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We have to differentiate between information and ability to think. In this day and age, we have an information overload. However, does that mean that a person who is very knowledgeable can think well? Our education gives us information but does not really teach us how to use and apply them. Our ability to think [...]
1. If my child found a couple of bucks on the classroom floor, he would: a. Dutifully play the part of class officer and turn it in to the teacher, because the thought of making someone go hungry for lack of lunch money would be too painful for him to endure. b. Make sure no [...]
One of the easiest ways to teach and develop critical thinking in your children is to use a series of action-based activities that focus on urging your children’s brain to take positive and productive actions. Teaching critical thinking techniques to your children will eventually result in stimulating their basic thought processes. Here are some basic [...]
Child educators and counselors of the day keep using a number of buzz-words and definitions to explain the basic concepts of critical thinking skills. Some of them use words like creative thinking to drive home the idea, while a number of others employ words like higher-order thinking or logical thinking to explain the topic. Whatever [...]
Do we want our kids to use their noggins wisely and independently, or do we want them to be little ventriloquist dummies parroting the thoughts of the pop culture and their peers? Not really a hard choice, is it? But where do we start? Creating the proper family environment so that our children are comfortable [...]
The extensive use of critical thinking is perhaps the most valuable skills that we can teach our kids. Gifted children have the habit of making rapid progress and they always use the power of synthesis and evaluation to learn things without any proper teaching or training. It is imperative that you support and nurture the [...]
Enhancing thinking skills in your kid can be real fun and thrilling. Nothing can be more effective than asking the right type of questions in an easy going manner. Questions that you ask should have simple and proper wordings. When you ask questions that lead to a mental stimulation of your kid’s thought process, it [...]
Curiosity is the most critical fuel for all-round development of your children. The power of curiosity helps your children assists them in clarifying innumerable problems, develop ideas and expressions, help solve riddles and problems and later use and apply them in their daily life. Curiosity also helps your children explore and probe how situations and [...]
All babies and toddlers are very astute learners. By birth, they are too curious to know and learn things around them. They also show a keen interest in trying to figure out what is happening around them. Curiosity is the intense desire to learn and understand things and issues around them. Curiosity is also the [...]
There are many things that you, as a parent, can do to nurture your children’s creativity. Each of the following ways are about you nurturing your children’s creativity, but they can just as easily be used for yourself or the child in you wanting to come out and play! 1. Freedom First and foremost is [...]