from nupur

Todays session on THINKING was a stunner. It left me
totally astonished on how we unintentionally curb our
children's thinking capabilities. Simple oppurtunities
where they can learn to make decisions are snatched
away from them like deciding what to wear, how to
wear, what to eat in the restaurant etc. I am on
"alert" now. I have been observing a change in me
since we have attended this session. i am trying to
ask more questions then straight away jumping to reply
them.

I really found the questionnaire on Ramayana
excellent. It was as if my own confusion and thinking
on the epic has been penned down in our manual.

The shifting from one time frame to another sounds
quite effective and fun too.

Bhavana and Meenakshi, you "need" to attend this
session whenever it happens again in the future..

Nupur

from pragya

Today's session was an eye opener for me. I had never
thought that doing small things for children hampers
their thinking process so much.
How wrong was i to let my son win everytime we played
cricket. i had never dreamt about it.
After today's session i have stopped telling the
results straight away. In the process of asking
meaning full and open ended questions, i have also
started thinking. I have never used my mind in last 10
years, the way i am using it for last 3 weeks. We all
want our kids to be leaders but don't allow them to
make decisions on their own.
I tried shifting from one time zone to another and
guys it really works.
Watching the child remove one layer after another to
find out what is inside an onoin can be so much fun.
What I need is lot of patience and understanding and
the will.
The more i read those 40 questions, the more i think
and more becomes my determation.
I had never realised that changing a "Why" question to
a "How" question can make our lives so simple.

sayonara
Pragya

july 31st review

                        Review of the eighth session

I learnt one major thing that KNOWLEDGE is not very important but THINKING & UNDERSTANDING the concepts are more important. Then automatically it'll be saved in the memory. No need for memorization.

"EMPOWER the child to THINK" makes lot of sense. I shouldn't give knowledge to the child but let her explore. Playing with the child is important than playing for the child. I realized that "HOW" questions shows +ve frame of mind while "WHY" questions gives excuses.

Thinking Skill:-

Past (why?)  -> Analyse

Present (emotions) -> Feel

Future (how?/what?) -> Creativity

Learning using all three thinking  helps us open up.

If the mind is stuck in one time zone, change the time frame & the mind starts thinking & it opens up. (this works great as I had nice experience of this.)

suma

7th session review

Review  of the seventh session

 

The session started with several questions to answer & some answers came immediately to my mind and some I had to think for sometime & then I realized that I'm good at some MI & I can put my effort & be good at some other MI.

            Once again I realized that ACCEPTANCE is the most fundamental part in understanding a child.

            The guided visualization we did was splendid. It helps a lot in absorbing concepts.

The activity about punctuation marks was nice. Many came with such a wonderful ideas that if we adapt those in teaching children, they naturally will be motivated to study all the subjects.

suma

review - 6th session

Review of the sixth session

            The session started with Self Talk. How I talk to myself? I do this quite often but never noticed such difference when I talk to myself using you/she. Nice exercise.

 

            I never gave thought about the person's intentions & always used to judge the person   by his behaviour & end up in –ve thoughts. This session is a great learning for me & I feel much relaxed now as I see everything through +ve vision. I'm trying to ACCEPT  & it is making me relax quite a lot.

               INTENTION            BEHAVIOUR

               Reason(for self)       action(for others)

" Behind every action is a +ve intention".

"Understanding" the child 's feelings & acceptance of the same is important to build a rapo with the child.

Acceptance frame :

Act of  understanding, agreeing ,respecting ,appreciating has all the meaning to ACCEPTANCE.

When expectation becomes need, then there is a problem in accepting.

So many nice thoughts in this session. Liked it.

 

 

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review 5th session

                                                Review of the fifth session.

 

The session started with think about & write what comes to my mind about the session. That was nice as saying goes "thousand words is equivalent to one picture."

Self Esteem- never thought about it in so many angles. Mr Ratnesh well said about SELF ESTEEM.

 

 

 

 

 

If  all the three are same -> harmony/peace within ourselves.

                             Different-> disharmony

We should appreciate ourselves & then there is no need to expect appreciation from other people.

 Respect and Love – everybody expects respect & love. We should RESPECT our child's FEELINGS as we love them.

 

Self Esteem & Self Confidence - They are indirectly connected and I realized that social confidence & self confidence are two different qualities.

 

We should "recognize the child's effort" & "praise the child in" what he/she is doing RIGHT & "not give importance" to what "mistakes" they make. Then the awareness of her potential is realized by the child & is naturally motivated to do what she wants. We should help the kids to appreciate themselves & we should not be a judge.

suma

Review July 31, 2007

Todays session on THINKING was a stunner. It left me totally astonished on how we unintentionally curb our children's thinking capabilities. Simple oppurtunities where they can learn to make decisions are snatched away from them like deciding what to wear, how to wear, what to eat in the restaurant etc. I am on "alert" now. I have been observing a change in me since we have attended this session. i am trying to ask more questions then straight away jumping to reply them.

 

I really found the questionnaire on Ramayana excellent. It was as if my own confusion and thinking on the epic has been penned down in our manual.

 

The shifting from one time frame to another sounds quite effective and fun too.

 

Bhavana and Meenakshi, you "need" to attend this session whenever it happens again in the future..

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