The Most Important Teacher Your Child Will Ever Have

When our children go off to kindergarten to start their education we all hope that the education system will teach them the basic skills they will need to compete in tomorrow’s technically advanced world.

How well they do will be affected, to a great extent, on the preparation that they received from you in the most critical learning period in your child’s live. We now know that the building blocks of your child’s ability to comprehend, retain and excel throughout their formal education are already deeply imbedded before that first day of school.

Studies show that a child exposed to structured learning skills during the first formative years will excel throughout their formal education. They will be more likely to graduate from high school and go on to complete college and be much more likely to start a business of their own or to be prominent in the career of their choice.

If that was all, it would be ever so important to your child’s chances of a bountiful life. But it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Much more important to your child’s prospects in life, are the decision making skills and moral values that are ingrained into a child thought processes before they leave home for that first kindergarten class.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

The Art of Worldly Wisdom for Kids

Long, long ago before there were computers or the internet.before TV’s. dvd’s, play stations or even the radio. Long before there were schools or books or even writing, every parent that ever lived wanted the same things for their children that parents want today.They wanted them to be happy and successful in life. They wanted to watch them grow to become balanced, wise, productive, good and kind adults.
So back before there were schools or writing or anything; how do you think all those parents, passed on wisdom to their kids? How could they give them the mental tools that they would need to grow up to be good and kind and brave and happy?
Image-0012Well for hundreds of generations the way that they taught important principles was to tell stories, proverbs, rhymes and fables that would help imprint vital information.
They wanted their children to remember these vital bits of wisdom all of their lives.Each of these stories, fables or old sayings would contain a moral or a common sense viewpoint that would help a child remember certain moral waypoints as they grew.
The first thing that would be needed was to capture a child’s full attention.  Kids have always been kids, so first of all the stories, puzzles, etc. had to be interesting or funny or even scary. They needed to be easy to remember. That way when the kids found themselves in a tricky situation, they could relate to the story and make good decisions.
Who do you think made-up these stories?
Well it was almost always the smartest men and women in the land. In every county people would turn to their brightest people for nuggets of wisdom to pass on to their children. In this way the wisdom passed from one generation to the next.
There were stories for almost every kind of problem a person could have. Like how to make friends and keep them. How to stay out of dangerous situations and what to do if you got into one. Stories that taught common sense, self esteem work ethic and inner beauty.
All of these times tested and proven teaching tool are available to you. Modern science and research has provided much more. But how much you and your child get out of it is completely up to you. Studies prove that as little as 15 minutes spent each day with your child and these teaching activities will have a lifelong effect on your child’s success in life. We now know that you the parent can be the most important teacher in your child’s life. It is our hope to give you all the tools you need.
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