So turbo the child’s brain during the summer break

A few days and here is the summer break, but many children do not have cloudless relaxation for the next 2 and a half months, as school performance was missed and closed the school year with bad grades. And the big question for parents is how to help their child most effectively. The intelligence research tips for the development of cognitive abilities provide tips to facilitate summer preparation.

• Learning difficulties often have attention disorders or processing problems

• There are different aspects of intelligence whose development can promote student success

• Summer break is an ideal period of developing cognitive abilities to support learning

Not only those with difficulties, but also talented children may need cognitive development to really stand out. The optimum operation of so -called « processing systems » is also key to talent development. However, many parents move most when their child’s school performance is far below the level expected from their IQ, their tickets are not good, apparently demotivated, and give up the fight with learning.

Will a private tutor be enough for the summer?

– If the child has missed a few weeks, he has content behind, it is enough to make up for a private tutor. However, if school difficulties have existed for months or even years, if the child is anxious, has no confidence, then it is not enough for simple tutoring, but that intelligence Mental abilities that are deep in the depth should be reinforced in a content -independent way, explained Dr. Krisztina Bohács, professional manager at the GEM Learning Center. – It is important to understand that learning difficulties are often not laziness or inattention, but attention or disorder or processing disorder. The development of children’s cognitive abilities over the past 20 years has been particularly appreciated, on the one hand, due to an increase in the occurrence of attention and learning disorders, referred to as modern « epidemics », while expecting children to develop at an incredible pace and achieve peak performance.

– In one minute, hundreds of stimuli bombing children’s attention: besides the continuous presence of gadgets, social media, and the digital world, the environment has changed, which is a growing burden on the children’s nervous system. All of this has led to mental health and learning processes put families ahead of early school age, added Dr. Krisztina Bohács.

Everyday signs that are in trouble

Parents often only realize when the child’s tickets decompose or when the teacher indicates that they are « scattered » in the lesson. However, signs of problems may be revealed much earlier. The expert listed as an example:

• If the child is often dreamed,

• apparently does not follow the instructions,

• impulsive,

• talks a lot, often cut into the words of others,

• or even loses things often.

• hard to bear homework,

• procrastinates, may have anger, impatient, emotionally flammable,

• do not know the multiplication table,

• swap numbers,

• Poor vocabulary, maybe a lot of spelling mistakes.

« If the parent experiences these, it is worth asking for the help of a specialist to map the causes in the background, » emphasized an intelligence researcher on the development of cognitive abilities. – There are two sides of intelligence: the crystalline intelligencewhich means subject knowledge, knowledge of content. This is what is aimed at traditional school education and private tutor tutoring. The other side is so -called fluid, or liquid intelligence. This means processing systems when the human brain processes information, the raw material, he added.

How can cognitive development help?

The aim of scientific so-called evidence-based cognitive development programs is to strengthen the brain functions (such as attention, memory, thinking, processing speed) that are essential for learning success. In this case, children do not learn subjects, but « learn to learn ». According to research, these programs can increase the child’s cognitive performance by up to 15-20 IQ points, which in everyday life means that the child will then concentrate, work faster, more confident, more successful and emotionally balanced.

– Summer break is an ideal period for cognitive development, as there is no school stress, no need to prepare for papers. During an intensive care course of 6-7 weeks, the child can spend their morning developments and still have time for a family vacation, play and relaxation. After a well -built summer program, the child can cut him for the next school year with renewed strength and strengthened self -confidence, the expert explained.

According to Dr. Krisztina Bohács, many talented but hidden with learning difficulties A fighting child remains « invisible » in the Hungarian education system because they are able to compensate for their difficulties due to their good intellectual abilities. Thus, problems only become obvious later, often in high school or even at university.

The expert said: « As the old saying goes, » the wise in the summer!  » – That is, the secret to long -term success is conscious preparation. He also said it was important for parents and educators to encourage curiosity, to give room for play, free thinking, which the vacation is perfect for.