Most of us don't mind sending our children to art, music, dance and theater classes for years. Some of us do and some of us don't even check the progress made by the children. Somehow, we believe that these streams will take their natural course or that some of these 'creative' outlets are useful for children. We are right in believing this and each of these streams has a lot of depth and a lot of character can be developed in the child. But, how does one measure this? Just some food for thought...
Now, to the point I was pondering over. When it comes to Thinking Skills to, if it has to be deeply ingrained in the child given all the contradictory messages they get from media and sometimes, even the society and school, we need to look at it with a long term horizon. A short term stimulation of a few days or weeks can expose them to new tools and probably lay a seed for an idea to grow if the conditions are right but it cannot help ingrain it as a deeper habit that the child falls back on in times of a challenge.
This is the main reason that we run each of our modules for a long duration and together all the modules forms a year long program for the 5-7 year olds and a year plus program for the 8-13 year olds. We also have advanced modules based on Project Based Learning that keep the tools constantly refreshed for the children. As they grow, the tools should grow with them, get applied into their needs and support them at crucial situations, that's when they will learn to trust them and apply them when needed. The intention is to provide them with the tools and also help them apply it when it matters. It is a matter of habit, it is a matter of courage, it is a matter of practice as much as it of knowing what to do. Great attitudes were never built in a day!
Knowing is not enough, lets commit to making Thinking Skills work for children. We need you to understand that this is a long term commitment and the changes you will takeaway in the attitude of the child will correspond to your commitment to the program!
Now, to the point I was pondering over. When it comes to Thinking Skills to, if it has to be deeply ingrained in the child given all the contradictory messages they get from media and sometimes, even the society and school, we need to look at it with a long term horizon. A short term stimulation of a few days or weeks can expose them to new tools and probably lay a seed for an idea to grow if the conditions are right but it cannot help ingrain it as a deeper habit that the child falls back on in times of a challenge.
This is the main reason that we run each of our modules for a long duration and together all the modules forms a year long program for the 5-7 year olds and a year plus program for the 8-13 year olds. We also have advanced modules based on Project Based Learning that keep the tools constantly refreshed for the children. As they grow, the tools should grow with them, get applied into their needs and support them at crucial situations, that's when they will learn to trust them and apply them when needed. The intention is to provide them with the tools and also help them apply it when it matters. It is a matter of habit, it is a matter of courage, it is a matter of practice as much as it of knowing what to do. Great attitudes were never built in a day!
Knowing is not enough, lets commit to making Thinking Skills work for children. We need you to understand that this is a long term commitment and the changes you will takeaway in the attitude of the child will correspond to your commitment to the program!
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