Child Brain Development Techniques

Brain Profile : Right Side Brain & Left Side Brain

Types of Memory
1. Logical – Logical reasoning and Problem Solving Skill
2. Mathematical – Numerical Analytic Memory
3. Memory – Order, Sequance etc.
4. Visual – Shape, Size, Pattern, Distance, Colour etc.
5. Analytical – Therotical and analytical skill.

Reason to Improve Memory

1. Stress
2. Focus
3. Memory
4. Speed
5. Attendtion
6. Reaction Time
7. Visual Attention
8. Recall Time
9. Problem Solving

Your memory is like a muscle - the more you use it, the stronger and fitter it will get.
 How can memory be improved?

In order to make an individual's memory more efficient we need to ensure four key things:
Practice - the more often we do something, the more likely we are to remember it.
Memory strategies - these are ways of processing information that will help you remember it better.
Organisation - this ensures that information is stored in a more meaningful and well-organised way and which is easier
for the brain to recall when needed.
Understanding - if we understand information it is easier for us to remember, and if we understand how memory works, it
is easier to make it work well for us personally.

Mnemonics (Techniques for Brain Development)

Mnemonics is one of the commonly used systems for developing or improvingmemory. Here are some techniques that
you can teach your child:

 Acronyms: An acronym is an abbreviation for a set of words. Your childcan learn the names of organisations or a
set of names of scientists or a set of names of places by making up acronyms for them. Thus, for a science
experiment, apparatus, procedures, observations and conclusion can be APOC. This may be rearranged to form
PACO or CAPO. Another idea is to pick out the keywords in a long answer and then make up an acronym for the
keywords. This way the entire answer can be recalled.

 Acrostics: In acrostics, you take the first letter of each of the words in the list you want to remember, and then
make a sentence with words starting with those letters. This is useful for remembering longer sets of words. For
example, if you wish to remember Anorak, Hat, Raincoat, Windcheater, Screen, Gumboots, and Umbrella, in that
order, you can convert this into a sentence like a hot roast with sugar gladdens us. It is easier to recall a
sentence than a list of items, which may be unrelated.

 Poems and Songs: Your child may find it easier to remember her answers if she finds the sentences rhyming.
Alternatively, you can teach them to her in a singsong manner, perhaps to the tune of 'Twinkle twinkle'. This
inspires creativity and makes the learning process entertaining.

 Method of Loci: This can be an effective method for extremely long lists or answers. It is particularly useful as it
employs visual imagery as well. Ask your child to select a path that he or she takes everyday, the path to school
for example. Now ask him to associate an object in his path with an item on his list. For example, there is a lamp
post on his way. The item on his list is 'wind'. Have him imagine a wind blow so strong that the lamp post falls.
Suppose the next object is a series of steps, and the subsequent item a kite. Imagine the kite bouncing up each
step with a little of its tail cut off every time. The association can be as nonsensical or meaningful as you wish.

 Chunking: A person can remember seven (plus or minus two) items, especially numbers, with ease. Hence, if you
have a very long string of numbers, try creating chunks of a few digits together instead of struggling with the
whole number. If your number is 12256888305, break it up into 1225 6888 305. Alternatively, try having
your child remember it as December, square of 16, three fat ladies, and his sister's birth date (30 May).

