Are Geniuses Born or Made? /Ignite the genius in your Child

Are Geniuses Born or Made? /Ignite the genius in your Child

Every child is a genius. That doesn’t’ mean that every child can score 150 on an IQ test. But every child is a genius according to the original meanings of the word “Genius” which origin is in Greek, meaning “to give birth” (related to the word genesis) and “to be zestful or joyful” (related to the word genial). Essentially the real meaning of genius is to “give birth to the joy” that is within each child. Today a Genius is defined as “An exceptionally intelligent person or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of activity”.

We all have expectations for our children to do their greatest but how do we foster a love affair with knowledge and nurture their developing minds? An infant has twice as many brain connections as an adult and as parent we have to help them connect as many brain neurons as possible as brain neuron connections stops at the age of 18. The young child masters a complex symbol system (their own native language) without any formal instructions. Experts say there is a little genius in almost everyone. It is part genetics but also what parents do early on to bring it out of them. All children are capable of anything, depending on how it is presented to them and the effort which they put into learning it. So yes geniuses are not only born they are made.

Math is one of the most basic skills we expect our children to master.  Reading, writing and arithmetic: these are the three subjects often named as being of paramount importance.  And yet, while much focus is put on early literacy skills including reading and writing, math is often lost in the shuffle.  But teaching your child math skills from an early age is more important than you might think.

Mastery of early math skills predicts not only future math achievement; it also predicts future reading achievement, recent studies shows.  Research into the importance of early math skills shows that children who are taught math early and learn the basics at a young age are set up for a lifetime of achievement in all aspects of their academic performance.  Building more advanced math skills is just one of the areas in which basic math taught early on can make a difference.

While we all want our kids to achieve greatness in life, it’s important to acknowledge that early childhood is the most crucial growing period of a human life in terms of emotional, intellectual, physical and social development. While it’s a scientific fact that human brain growth is at its peak potential in early childhood, it’s also a fact that all children process information differently. No child is the same, and while some children learn better through reading, others learn better through doing – which brings us to the topic of mathematics!

Let’s be honest, kids don’t like mathematics. This is not an issue isolated to just Nigerian Kids. In fact, according to research, most adults loathe it too. Interestingly, many adults feel that if they could have been exposed to a smarter way of learning mathematics as a child, then their outlook would be a far more pleasant one. For most kids, mathematics is extremely difficult and boring, and unless an interest is taken in learning it from a young age, they will always have a love-hate relationship with it. So how do we get our kids interested in learning mathematics and also help them connect more brain neurons? One of the best and most successful proven ways in which to make the subject of mathematics more attractive and interesting is with UCMAS.

UCMAS whole brain development program builds foundational techniques that make learning math effortless and enjoyable. By mastering UCMAS techniques using the Abacus students develop the ability to think in pictures and quickly learn to perform large calculations mentally. Over time UCMAS students come to love a subject they may have once struggled with or even feared.

UC ACTIVITIES – LEARNING STYLES & SKILL DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES

Activities in a UCMAS class help children develop their kinesthetic, Auditory and Visual learning styles. Children generally have a pre-dominant style of learning; but at UCMAS we enhance each learning style, which not only enhances their dominant style but also develops their less dominant style of learning

Tactile/ Kinesthetic Learning Style: Tactile/ kinesthetic learners learn best when they can use their sense of touch using physical objects or body movement – The UCMAS program focuses on the physical use of abacus for representing and calculating numbers. Other activities like the types of speedwriting facilitate this type of learning.

Auditory Learning Style: Auditory learners are those who learn best through hearing. In the UCMAS program students calculate by listening to numbers in extremely high speeds. In addition listening and writing jumbled dictations also help auditory learners. Thus strengthening their auditory style of learning.

Visual Learning Style: Visual learners are those who learn and understand better through visual aid or by seeing and observing things. Ongoing use of the physical abacus helps students visualize the beads of the abacus, hence giving them a gift of Mental Math. At UCMAS we conduct various activities with flash cards, which are bead representation of numbers. These activities help children enhance their visual leaning style.

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