that
liquid metal Mercury.
Next you
imagine that, rushing in to see what happened, and
standing by your side, comes the most beautiful little
goddess. Colour her, clothe her, perfume her, design her
as you will. What shall we call our little goddess? Yes,
VENUS! You focus so intently on Venus with all your
senses, that she becomes almost a living physical
reality in front of you.
You see
Venus play like a child with scattered mercury, and
finally manage to pick up one if the mercury globules.
She is so delighted that she throws it in a giant arc
way up in the sky (which you see, as light glistens off
it throughout its journey), until it hurtles down from
on high and lands in your garden with a gigantic
'thump'!, which you both hear and feel as a body
vibration.
And on
what planet is you garden? EARTH.
Because
of the power of her throw, and the height of the arc,
when the globule lands, it creates a small crater which
sprays earth (EARTH) into your neighbour's garden.
In this
fantasy you imagine that your neighbour is a little
(it's a little planet) , red-faced (it's a red Planet),
angry and war-like character carrying a chocolate bar in
his leading hand! And who is this God of war? MARS.
Mars is
furious that the earth has gone into his garden, and is
just about to attack you when, striding on the scene,
comes a giant so large and powerful that he shakes the
very foundations (and you must feel them) of where you
are.
See him
standing a hundred feet tall, and make him as real as
you made Venus. He tells Mars to calm down, which Mars
immediately does, for this giant, with a giant cow-lick
'J' on his forehead, is your best friend as well as
being the king of the gods, the fifth Planet: JUPITER.
As you
look up to the hundred-foot-high Jupiter, you see the
word 'SUN' emblazoned in flashing gold letters across
the giant T-shirt on his enormous chest.
Each of
these gigantic letters stands for the first letter of
each of the next three big Planets of the Solar System:
SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE.
Sitting
on Jupiter's head, barking his little heart out with
humour because he thinks the episode has been so
hilarious, is a little (little because the Planet is so
small) Walt Disney dog by the name of PLUTO. Re-run this
fantasy in your mind, and see how difficult it is to
forget!
Isn't it
brilliant!
You can
make preschool learning games out of everything!
But it's
a shame that we didn't get taught this skill when we
where young. Its so easy when teaching and learning is
Fun and buy using preschool learning games, songs and
stories learning is enjoyable to do.
Using all your senses and
imagination to create a fantasy story that your brain
will love and instantly want to play, over and over
again and there it is stuck, forever in your memory
bank.
This
little system and others that Tony Buzan teaches you in
his books, can help your child find maths as enjoyable
as doing a craft activity such as painting, because its
fun! All Preschool Learning Games should be Fun.
Make Life
fun and the world is a happier place!
More
Information...
About the
Author
Children
who experience structured play seem to develop strong
bonds and feel loved and appreciated.
Education-Games-For-Kids.com was set up to drive this
message home and help parents choose
Educational Toys for Babies and Toddlers and
Learning Games for Older Kids |
