Presented by: Anat Baniel
Hosted by: Institute of HeartMath Education Coordinator Jeff Goelitz
On Saturday, June 9, 2012
I was planning to write a blog from my notes…..but I don’t think
that’s going to happen. So here
are my notes from the webinar. Please send me an email if you have any
questions.
Movement is the language of the brain….Movement provides
information to form cells. Brain can change under the right conditions.
We need to start from where they (the children) are….if your
child can’t do it, trying to make them do it won’t work. Impossible to fix a
human being. Nothing to fix. We can only evolve.
Stop looking at the limitations.
“connect before you correct” Jane Nelsen.
The changes need to occur in the brain, rather than physical
therapy.
Information = perception of a difference.
We need to stop trying to make the child do what they can’t
do. When you make them do it, they are learning that they can’t….becomes a barrier.
All children have special needs. A child is born with 22% of
size of adult brain. All children brains can become “brilliant”!
Children have to learn everything.
The nine essentials
Babies randomness is actually learning differentiation.
Randomness provides vast experiences.
Movement with
attention: huge brain growth….attention to the self…not to the task or
teacher…
The learning switch:
only on for 20 mins at a time (at the most). Once there is a new
learning….stop. The new connections are fragile,….harping will hinder the
learning.
Subtlety: Reducing the effort …they can feel
things they never felt before…there is more learning. Don/t force them to stand
…don’t make them work hard…make it as easy as possible. Work closely to where
they are right now. Learning is emotional, cognitive and physical. Brain can’t
learn under stress. …lazy land…emotional ease. Connect in here and now….ease…you
can see the slight changes.
Variation: just
provide variation…stop getting them to do it the right way. Variation is the source of learning.
Slow: Enthusiasm:
a skill adults need to focus on…children are usually good at this. Don’t
clap….alarms the child…distracts them. Parents need to feel enthusiasm…without
doing anything…there is a transmission to the child and this is what helps the
child. Celebrate with quiet enthusiasm.
Flexible goals:
put process ahead of the outcome. Create conditions for child to
learn…celebrate small changes. A change is a change.
Imagination:
turns the lights on throughout the brain. Allowing for new possibilities.
Awareness: child
observing what’s going on …. Little infants are mega observers….transform
limitations to possibilities. Let the brain patterns fire really quickly…makes
the brain work on a hirer level.
Pay attention to what they feel as they move….once they
start feeling what’s going on with them…they engage in all levels.
