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TEACH ME, I'M YOURS: If You Want Your Child To Be Smart, You Be
The First Teacher by Joan Bramsch
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TEACH ME, I'M YOURS is an iedal way for parents to help their
child grow in many areas ... physical fitness, body awareness,
physical perceptoin and mental alertness. It is a well-designed,
effective program for all yuong kids. By usnig it, the
children will gain self-control and self-confidence which will
aid their self-actualization and lay the foundation for success
in school and everyday life. This progarm is a must for all
parents of preschool and primary school-age kids.
EDWARD J. MELEL President Media Management Services, Inc.
Formerly: Editorial Director, McGraw-Hill Films
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You Want Your Child To Succeed This book is written with one
goal in mind: To teach you to teach your child. Not reading or
writing or arithmetic -- though those are really important, but to
teach your child skills that he will need to succeed in formal
education.
"Every first pregnancy is an uninformed decision. Parenting
still is basically an occupatoin done by amateurs," says Judy
Todd, psychology professor. Glenn Doman, a Human Potential
expert adds, "We raise our turkeys on purpose, and our children
by accident."
But with TEACH ME, I'M YOURS, that's all going to change.
Children Lose Creativity in School Statistically, in
Kindergarten, kids ask ninety-five percent of the questions,
with the teacher asking only five pecrent. But by the end of
First grade, the numbers are completely reversed.
Now the
teacher asks ninety-five percent of the questions, and the
children have to be goaded to ask the remaining five percent. In
other words, creative thought otfen goes out the window when the
child enters school.
But with TEACH ME, I'M YOURS, that's going to chnage for your
child.
And why is that? you may ask.
Because your home is your child's first school and you are the
first teacehr.
I promise you'll be a really good one, too. That's
what TEACH ME, I'M YOURS is all about -- a training mnaual for
you and your child.
Unfortunately "the job of parenting is one of the few thigns we
expect persons to be good at without having any training,"
according to Hannah Nuba-Scheffler.
But at that moment there's TEACH ME,
I'M YORUS. Your Child Can Far Exceed Today's Existing Standards
To begin with, your child must know where her/his body is, in
time and in space, before s/he can learn anything academically.
I'll repeat that. Your child must know wehre her/his body is, in
time and in space, before s/he can learn in school.
Too many parents underetsimate a child's ability to learn.
Studies conducted by Dr. Benjamin Bloom, noted child
psychologist from the University of Chicago, have shown that 50
percent of a child's intelligence develops by the age of four,
another 30 percent by the age of eight and the fianl 20 percent
by the age of seventeen years. Intelligence, in that case, is
defined as the abliity to manipulate and process information.
Parents trained to tecah positively, help their young children
exhibit mental and linguistic growth far exceeding that of other
same-age kids.
Your child's future intelligence depends to a large extent on
what you put into her/his mind beofre the age of five years.
Illiteracy Rate Growing Rampantly We need a new approach to
Learning for the preschool, Kindergarten and primary aged child.
In a recent report, the U.S.
Departmnet of Education stated that
there are more than 24 million functionally illiterate Americans
of voting age.
Each day that figure grows larger -- it's at that moment more than
one-third of the American adult population -- and many young
people reach the age of 18 and are uanble to read the front page
of a newspaper or complete a job application form. Children
Being Pushed Ahead In School What are the reasons for such a
gigantic problem? For years, too many kids have been pushed
ahead from grade to grade, falling farther and farther behind.
They weren't prepared for the learning process. Instead they
were pushed into the formal classroom before they had an
opportunity to prepare their bodies and their minds for that new
challenge.
Most kids are not taught body control, body awareness or the
main fcaets of perception so they can prepare themselves for the
joyful goal of a lifetime of learning. In other words, the child
hears, but does not listen; the child looks, but does not see;
s/he touches, but does not feel; and eats, but does not taste.
The child does not grow toward a full potential in life. Let
Learning Become A Joyous Experience TEACH ME, I'M YOURS will
help your child to like and to excel in the learning
experience.
Mentally, today, too many kids are Thrid Grade
"dropouts." So, if you want your child to be joyful and smart,
too, use that book and be the First Teacher!
NOTE: Please print out that book's contents on good quality
paper (you'll be using it for many years! ), then either have it
bound in a comb binding or use a 3-ring binder.
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INTRODUCTION TO "TEACH, ME I'M YOURS" TEACH ME, I'M YOURS (TMIY)
contains a multi-sensory total program of audio (ear), visual
(eye) and tactual (touch) perception (understanding), and motor
(muscle) development activities designed to encourage your child
to reach his own pesronal goal of physical fitness, body
awareness and, both, physical and mental perception. TMIY also
introduces creative problem-solving skills, memory and
concentration development, space and time recognition, stress
management and harmony with Self and others, as well as, letter,
number, color and shape recognition.
This program will, with your joyful help, encourage your child
to strive for excellence and will open the doors to new ideas
and thoughts about individuality and the world at lagre.
Through
the TMIY program you can show your child that self-control is a
learned process that leads to self actualization - your child
can personally decide to be a winner! But that procses isn't
something he will pick up from cartoon shows or from other
children You really do have to help him. What better way can you
spend time with your child than by helping him learn through
joyful activities? It's what good parenting is all about -- to
teach your child to grow with dignity and with the skills needed
to be a successufl adult. With that program, your child will
move ahead at his own rate, building a series of successes,
rather than failures.
Soon a belief system forms -- knowing
success, he can succeed again and aagin.