 Good Old Rote: All said and done, mnemonics can be used to jog your child's memory. But a large part of the
portion has to be learnt by rote. This is however not as difficult as it sounds. The trick is to not read up too much
at a time. Tackle one chapter or even half a chapter in one sitting. Revision is of utmost importance. Have
your child go through what he learnt at least thrice at different intervals before the exams. The mantra to
remembering clearly is the 3Rs—read, revise, and recall.
 Visualizing : Creating detailed imagery and associations can help with solidifying memories over the
long term. The more creative you can get with your imagination, the better: if you meet someone
named Nick, perhaps envision him with a white beard and think of him as St. Nick.
  Categorize : If you have a big list of things to remember, you can find similarities and group them.
For example a shopping list:
Apples, Shampoo, Cheese, Milk, Sugar, Bananas, Soap, Coconut, Flour
Now, reorder them into categories and we have this:
Fruit: Apples, Bananas
Dried Goods: Coconut, Sugar, Flour
Dairy: Milk, Cheese
Bathroom: Shampoo, Soap
Another great way to remember your categories (especially in the case of a shopping list)
is to remember your categories in the order that they are found in the supermarket. For
example, if your first aisle is Fruit, remember the fruit first and think of the fruit aisle
while you are doing so.
 Images : This is the most effective way to remember a person's name. If you meet John Key,
imagine his face with a big key right in the center of his face. If you meet someone called Patty
Grant, you can try to remember a meat patty wrapped in wads of cash. I will leave it up to your own
imagination if you meet Bob Johnson. Another way to do this is to find an association between this
person and someone else you know - imagine them shaking hands or standing next to each other.
 Visualize : This is a very ancient technique of memorization called Loci. In this method you
imagine a location (something easy like your home) and you place the objects you need to
remember in to a different part of the room. The famous Cicero had this to say:
"One must employ a large number of places which must be well-lighted, clearly set out in order, at
moderate intervals apart, and images which are active, which are sharply defined, unusual, and
which have the power of speedily encountering and penetrating the mind."
For example, if you need to remember a list of vegetables, put each vegetable in a different place
in the room When you need to recall the list, move in your mind through each location in the room
and see what you put there. If you find this one especially helpful, you can expand on it by adding
additional floors to your location.
 Story Method : This one can be very fun. Make up a story and include all of the things you need to
remember in it. The story can be totally ridiculous. Let's say you need to remember to buy a
bucket, a dozen apples, a hairbrush, and some kitty litter, you might make a story like this:
After Jane emptied the kitty litter from Felix's dirtbox in to the red bucket, she gave him a good
brushing with his new hairbrush while she ate an apple for lunch.

 Senses : If you have to remember a word, try remembering it with your other senses. For example,
if you have to remember to buy soap, try to conjure up an image of soap and whilst doing
so, imagine what it smells like. You can also use your other senses in the same way: to
remember to buy an alarm clock, remember the sound it makes when it goes off in the
morning.

Exercise to be done
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Recalling

1. Numbers Recalling
2. Pattern Recalling
3. List & Sequence Recalling
4. Objects Recalling
5. Face Recalling
6. Place Recalling
7. History Recalling - Remembering Dates and Times
8. Music Recalling
Concentration

1. Playing Fun Games

2. Multi Task Game Playing (e.g. : Typing Test with reading and hearing loud Music and Reapting it)
3. IQ Test Games and
4. Pair Finding
5. Books Reading
6. Observing Photo, Place and anything with detail

Triggering Mind by doing usual things

1. Whearing Watch on opposite hand

2. Using other hand for regular work
3. Changin the place of over day to day usable things
4. Essay writing or Describing any topic
5. Speaking 12345 but writing it from 20,19,18…….etc
6. Speaking A,B,C,D… but writing Z,Y,X,W,
7. Speaking A for apple and writing A for Animal…etc.
8. Randomly picking any long digit number just writing it immediately.
9. Writing in mirror type etc.
10. What you were thinking about five minutes ago. What you were thinking about one hour ago.
11. What you were doing this time yesterday. What you had for breakfast seven days ago.
12. What you wore last weekend. Something you told yourself you would never forget Ask someone to collect 12
different items for you. Observe them for one minute and then try to recall as many as you can. Try making up a
story that includes them all (this involves both sides of the brain).
13. Find a picture that is full of objects. Study it for a minute and then try to remember 12 or more items.
14. Pick a pattern on your wallpaper or carpet. Study it for a few minutes and then draw it, first with your right hand
and then with your left. Next, try to draw it from memory.
15. Choose a new poem, wise saying, holy verse or meaningful statement from a book, magazine or newspaper and
memorise it. Repeat the exercise every day. Your brain loves this kind of stimulation. Improve your memory by
trying to recall.

