This
article is written by my colleague Esther Andrews of
www.all-gifted.children.com. I share it with you for its
important message.
Develop the Genius in You
Reading whole pages at a time and remembering the material
in detail. Solving problems in a creative and totally new
way. Learning new material easily and quickly. Focusing on
an activity without giving in to any distractions. Knowing
the material better than anybody else. Coming up with new
concepts and ideas easily and often. Inventing new tools and
instruments that help change the world. All those great
skills are identifiers of a genius.
In the last few years, research
into the brain’s development and functions has increased
significantly, and new discoveries have taken place, mainly
due to new technology that is now available for the first
time.
It used to be “common
knowledge” that the neural connections in the brain grow
rapidly when we are infants, slow down later, and finally
come to their “peak” when we reach adulthood. People used to
think that after that, our brain cells and neural
connections between the brain cells, actually start
diminishing until “old age’ sets in, and we lose our brain
capacity.
In the recent years it has been
proven, that the brain actually develops new neural
connections constantly, and keeps doing so until the day we
die. The trigger for developing these new neural connections
is – brain activity. This is very good news to all of us,
who passed our teenage years.
Tools and techniques to
increase an individual’s IQ are being discovered constantly.
Using the information from recent research, many new
theories and techniques have been developed.
The best time to start
developing a strong intelligence, is in infancy, because
that provides for a lifetime of developing activity.
However, these techniques and methods are effective at any
age.
Lets discuss just a few of the
ideas that have been suggested in recent research:
Left-right brain connection:
there has been a lot of discussion about the theory that the
left part of the brain and the right part of the brain are
responsible for different functions. I have heard many
theories, among them the suggestion that the left brain is
the analytical one, while the right brain is the creative
one. Another suggestion that has been brought up is that
the left brain is responsible for language skills, while the
right brain is responsible for “thinking in pictures”.
Whatever the theory, it has been proven to be beneficial to
fortify the connection between both parts of the brain, so
that a person can combine the different skills in problem
solving and in everyday life.
Techniques to strengthen the connection between the right
brain and the left brain, include everything that has to do
with the “cross type coordination” movement, all movement
that involves the left arm right leg and right arm left leg
coordination in turns, like crawling, walking freely without
carrying anything and so on. You might have heard the
opinion that a child that has not crawled, will have
problems with gross motor skills later in life. Crawling is
very beneficial, even for adults.
Swimming, is another great activity. Swimming has been
proven to be a superior exercise for all ages, infants to
adults. Diving under water at some depth gradually
increasing the time interval, increases lung capacity and
the capacity of the blood vessels to the brain. It has been
proven to have a profound effect on the ability to focus and
on the IQ.
Another activity that only few people know about, and that
proves to be extremely effective, is practicing writing with
the weak hand. If you are right handed, practice writing
with your left hand, a few minutes a day. If you are left
handed, practice writing with your right hand.
Drumming is another beneficial activity, that helps
strengthen the connection between the right and the left
brain.
Many other methods and
techniques have been discovered that help in brain
development, no matter what the age.
It has been hypothesized, that
if you start early enough, you can turn your child into a
genius. I have developed a strong interest in this subject
31 years ago, when I met for the first time a highly gifted
child, 6 years old. I have studied the subject, observed
thousands of children, and have applied my findings to my
own children, with great success. Currently I strongly
believe, that if you give me any baby – no matter the race,
the origin or the background – I can turn it into a genius.
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