Teaching Children How To

Teaching Children How To Think From an Early Age

ACCORDING TO MARGARET MEAD, AN AMERICAN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST,

CHILDREN MUST BE TAUGHT HOW TO THINK NOT WHAT TO THINK.

The earlier we can equip and which information is Note-taking effectively our children with the relNON-CRITICAL. increases ones concentraevant skills on how to think, 3. Keyword Identification tion as well as retention in the better. Once a child is able to dethe classroom considerably. 9 PILLARS THAT PLAY termine which information A child must learn from an A VERY CRITICAL ROLE IN is CRITICAL INFORMATION, early age how to take notes TEACHING A CHILD HOW he must be able to draw out of the critical information TO THINK key concepts from both a heard in the classroom. 1. Listening written level as well as an 6. Summarising

A child must know (and auditory level. In order to boost a child’s apply) the basic secrets to 4. Effective Reading retention and understandeffective listening. Now that a child knows ing, he must be able to know 2. Critical vs. Non-critical how to identify CRITIhow to summarise the critiinformation CAL INFORMATION and cal information of a text.

A child must learn that KEYWORDS, he must learn 7. Memory NOT all information is to comprehend information A child must know how important. A child must on a written and an auditory to use and apply the best be able to identify which level. memory systems, to eninformation is CRITICAL 5. Effective Note-taking hance recall and the ability to think critically.

8. Revision

Revision means to see again. The more a child learns to see the information again, the more his brain will trust that it is important and should be stored. A child must know when, how and how often to reinforce key information learnt in the classroom and from written text.

9. The Art of Skilful Living

Real intelligence is creating products and services that are valued by society. A child must learn to think critically and apply his genius to real world problems. By Kath Denholm.