If you want your child to be smart, you be the first teacher

Author: Joan Bramsch

TEACH ME, I'M YOURS: If You Want Your Child To Be Smart, You Be

The First Teacher by Joan Bramsch

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TEACH ME, I'M YOURS is an ideal way for parents to help their

child grow in many areas ... physical fitness, body awareness,

physical perception and mental alertness. It is a well-designed,

effective program for all young children. By using it, the

children will gain self-control and self-confidence which will

aid their self-actualization and lay the foundation for success

in school and everyday life. This program is a must for all

parents of preschool and primary school-age children.

EDWARD J. MEELL President Media Management Services, Inc.

Formerly: Editorial Director, McGraw-Hill Films

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You Want Your Child To Succeed This book is written with one

goal in mind: To teach you to teach your child. Not reading or

writing or arithmetic -- though those are very important, but to

teach your child skills that he will need to succeed in formal

education.

"Every first pregnancy is an uninformed decision. Parenting

still is basically an occupation done by amateurs," says Judy

Todd, psychology professor. Glenn Doman, a Human Potential

expert adds, "We raise our turkeys on purpose, and our children

by accident."

But with TEACH ME, I'M YOURS, that's all going to change.

Children Lose Creativity in School Statistically, in

Kindergarten, children ask ninety-five percent of the questions,

with the teacher asking only five percent. But by the end of

First grade, the numbers are completely reversed. Now the

teacher asks ninety-five percent of the questions, and the

children have to be goaded to ask the remaining five percent. In

other words, creative thought often goes out the window when the

child enters school.

But with TEACH ME, I'M YOURS, that's going to change for your

child. And why is that? you may ask.

Because your home is your child's first school and you are the

first teacher. I promise you'll be a very good one, too. That's

what TEACH ME, I'M YOURS is all about -- a training manual for

you and your child.

Unfortunately "the job of parenting is one of the few things we

expect people to be good at without having any training,"

according to Hannah Nuba-Scheffler. But now there's TEACH ME,

I'M YOURS. Your Child Can Far Exceed Today's Existing Standards

To begin with, your child must know where her/his body is, in

time and in space, before s/he can learn anything academically.

I'll repeat that. Your child must know where her/his body is, in

time and in space, before s/he can learn in school.

Too many parents underestimate a child's ability to learn.

Studies conducted by Dr. Benjamin Bloom, noted child

psychologist from the University of Chicago, have shown that 50

percent of a child's intelligence develops by the age of four,

another 30 percent by the age of eight and the final 20 percent

by the age of seventeen years. Intelligence, in this case, is

defined as the ability to manipulate and process information.

Parents trained to teach positively, help their young children

exhibit mental and linguistic growth far exceeding that of other

same-age children.

Your child's future intelligence depends to a large extent on

what you put into her/his mind before the age of five years.

Illiteracy Rate Growing Rampantly We need a new approach to

Learning for the preschool, Kindergarten and primary aged child.

In a recent report, the U.S. Department of Education stated that

there are more than 24 million functionally illiterate Americans

of voting age.

Each day this figure grows larger -- it's now more than

one-third of the American adult population -- and many young

people reach the age of 18 and are unable to read the front page

of a newspaper or complete a job application form. Children

Being Pushed Ahead In School What are the reasons for such a

gigantic problem? For years, too many children have been pushed

ahead from grade to grade, falling farther and farther behind.

They weren't prepared for the learning process. Instead they

were pushed into the formal classroom before they had an

opportunity to prepare their bodies and their minds for this new

challenge.

Most children are not taught body control, body awareness or the

main facets of perception so they can prepare themselves for the

joyful goal of a lifetime of learning. In other words, the child

hears, but does not listen; the child looks, but does not see;

s/he touches, but does not feel; and eats, but does not taste.

The child does not grow toward a full potential in life. Let

Learning Become A Joyous Experience TEACH ME, I'M YOURS will

help your child to enjoy and to excel in the learning

experience. Mentally, today, too many children are Third Grade

"dropouts." So, if you want your child to be happy and smart,

too, use this book and be the First Teacher!

NOTE: Please print out this book's contents on good quality

paper (you'll be using it for many years!), then either have it

bound in a comb binding or use a 3-ring binder.

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INTRODUCTION TO "TEACH, ME I'M YOURS" TEACH ME, I'M YOURS (TMIY)

contains a multi-sensory total program of audio (ear), visual

(eye) and tactual (touch) perception (understanding), and motor

(muscle) development activities designed to encourage your child

to reach his own personal goal of physical fitness, body

awareness and, both, physical and mental perception. TMIY also

introduces creative problem-solving skills, memory and

concentration development, space and time recognition, stress

management and harmony with Self and others, as well as, letter,

number, color and shape recognition.

This program will, with your joyful help, encourage your child

to strive for excellence and will open the doors to new ideas

and thoughts about individuality and the world at large. Through

the TMIY program you can show your child that self-control is a

learned process that leads to self actualization - your child

can personally decide to be a winner! But this process isn't

something he will pick up from cartoon shows or from other

children You really do have to help him. What better way can you

spend time with your child than by helping him learn through

joyful activities? It's what good parenting is all about -- to

teach your child to grow with dignity and with the skills needed

to be a successful adult. With this program, your child will

move ahead at his own rate, building a series of successes,

rather than failures. Soon a belief system forms -- knowing

success, he can succeed again and again.