BE A HUMAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA
You are more likely to recall something if it intrigues you. Look at this list of unusual human facts for five minutes, page and see how
then close the many you can recall.

1. Women blink twice as many times as men do.

2. There are approximately 550 hairs in one eyebrow.
3. The strongest muscle (gram for gram) in the human body is the tongue.
4. The most common time for a wake-up call is 7am.
5. The largest kidney stone weighed 1.36 kg.
6. Most dust particles are fragments of dead skin.
7. Babies are born without kneecaps. They appear when the child is two to six years of age.
8. Your body creates and destroys 15 million red blood cells every second.
9. We each produce 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime.
10. If you ate too many carrots, you would turn orange.
11. The force created by one billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT.
 12. The colder the room you sleep in, the higher the chances of having a bad dream.
13. The nail on the middle finger grows faster than the other nails.
14. A baby is born every seven seconds.
15. You breathe ten million times a year.
16. The foot is the body part most commonly bitten by insects.

If you could recall only up to five facts from this list, you would benefit from awakening your curiosity by learning something
new, such as signing up for an art or creative writing class or joining a debating society.

Types of Games to Play for Brain Development

1. Reading
2. Story Telling
3. Puzzels
4. Riddles
5. Word Games
6. Logical Games
7. Shooting
8. Racing
9. Strategy
10. Sudoku
11. Typing Test
12. Mathematical Games
13. Dancing
14. Face and Name Recognising Game
15. 2 Min Talk on Topic
16. Drawing with Perspective

Action speaks louder than words

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Food to Improve Brain

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What your child should do

 1. Set a Routine
Routine is a must for everyone, more so for your child who is facing an exam. Your child must have a special
routine tailored to the examination timings. If this routine habit is inculcated in the child right from the initial years,
he or she will be able to effectively meet the challenges thrown up by life.

2. Have a study table

People say that decor and furniture do not necessarily affect concentration. But children are certainly more
attentive in a conducive ambience. If one sits at a desk, on a straight back chair, one is more likely to be able to
concentrate than when lolling around on a sofa. A child lying down on the bed while reading will most probably fall
asleep. So it is best to sit at a table or a small desk.

3. Study for a minimum of one hour at a time

It takes the mind at least 8 - 10 minutes to clear out other distractions when anyone sits down to study. So once
the child gets into the mood, let the child be there for the next 50 minutes or so. Let there be no disturbances in
these sittings. Otherwise, the focus will be lost. Somechildren like to study in the morning, and some late in the
night. Parents should leave this choice to the children.

4. Set a goal
It is important that you decide how much your child should accomplish in one hour. Your child will only be too
happy to achieve these targets and brag about it.

5. Reduce distractions
If you feel that your TV viewing is distracting your child, avoid late night TV or other forms of entertainment. You
can even stop talking to a friend on the phone for a long time. While sacrificing your leisure, you must make the
child aware of such decisions. The child should not take you for granted. Moreover, you have to clarify that exam
time routine is not applicable to the adults.

6. Eat light meals

Encourage your child to eat light food along with juices and milk shakes. Intake of heavy food is bound to make
the child feel lethargic and lazy. Let the child eat at regular intervals, not at one go. Ask your doctor for a good
brain tonic. Milk, fruits, cheese and similar energizers are always welcome.

7. Be orderly
In order to avoid clutter at the last moment, make your child organize the study material well in advance. For
example, sharpen the pencil and fill the ink pens much before the exam. The child should have a head bath
regularly in order to have an alert mind. Let the clothes be ironed properly. These are small things that will matter
in creating an ambience.

8. Cultivate an intense desire to excel

You have to impart a drive to your child, a drive to excel and come out in flying colours. Therefore, as a parent,
you have to make the child focused. Teach your child to take keen interest in whatever he is studying, not just for
the school exam but also for the exam of life.

9. Faith in yourself
Never allow your child to indulge in self-doubt or worries. Let your child be confident of his or her abilities,
especially avoid last minute exam-time preparation.

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11: Up Your Intelligence by Choosing Your Exercise Wisely

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