tatianna
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« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2010, 06:04:53 PM » |
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i think you should teach all you can to your children
and expose them to a wide range of ideas
but i don't obsess on right brain learning
for one there is not a great deal of proof of it's value
and second like the study noted it's better to focus on both sides of the brain working together
i do a lot of EK with my daughter
but the things she seems to remember the most
are the subjects that we talk about
and that she sees a real life application of
(multi sensory)
it's important for me to keep things in perspective
what do i really want for my child?
that she can spit out a bunch of unrelated facts?
and has a photogenic memory?
or that she loves to read
and knows how to learn so that she can then learn anything she wants
i try to show her great art,music,dance,books, poetry,math and nature
then talk about them
she then decides what she wants to learn more about
we enjoy the discovery together
i really want her education to be about her interests
and not my goals or a desire for her to be smarter then other children
i think this way she will continue to love learning
and develop critical thinking skill (which is every bit as important as math)
learning is not a race it's a life long journey
and i feel the goal of early learning should be seen as just the foundation
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