This will result in many peak experiences -- your child will be

very happy, learning, and this will directly translate to other

areas of study in the formal classroom. Remember that a good

mood favorably affects thinking power, too. Success in one area

and the knowledge that the mind controls the body will allow

your child to realize, "What you think is what you get!" This

discovery, together with mind and body awareness, will carry

along for a lifetime in general outlook and in individual

endeavors. Increase Your Child's IQ Generally speaking,

intelligent people live longer. Heredity, however, has little

effect on intelligence. A positive living and learning

environment does. Essentially, with TMIY, your child can become

the green growing tip of society. Can a child's I.Q. be raised?

Absolutely! Beginning with a stimulating home life, infant I.Q.

can be raised with simple stimulation like listening to

classical music or reading and other interactions with the

parent. Games & Skills Taught In "TMIY" This book offers many

types of motor control activities -- physical exercise improves

mental performance -- and perception games. Those activities

cover: 1. General body control 2. Locomotor skills (walking,

running, jumping) 3. Non-locomotor skills (twisting, turning) 4.

Manipulative skills (throwing, catching, kicking) 5. Specialized

skills (rhythmics, stunts, tumbling) 6. Unilateral (touch both

hands to both feet) Bilateral (touch right foot with right hand)

Cross-lateral (touch left foot with right hand) movements 7.

Right and left recognition 8. Audio (listening) skills Visual

(seeing) skills Tactual (touching) skills development 9.

Creative development of the imagination 10. Creative thinking

and problem-solving skills 11. Memory development 12.

Concentration development 13. Space recognition 14. Time

recognition 15. Stress management 16. Harmony with others

There's No Such Thing As "Dumb" Now don't let all those words

scare you off! They may sound new to you but, believe me, they

are just words. The "outside world" -- only more words -- cannot

make you feel dumb. It's what you think and what you know that

really counts. Learn this concept, then teach it to your child

and watch the results. Magic!

In raising children, your expectations count for a lot. Your

child needs YOUR help, not mine. I can lead you through each

chapter in a way that will be easy to understand. Then you will

be so excited and eager to share this knowledge with your child,

it won't seem like work at all. And in this busy world in which

we live, you will see that you can provide quality time and have

fun, too.

Again, that's what good parenting is all about -- to have fun

and enjoy your child's company. Teaching useful skills is like

icing on the cake -- Chocolate!

So this program is a complete plan of seeing, hearing, touching

and muscle exercises that you and your child can enjoy doing

together SUCCESSFULLY. Failure does not belong in TEACH ME, I'M

YOURS Remember, your child goes at her own pace, practicing with

you until the body and mind learn each process so that, through

self-discipline and your encouragement, she ultimately succeeds.

No child should be overcome by challenges that are beyond

physical and mental capacities. Therefore, this book contains

two programs. One is designed for the preschool, Kindergarten

and First grade levels (GROUP A), while the second is designed

for Second, Third and Fourth grade levels (GROUP B). Early

Perceptual-Motor Experience Affects Future Learning Development

How many children do you know who spend most of their waking

hours in front of a television set or run around with no purpose

in mind? Perceptual-motor development is recognized by

specialists in medicine and education as a very vital part of

the normal development of an individual. The teachings of Dr.

Newell C. Kepart and Dr. Marianne Frostig place considerable

emphasis on early motor training and on the development of

learning patterns. Help For Slow Learners Dr. Gesell's work

leaves little doubt concerning the importance of early

perceptual-motor experience. Help is offered here for the "slow

learner" or "non-achiever" -- those children who do not seem to

learn material from conventional teaching methods. This program

gives the child a chance to achieve and a chance to grow. It may

be the first time he has had a success and it will feel good. To

learn to have self-respect and a good self-image is an important

goal for all children. The child will no longer feel useless.

Each can do. Each can solve. Each will succeed!

Through this approach, your child will learn that having friends

is important to self-image. He will learn to share, to take

turns, to practice the Golden Rule. Wars are made and violence

is done by people who don't have friends, who never learned that

everyone has a right to be.

It is all important that your child learns the proper motor

patterns on which to build all successive levels of skills. If

this is not accomplished, a breakdown in the child's progress

will result, making her feel overwhelmed with "I'm just a

nobody" emotions. Thus, is the seed of the non-achiever first

nurtured. TMIY can alleviate many of the problems before they

have an opportunity to take root in your child's day-to-day

experience.

I wrote TEACH ME, I'M YOURS to help children learn the

perceptual-motor skills necessary to learn by the usual

instructional methods in the classroom. I want all children to

be able to learn in school. To improve memory skills. To reason.

To problem-solve, creatively. Having built a good foundation of

all these skills, I look forward to seeing the fruits of your

labor and of mine. We will see children who can move forward

with renewed and expanded self-worth toward their full potential

in Life. Success belongs to all our children! TEACH ME, I'M

YOURS - Review and Recommendation

As you may know I've worked in education for many, many years.

ECE wasn't my field, but secondary/adult education and learning

disabilities. I love curriculum development, teaching and

training, teachers/parents--everyone! And I can see from Joan

Bramsch's book TEACH ME, I'M YOURS, that she does as well. Her

scope and sequence is excellently planned, laid out and

formatted. The content is creative and inspiring as are the easy

to follow/apply activities and exercises. This is an important

book for all parents and educators.

Reviewer: Melinda Rucker Haynes

http://www.melindaruckerhaynes.com

READ MORE: http://joanbramsch.com/books eachme eachme.htm

About the author:

JOAN BRAMSCH is a family person, educator, writer and

E-publisher. Her articles appear internationally in print and

online. Six of her best-selling adult novels - near one million

copies - have worldwide distribution. Her Empowered Parenting

Ezine serves 1000 parents around the globe.

http://www.JoanBramsch.com mailto:hijoan@joanbramsch.com

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