More and more, children are being left by the parents for the teachers to do all of the preschool and academic training for their children. Parents and grandparents can do a tremendous amount of brain skills learning, especially at very young age and it is a great benefit for the children. If they are prepared for preschool when they are 5, then they are far ahead of the group, and experts say that these ready pre-taught children usually stay ahead of the class all the way through school. ~ M. Loudon
There is no better lifetime achievement than to teach your children or grandchildren to be curious. One of the greatest examples ever written is in the biography of Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein’s parents understood the importance of teaching their children to be curious. They began to encourage Albert by getting him enrolled in the greatest math and physics schools in Europe. But another event at the age of 10 years also had a lot of influence on Albert when his father gave him a compass. Albert was fascinated with the compass and very curious about how the needles moved and what force was moving the needles. Curiosity about the movement of the needles never left Albert and was a great inspiration in his mind for learning everything about the compass.
Another great example of a gift that helped a young man determine his future and increase his curiosity, was Louis Ignarro, co-inventor and Nobel prize winner, of Nitric oxide, one of the great scientific discoveries about the human circulatory system. Louis’s father gave Louis a chemistry set when he was about ten years old. Louis began to be very curious about what the chemistry set would do and soon produced some dynamite. From there, things did not go really well when Louis decided to try out the dynamite in the family’s outdoor barbecue and fireplace. Yes, it did demolish the fireplace and Louis’ mother was very unhappy. But Louis, after studying chemistry, biology, and physiology in college, went on to discover Nitric oxide, a vasodilator of the blood vessels from exercises and breathing through the nose.
Einstein’s questions originated from his mind and were the prelude to his many incredible discoveries while working at the Swiss Patent office. Albert introduced dozens of math and physics concepts which led to over 50 PATENTS produced by Einstein. Many of these discoveries include today’s modern technology processes, and we are using them today.
When Albert was asked, how he thought of so many things in his brain, he stated. “I have no special talents, but I am passionately CURIOUS.” He started violin lessons at the age of 5. He was an accomplished violinist at the age of 15.
Psychologists have a large body of research on a child’s learning to be CURIOUS at a young age. Children, ages 3 to 10 can improve their intelligence by more than 12 percent in relation to children of the same age who were not taught to ask questions in their minds about how physical objects perform.
Learning to ask questions for a child is the foundation for learning to be curious. Parents can gently begin that exercise by asking a question back to a young child that asks a question. The parent can return back to the child a question like, “What is your take on the subject?” or “What do you think about a subject like that?” or “ What is your interpretation of the subject?” Then the parent can answer the question for the child. The interaction of the mind exchange is a start of the child learning to ask questions of their own in their mind. when the children are happy,.and curious. Parents should encourage these types of questions and try to encourage questions in a child’s mind. Researchers say that CURIOSITY boosts energy in a child’s brain by 20 percent, and encourages neuron and axon development.
When the child is older, a great step in teaching children to ask questions in their minds is memorizing the 8 rules of cognitive thinking. It has been proven that great scientists use only 5 words 90 percent of the time to begin questions in their minds about their important scientific research. It has been proven that ninety percent of the time these 5 words begin the thought process (question in their minds) for these scientists. The five words are, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN, AND HOW. The eight rules of cognitive thinking is a program designed for people to learn to ask questions in their minds. More will be discussed on that late.
Curiosity not only helps children begin thinking of cognitive questions but helps them learn, gain knowledge, increase their memory, seek out new information, stimulate personal growth, increase brain acuity, and increase thinking skills.
A great example of a curious child that learned to ask questions in his mind was a 11-year-old boy named Emory. The teacher was talking about a mile and that it was the same length as a kilometer. Emory had studied with his father at the library and found that a mile was longer than a kilometer and that 3 miles were the same length as 5 kilometers. The teacher kept repeating that a mile and a kilometer were the same distance, Emory immediately told the teacher and the class that the teacher was wrong! Emory said That a mile was not the same length as a kilometer and was longer than a kilometer. The teacher stated that the teacher was right and that it was wrong for Emory to criticize the teacher. The teacher even wrote a letter to Emory’s father and stated that Emory never should have criticized a teacher. The father got the family encyclopedia and he and Emory went to see the teacher. After some convincing, the teacher gave in and then reluctantly said that Emory was right.
