The Gift in You: Discovering New Life Through Gifts Hidden in Your Mind by Caroline Leaf Page A
Authors: Caroline Leaf
Tags: Religión, General, Personal Growth, Christian Life, Self-actualization (Psychology), Religion & Science, Thought and Thinking
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Play games that are an effective “mind sport,” such as Backgammon, Chess or Bridge.
Make stories with numbers – let them talk to you.
Use the 5 Step Switch On Your Brain™ Learning Process.
Kinesthetic Thinking
If the Kinesthetic type of thought dominates, then you will think in movement and through your senses. You build memory through sensory perceptions and movement. You essentially think by seeing, touching and moving materials, which requires externalizing your mental processes. You must be allowed to see, feel, hear, touch, manipulate and move when learning and concentrating, or the information will not absorb into your brain. This form of externalized thinking has several advantages. The sensory information literally provides "food for thought." In addition, you experience a positive sense of action in actually doing something.
Conventional schooling environments make learning especially difficult, if not impossible for you to achieve. They can often be hellish. However, some simple changes will make all the difference.
For example, you enhance your Kinesthetic thinking when you:
Sit on a ball instead of a chair when learning.
Stretch frequently.
Do drama, including formal theater, role-play and simulations.
Do creative movement, dance and stretching routines.
Engage in small manipulative tasks, for example, using flash cards and stamps.
Make things.
Play games such as scavenger hunts and Twister.
Learn to play or make a musical instrument.
Take up pottery or woodcarving.
Use the 5 Step Switch On Your Brain™ Learning Process.
Musical Thinking
If the Musical type of thinking is dominant, you think via rhythm, melodies and intuition. You build memory through rhythm and must be allowed to create this in any situation where you are learning and concentrating. Not surprisingly, this makes conventional school environments less than optimal for you. Some schools may think they are better than others, simply because they offer Music as a subject. That misses the point of Geodesic Learning in more ways than one and mostly because it restricts the stimulation of Musical intelligence to one session.
The mere existence of music lessons does not mean that Musical thinking is properly stimulated in learners. The truth is that few schools pay much attention to how music can enhance learning in all subject areas and few schools would think of having the right kind of music in the background for many different types of learning situations.
Yet there is a powerful, scientifically established link between music and our emotions that is responsible for memory building, both strong and weak. The strong emotional component of music allows it to add depth to our perceptions.
It is true that there are critical ages for developing sensitivity to sound and pitch, which are between the ages of four and six. During this time, musical stimulation can provide the basis for future musical ability. Iou have missed these, it doesn't mean that music is lost to you forever. You don't have to go on to be a budding Mozart or even a rock star to use your Musical intelligence.
You enhance your Musical type of thinking when you:
Play classical music in the background when working.
Have musical instruments (or make them) available and play them periodically.
Do aerobic routines to music.
Tap a rhythm with your feet in time to your fingers typing on the computer.
Sing or hum while you work, even if it’s under your breath so as not to disturb others.
Read poetry.
Pretend you are a disc jockey while you learn or work.
Be aware of using inflection in your voice and notice the inflection in other people’s voices.
Make an effort to read body language.
Listen to your intuition.
Use the 5 Step Switch On Your Brain™ Learning Process.
Visual/Spatial Thinking
If your Visual/Spatial type of thinking is dominant, you think in images and pictures. You build memory through imagery and imagination and need to imagine and visualize
Play games that are an effective “mind sport,” such as Backgammon, Chess or Bridge.
Make stories with numbers – let them talk to you.
Use the 5 Step Switch On Your Brain™ Learning Process.
Kinesthetic Thinking
If the Kinesthetic type of thought dominates, then you will think in movement and through your senses. You build memory through sensory perceptions and movement. You essentially think by seeing, touching and moving materials, which requires externalizing your mental processes. You must be allowed to see, feel, hear, touch, manipulate and move when learning and concentrating, or the information will not absorb into your brain. This form of externalized thinking has several advantages. The sensory information literally provides "food for thought." In addition, you experience a positive sense of action in actually doing something.
Conventional schooling environments make learning especially difficult, if not impossible for you to achieve. They can often be hellish. However, some simple changes will make all the difference.
For example, you enhance your Kinesthetic thinking when you:
Sit on a ball instead of a chair when learning.
Stretch frequently.
Do drama, including formal theater, role-play and simulations.
Do creative movement, dance and stretching routines.
Engage in small manipulative tasks, for example, using flash cards and stamps.
Make things.
Play games such as scavenger hunts and Twister.
Learn to play or make a musical instrument.
Take up pottery or woodcarving.
Use the 5 Step Switch On Your Brain™ Learning Process.
Musical Thinking
If the Musical type of thinking is dominant, you think via rhythm, melodies and intuition. You build memory through rhythm and must be allowed to create this in any situation where you are learning and concentrating. Not surprisingly, this makes conventional school environments less than optimal for you. Some schools may think they are better than others, simply because they offer Music as a subject. That misses the point of Geodesic Learning in more ways than one and mostly because it restricts the stimulation of Musical intelligence to one session.
The mere existence of music lessons does not mean that Musical thinking is properly stimulated in learners. The truth is that few schools pay much attention to how music can enhance learning in all subject areas and few schools would think of having the right kind of music in the background for many different types of learning situations.
Yet there is a powerful, scientifically established link between music and our emotions that is responsible for memory building, both strong and weak. The strong emotional component of music allows it to add depth to our perceptions.
It is true that there are critical ages for developing sensitivity to sound and pitch, which are between the ages of four and six. During this time, musical stimulation can provide the basis for future musical ability. Iou have missed these, it doesn't mean that music is lost to you forever. You don't have to go on to be a budding Mozart or even a rock star to use your Musical intelligence.
You enhance your Musical type of thinking when you:
Play classical music in the background when working.
Have musical instruments (or make them) available and play them periodically.
Do aerobic routines to music.
Tap a rhythm with your feet in time to your fingers typing on the computer.
Sing or hum while you work, even if it’s under your breath so as not to disturb others.
Read poetry.
Pretend you are a disc jockey while you learn or work.
Be aware of using inflection in your voice and notice the inflection in other people’s voices.
Make an effort to read body language.
Listen to your intuition.
Use the 5 Step Switch On Your Brain™ Learning Process.
Visual/Spatial Thinking
If your Visual/Spatial type of thinking is dominant, you think in images and pictures. You build memory through imagery and imagination and need to imagine and visualize
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