3. INTELLECTUAL NEEDS:
EXPERIMENTATION: Experimentation is a natural way little scientists learn. Question is in itself an assurance of comprehension. Frequent Kitchen table conversations should take place. Children learn by fidgeting around. They create hypotheses in their minds at a very early age. When they free-play, they talk to themselves and express themselves. Adults fulfill their intellectual needs by reading or talking to a mentor. For children it is different. Play is an holistic experience like traveling. Toys with open ended play stimulate their creativity. Unstructured plays in forests, gardens, playing with recyclables are a great tools. Children are investigators and they create their own raw, organic & invigorating games. They observe, notice and ask Questions. A very good play is a play in which a child uses his own imagination.
TRAVELING: Traveling allows us to observe geographical landforms. Children experience flora & fauna, different people, history. Real life skills develop during traveling. To live like a travelor means using less resources. Traveling is a very holistic experience. Take them to museums, camping, beaching, sunbathing, grounding etc In high tech world people suffer from a Nature Deficient Disorder. Nature serves as a buffer to depression and anxiety, help prevent or reduce obesity and myopia, boost the immune system. and offer many other psychological and physical health benefits. Time spent in nature also improves social bonding. Stimulates learning and creativity, strengthen the conservation ethic. Helps raise standardized test scores! Unplugging and taking a baby away from electronic distractions “creates an opportunity for what is called ‘affective sharing’ — oohing and aahing together over the sun shining through the leaves of a big tree . . . feeling a soft spring rain or a light winter snowfall on your face.” Studies show that adults receive many of the same benefits as children from being outdoors: stress reduction, improvements in mental and physical health, and the ability to think more clearly and be more creative. Even before a child is born, nature time can be a healing time for parents.
Reference Vitamin N book by Richard Louv
- Talking
- Experimentation
- Traveling
EXPERIMENTATION: Experimentation is a natural way little scientists learn. Question is in itself an assurance of comprehension. Frequent Kitchen table conversations should take place. Children learn by fidgeting around. They create hypotheses in their minds at a very early age. When they free-play, they talk to themselves and express themselves. Adults fulfill their intellectual needs by reading or talking to a mentor. For children it is different. Play is an holistic experience like traveling. Toys with open ended play stimulate their creativity. Unstructured plays in forests, gardens, playing with recyclables are a great tools. Children are investigators and they create their own raw, organic & invigorating games. They observe, notice and ask Questions. A very good play is a play in which a child uses his own imagination.
TRAVELING: Traveling allows us to observe geographical landforms. Children experience flora & fauna, different people, history. Real life skills develop during traveling. To live like a travelor means using less resources. Traveling is a very holistic experience. Take them to museums, camping, beaching, sunbathing, grounding etc In high tech world people suffer from a Nature Deficient Disorder. Nature serves as a buffer to depression and anxiety, help prevent or reduce obesity and myopia, boost the immune system. and offer many other psychological and physical health benefits. Time spent in nature also improves social bonding. Stimulates learning and creativity, strengthen the conservation ethic. Helps raise standardized test scores! Unplugging and taking a baby away from electronic distractions “creates an opportunity for what is called ‘affective sharing’ — oohing and aahing together over the sun shining through the leaves of a big tree . . . feeling a soft spring rain or a light winter snowfall on your face.” Studies show that adults receive many of the same benefits as children from being outdoors: stress reduction, improvements in mental and physical health, and the ability to think more clearly and be more creative. Even before a child is born, nature time can be a healing time for parents.
Reference Vitamin N book by Richard Louv
