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Emotions help your children remember their learning

If you want your children to remember what they are learning then get emotional!

That’s the message from top researchers such as James McGaugh.

He says that emotions “do enhance retention” and notes that the brain becomes more active when a person is in an emotional state and this therefore aids learning.

If you think back to your childhood what things can you remember? I’ll bet that the easiest things are those that involved a high degree of emotion whether this was something positive such a happy event or something not so great and may have been upsetting.

So how can you use this knowledge to help you help your children with their learning and education?

How can you help them to success?

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Primary education and teaching Public speaking – Sir Jim Rose to the rescue in the UK

Sir Jim Rose’s April 2009 published report for the government on the overhaul of the primary education curriculum and children’s education highlights the importance of communication

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A focus of the report is on the ability to’ ‘talk’ and how primary schools should address this.

This aspect of education is hugely important and of related and massive importance is the ability in later life to take this talk into the public arena.

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Communication skills to be high on the agenda in Primary School education and curriculum as planned by the UK government – Sir Jim Rose rides to the rescue

I thought that it would be interesting for you to read a letter sent to The Sunday Times newspaper last May.

The subject of the letter was primary school education and potential changes being proposed for it with respect to teaching public speaking and communication skills by Sir Jim Rose.

1^st May 2009

The Editor

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Sir Jim Rose’s published report for the government on the overhaul of the primary curriculum highlights the importance of communication. A focus of the report is on the ability to’ ‘talk’. This aspect of education is hugely important and of related and massive importance is the ability in later life to take this talk into the public arena.

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The Learning Well Method – A Summary

 

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The Learning Well Method is captured by the mnemonic;

‘Learning Steps Know It Works’

The Leaning Well Method is set out below in four steps:

1) Whatever you are LEARNING

2) Take the Action STEPS to learn

3) Test by Asking do you KNOW IT?

4) And, do what WORKS

Remember the mnemonic;

‘Learning Steps Know It Works’

Explanation of the 4 steps:

1) Learning

Here your will be learning and remembering their schoolwork or something that they are interested in.

We have made it as simple and enjoyable as possible. Your child will really want to learn using the methods available from The Learning Well.

2) Action Steps

We provide a simple, step-by-step approach, guiding you to on how to help your child use the gift of amazing memory.

3) Do you know it?

The essence of the ‘do you know it’ step is:

No failure, only results.

The testing process is about gaining feedback and learning fast (instead of criticising).

4) Do what works

This step is a practical approach, it looks at what works. Then you put it into practice, making it a habit.

And always remember to ‘make it fun, then you’ve won!’

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Learning Building blocks

Many parents knows how incredibly important it is to set a good foundation in literacy and maths for learning early in life.

These foundations are the basic building blocks of education.

You have to learn your tables if you want to become good at maths and for literacy you have to be able to communicate well.

The building blocks can be learned is such a way to give your child confidence.

You can teach your children in such a way that they gain confidence, have raised self esteem, and gain the belief that they are clever.

By using the methods available in this Blog and by then getting their tables right very quickly or being able to put together sentences using metaphors, similes and alliterations early on, your children will believe that they are good at schoolwork.

When you help them do this your children will have a belief set for the whole of their education that will result in achievement and progress.