DON’T BLAME THE TEACHER.

When a child fails to succeed in school, it’s easy to place the blame on either the teacher’s fault for not properly instructing, or the child’s fault for not paying attention. These usually incorrect conclusions often lead parents to enroll their child in a tutoring programme, “the problem is that majority of programmes, such as reading tutoring, focus on the same content that students would receive in school”. “The theory being that the teacher wasn’t presenting the information properly or the student must have heard the teacher the first time. The truth is that it’s not knowledge of the leading, but underlying deficient skills that causes problems.

Kids need the family to achieve their potential. Many parents are bothered by their kid’s poor performance at school; however this article highlights what they can do to make them geniuses. Intelligence and inherited gift can both be nurtured and enhanced by the right environment. While intelligence clearly has genetic component, scientific research is becoming to show that certain approaches boost learning and mental development in your minds.

The proven strategies for building the child’s brainpower scientist have outlived to include:

• Playing music: There is concrete evidence that playing music can significantly enhance the brain and sharpen hearing for all kinds of sounds, including speech. Organising music lessons appear to benefit children’s intelligent Quotient (IQ) and academic performance and the more years the students takes lessons, the greater the effect. Therefore music lessons in childhood are clear predictor of better grades in high school and higher IQ in adulthood. So help your children release their inner ability, sign them up for the school band or private lessons.

• Foster Fitness: Making a child involved in exercise can help improve memory. Exercise boost brainpower by building new cells in a brain region linked with memory loss. Participation in organized sports fosters confidence, teamwork and leadership, so encourage your child to get involved in an organized physical activity or school sports.

• Breast Feed: Mother’s milk is elemental in brain food. Breast-feeding has multiple benefits for growing infants. It prevents dangerous infections and provides essentials nourishment. Breast feeding can make babies both healthier and smarter, infants who breast-fed for nine months grew up to be significantly more intelligent than those who breast-fed for one month or less. Breast-feeding your infant can deliver long-term dividends.

• Games: Games that promotes teamwork or creativity develop children’s strategic thinking and planning skills. Playing mind games such as chess, crossword, cryptograms, riddles- they all train the brain to perform mental gymnastics while promoting strategic thinking, problem-solving and complex decision making. Educational toys companies are now creating motor-skill and memory enhancing games for small children even toddlers, buy your child a game.

• Avoid Junk Food: Cutting out sugar, trans fat and other junk foods from your child’s diet and replacing them with high alternative can do wonders for early childhood mental and motor development- especially in the first two years of life. For example, kids need iron for healthy brain tissue development, as nerve impulses move slowly when children are iron-deficient. Studies showed that poorly nourished children have trouble fighting infections, which causes them miss school and fall behind their peers.

• Nature Curiosity: Parents who show curiosity and encourage their children to explore new ideas teach them a valuable lesson: seeking knowledge is important. Support your kid’s hobbies and interest by asking them questions, teaching them new skills and taking them on educational outings to develop intellectual curiosity.

• Books; This tried and true method sometimes gets overlooked in the rush to adopt the latest IQ-boosting technology, but reading is low-technology way to improve learning and cognitive developing in children of all ages. Read to your children from an early age and keep the house stocked with books

• Never Miss Breakfast: Eating breakfast improves memory, concentration and learning. Children who don’t eat breakfast tend to tire easier, be more irritable and react less quickly than those who begin the day with a solid meal. With today’s hectic schedules, a full breakfast isn’t always possible. But eve an energy bar and a glass milk can go a long way towards helping your children.

When your children struggles with reading, there may be a better alternative to tutoring. Don’t always blame the teacher.