SPOONFEED CREATIVITY – RAISE IQ

The contentment package of fun and games is very limited for children today as we pace towards new era of change. Pool games, Go karting, Para gliding & sailing, Bowling are some of the most sort for games. Rest of the activities are Computers, Badminton, swimming, painting or dancing. Reading is almost on the back seat which is the most neglected part. Gone are the days of playing marbles, hop scotch, skipping, carom, top and strings and story reading! Children are fascinated with thrills and adventure. The whole new lot demands for more challenging and exciting activities. A recent case study shows that it is important to stimulate childrens’ intellects. Parents sort for various methods to spoonfeed creativity into the minds of kids. Some confusedly land up adopting the activities that the child is not interested. Even playing a simple game like hide and seek or ‘ahmedabad bazi’ or just a game of business or Chinese chequers or carrom and chess, helps construct the complex brain circuit esstential to intellectual development. It is said that during pre school years, the children have great opportunity for understanding language and learning to talk. Creativity takes shape as they grow up adopting to various activities to nurture their talents. Reeya’s Mom says ‘Gone are the days when we use to play games. These children love to play but their preferences and priorities have changed. They are burdened with school work. Reading is totally out.’ True, Cartoons are in. Pokeman and Harry Potter is the current trends whereas diving into dreamy imagination with story books is out! The normal set of instructions is not required to build the IQ of children but what’s necessary is creating a stimulating atmosphere for casual learning started early in the childhood days. Being aware and talking to the kid encourages him to listen to you and the little informations that you provide, the little stimulating talks will build his intellects. Language is important to successful intellectual functioning and the grasp of language goes beyond just saying words. The vocabulary size increases. Music is also a very exciting activity which teach kids more than rythem and melody. A child who would not like to read, happy reads the words displayed while singing along with a computer CD! Singing develops brain development and clean, good songs has an effect on the child. Assembling puzzles makes them accurate and faster. Labelling things such as using toys to help the child to know colors, etc is a simple activity arising curiosity.

Raising IQ and exploring creativity explosions is galore and the brain management needs to activate the cells in the right direction but its confusing for a parent or a teacher as to which activity to choose! Nevertheless, Reading, playing and music are the best activities one can pursue to activate those brain cells, afterall!

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