Another great thing to teach children is to be the Devil’s advocate. Emory was a great example of being a devil’s advocate and was taught not to be gullible to everything that an adult or teacher says. Many young children are not taught to ask in their minds if something is true or maybe false. More and more, many people lie just to try and convince other people that they are wrong. Much of the negative information about many subjects is now being altered more and more just for people to convince others that they are wrong. Negative information on all information and subjects is due for proving, and a little research is needed on many subjects that are discussed today, especially in politics. Being taught to be a devil’s advocate is a great asset for a young child.
Einstein the Theory ~ by Gaylord Soli, 2021
The benefits of learning to be curious and to ask questions in children’s minds is a way for children to organize information in their minds that will not only help them solve many questions and problems in the future but will increase their cognitive thinking, mental analyzing ability, mental acuity, and thinking skills. It is an approach that scientists use to create and obtain new ideas, thoughts, innovations, procedures, inventions, physics and math problems, and many scientific achievements, creating guidelines for the creation of new ideas, developments, and thoughts. Teaching curiosity and questions in a child’s mind. It is an incredibly stimulating way to increase learning, gain new information, create procedures, solve math and other problems, and much more, it increases cognitive thinking guidelines and thinking skills, increasing strategic thinking.
Advancements by people being curious have produced hundreds of great achievements, including nuclear development, smashing atoms, creating great computer programs, increasing artificial intelligence, creating great military weapons, increasing our knowledge of astronomy, traveling into space, and the definition of space itself. These achievements have increasingly improved the human race, while some have also been a detriment to the human race.
Why should children be curious? Peter Drucker in his great book, “Management Thinking,” stated that knowing the right questions in a person’s mind increases not only strategic cognitive thinking but can bring answers that may solve many problems of the human race.
April 8, 2023
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Merle E. Loudon, B.S., D.D.S. graduated from the University Of Washington School Of Dentistry in 1957. After two years of service in the Air Force, he started a private practice in East Wenatchee, Washington. For the past 45 years his practice has included Orthodontics and TM Dysfunction treatment specializing in temporomandibular pain treatment, headache, head and neck pain control, functional jaw orthopedics, and straight wire orthodontics. Associated with mercury elimination, oral surgery, crowns and bridges is TMJ treatment, diet control, parasite elimination, intestinal cleansing and healing (wellness).
Merle E. Loudon, B.S., D.D.S. has taught advanced courses for dentists on TM Dysfunction treatment, orthodontics and related pain control for more than 30 years. In 1972 he was the first dentist in Washington to use straight wire orthodontics and the first dentist to correct vertical deficiencies in children by placing vertical dimension-primary molar buildups and/or vertical (erupting) appliances. Merle E. Loudon, B.S., D.D.S. was involved with the first group of dentists to recognize lateral tongue splinting in young infants and integrate functional and fixed techniques to correct vertical dimension deficiencies and condylar placement. He is the originator of vertical dimension-primary molar build ups, which help to correct deep bites and Otitus media in children. He invented the Loudon-Chateau Anterior Repositioning Appliance, the functional muscle malocclusion concept, the twelve commandments of occlusion and the vertical overbite domino rule. Merle E. Loudon, B.S., D.D.S. has written numerous articles in several American and foreign dental journals and has lectured in over 50 cities and 7 foreign countries on functional jaw orthopedics, fixed wire orthodontics, Otitus media treatment and TM Dysfunction treatment. He has been instrumental in setting up criteria for teaching in the International Association For Orthodontics, including the certified instructor program.
Dr. Loudon is a member of The American Dental Association, Diplomat and Senior Instructor in the International Association for Orthodontics, and is a Diplomat of the American Academy of Pain Management. He also is a member of the American Orthodontic Society.