No parent can turn a child into a genius overnight. A serious effort and right approach for raising a genius is a must right from early childhood. Read on to know how you can shape a genius mind and raise a genius child.In this fiercely competitive world it is natural for every parent to want to raise a genius. However, few actually succeed as they do not know the basic parenting tricks that will catalyze the growth of creativity and intelligence in children. Here are some ways in which you can ensure that your children grow up to be geniuses.
Keep Reading to Kids
Reading to small children is one of the most powerful ways in which you can help their brain develop faster. Each time your child hears the words you read out their brain forms many new connections with images, sounds and concepts.
Reading to kids from an early age is a sure fire way of
boosting their brain development and helping them become smarter.
Spark of Curiosity
Curiosity is the mother of invention as you must have heard. It is the sense of intense thirst about the world that kids are born with which makes them smarter and faster in picking up things. As a parent who wants to raise a
genius, you should utilize every opportunity of keeping the curiosity of your kids alive. As your children grow older take them to science fairs, art exhibitions, music recitals, libraries and movies that interest heir mind and whet their appetite for
learning.
Praise Them Fairly
Praise your kids in a balanced way if you really want to help them grow faster. Over praising will make them grow complacent about themselves and encourage conceit. Not praising them at all will tilt them towards depression and break their self confidence. The trick is to achieve a balance and tell children that they have done well (if they really have done so) but they can do much better. Saying things like “you are almost there!” will definitely help boost your child’s performance and make him or her smarter.
Look For Opportunities for Learning
After you are done with work talk to your kids about your adult world and the issues you encountered there and what you did in your work day. Take your kids out shopping with you to the supermarket and encourage them to compare prices and calculate discounts. Give simple tasks to your kids like picking out apples and oranges and reading labels. Doing these tasks will boost the confidence of your kids and help them become smarter and more aware of the world around them.
Talking with Special Techniques
Asking your children open ended questions instead of typical close ended yes or no questions is a good idea. This will allow kids to think more and express themselves more creatively. Always give your kids feedback to their answers and let them know that you appreciate their responses. Do not use a baby talk vocabulary while communicating to kids. Use normal worlds even if they are difficult for children to understand in the beginning. In time they will pick up the meanings and their vocabulary will develop faster.
Do Not Spoon Feed
You will never
raise an intelligent child if you constantly keep on spoon feeding appropriate answers to them. Children need to figure out the answers to some problems on their own and the more they are left alone in their quest the better it is. Do not answer everything that your kids ask instantly even if you are tempted to. Encourage them to research, to dig out facts and logically connect facts before arriving at their own answers. Give them access to library tools, the encyclopaedia, search engines and teach them to use these.
Once you fast track your kids on the path to knowledge and intelligence you will be surprised to see them grow smarter and more aware.
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