“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein
What is that Mr. Einstein has to do with brain, as we all know he was an all time genius and multitalented individual and one who gave so much to human kind in his lifetime. We find it quiet handful to have such people around. It is not that we have lesser number of geniuses and compassionate people born but we are not concerned about right training to our kids at right time, they are all potential geniuses. We as parents are far more concerned about the hungry stomach and feed the best possible nutritious food but seldom concentrate on a child’s brain which is very very hungry of information since the birth.
Let us first understand the basics of brain development and further know how we can feed this hungry young brain.
The right brain connects us to our boundless sense of being. Being is primary; hence the right brain develops first till the age of 7 year’s. 80% of your brain develops by this age; hence, ‘human being’, not human doing. The left brain is far more interested in doing and develops and dominates the right side after 7 years of age till ones life time. Young right-brain dominant children, by contrast, are quite content being.
Knowing this here we come to know how important it is for a young child to play and learn in an unstructured way rather than under burden of academics and the rules we lay down on mugging up things and even worse grading them, labelling at this tender age with adult logic.
Pushing kids to literacy and numeracy before this age will create a batch of learned stupids who loose desire to learn and explore.
Let’s remember that life is less about what we excel and accomplish in this world. Rather, life is about being present and connecting with love to all people and nature which children do so freely and naturally. This is the feature of right brain and the left brain sunders life into pieces, the right brain unites. This is why babies and young kids sense no distinction between themselves and their environment.
More about right brain and how to effectively help our kids use it whilst it is active at its peak in my next article.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” ~ Albert Einstein
Article by Dr Shraddha Tendulkar
source of information and Courtesy:Glenn Doman’s literature