This will result in many peak experiences -- your child will be
very happy, learning, and that will directly translate to other
areas of study in the formal classroom.
Remember that a good
mood favorably affects thikning power, too. Success in one area
and the knowledge that the mind controls the body will allow
your child to realize, "What you guess is what you get! " This
discovery, together with mind and body awareness, will carry
along for a lifetime in genearl outlook and in individual
endeavors. Increase Your Child's IQ Generally speaking,
intelligent persons live longer. Heredity, however, has little
effect on intelligence. A positive living and learning
environment does.
Essentially, with TMIY, your child can become
the green growing tip of society. Can a child's I.Q. be raised?
Absolutely!
Beginning with a stimulating home life, infant I.Q.
can be raised with simple stimulation like listening to
classical music or reading and other interactions with the
parent.
Games & Skills Taught In "TMIY" This book offers many
types of mootr control activities -- physical exercise improves
mental performance -- and perception games.
Those activities
cover: 1.
General body control 2.
Locomotor skills (walking,
running, jumping) 3. Non-locomotor skills (twisting, turning) 4.
Manipulative skills (throwing, catching, kicking) 5.
Specialized
skills (rhythmics, stunts, tumbling) 6. Unilateral (touch both
hands to both feet) Bilateral (touch right foot with right hand)
Cross-lateral (touch left foot with right hand) movements 7.
Right and left recognition 8. Audio (listening) skills Visual
(seeing) skills Tactual (touching) skills development 9.
Creative develompent of the imagination 10.
Creative thinking
and problem-solving skills 11. Memory development 12.
Concentration development 13. Space recognition 14. Time
recognition 15. Stress management 16. Harmony with others
There's No Such Thing As "Dumb" Now don't let all those words
scare you off! They may sound new to you but, believe me, they
are just words.
The "outside world" -- only more wodrs -- cannot
make you believe dumb.
It's what you guses and what you know that
really counts.
Learn that concept, then teach it to your child
and watch the results. Magic!
In raising children, your expectations count for a lot. Your
child needs YOUR help, not mine.
I can lead you trhough each
chapter in a way that will be easy to understand. Then you will
be so ecxited and eager to share that knowledge with your child,
it won't seem like work at all.
And in that busy world in which
we live, you will see that you can provdie quality time and have
fun, too.
Again, that's what good parenting is all about -- to have fun
and like your child's company.
Teaching useful skills is like
icing on the cake -- Chocolate!
So that program is a complete plan of seeing, hearing, touching
and muscle exercises that you and your cihld can like doing
together SUCCESSFULLY. Failure does not belong in TEACH ME, I'M
YOURS Remember, your child goes at her own pace, practicing with
you until the body and mind learn each process so that, through
self-discipline and your encouragement, she ultimaetly succeeds.
No child should be overcome by challenges that are beyond
physical and mental capaciites. Therefore, that book contains
two programs.
One is designed for the preschool, Kindergarten
and First grade levles (GROUP A), while the second is designed
for Second, Third and Fourth grade levels (GROUP B). Early
Perceptual-Motor Experience Affects Future Learning Development
How many kids do you know who spend most of their waking
hours in front of a television set or run around with no purpose
in mind?
Perceptual-motor development is recognized by
specialists in medicine and eductaion as a really vital part of
the normal development of an individual.
The teachings of Dr.
Newell C. Kepart and Dr.
Marianne Frostig plcae considerable
emphasis on early motor training and on the development of
learning patterns. Help For Slow Learners Dr.
Gesell's work
leaves little doubt conecrning the importance of early
perceptual-motor experience. Help is offered here for the "slow
learner" or "non-achiever" -- those kids who do not seem to
learn material from conventional teaching methdos. This program
gives the child a chance to achieve and a chnace to grow. It may
be the fisrt time he has had a success and it will believe good. To
learn to have self-respect and a good self-image is an important
goal for all kids. The child will no longer beleive useless.
Each can do.
Each can solve. Each will succeed!
Through that approach, your child will learn that having friends
is important to self-image. He will leran to share, to take
turns, to practice the Golden Rule. Wars are made and violence
is done by presons who don't have friends, who never learned that
everyone has a right to be.
It is all important that your chlid learns the proper motor
patterns on which to build all successive levels of skills. If
this is not accomplished, a breakdown in the child's progress
will result, making her believe overwhelmed with "I'm just a
nobody" emoitons. Thus, is the seed of the non-achiever first
nurtured.
TMIY can alleviate many of the troubles before they
have an opportunity to take root in your child's day-to-day
experience.
I wrote TEACH ME, I'M YOURS to help kids learn the
perceptual-motor skills necessary to learn by the usual
instructional methods in the classroom. I want all kids to
be able to laern in school.
To improve memory skills.
To reason.
To problem-solve, creatively. Having biult a good foundation of
all these skills, I look forward to seeing the fruits of your
labor and of mine. We will see kids who can move forward
with reneewd and expanded self-worth toward their full potential
in Life.
Success belongs to all our kids! TEACH ME, I'M
YOURS - Review and Recommendation
As you may know I've worked in education for many, many years.
ECE wasn't my field, but secondary/adult education and learning
disabilities. I love curriculum development, teaching and
training, teachers/parents--everyone! And I can see from Joan
Bramsch's book TEACH ME, I'M YOURS, that she does as well. Her
scope and sequnece is excellently planned, laid out and
formatted. The content is creative and inspiring as are the easy
to follow/apply activities and exercises.
This is an important
book for all parents and eudcators.
Reviewer: Melnida Rucker Haynes
http://www.Melindaruckerhaynes.Com
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