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How to activate neurons in the brains of little children?
By Raghavendra Rao of Poornaprajna Cyber Quest
We have five sensory organs – visual (images), auditory (sounds), kinesthetic (touch actions, feelings), gustatory (taste) and olfactory (smell). If we could control them, we could lead a sensible, balanced and spiritually elevated life. Of these visual, auditory and kinesthetic help us in acquiring basic skills of thorough learning namely reading, writing, speaking and listening.
The visual, audatory and kinesthetic sensory organs are nowadays put in learning process. In fact, teaching process in primary and pre-primary schools has been revolutionised. Nascent brains of children are capable of absorbing lessons and knowledge beyond the paradigm levels prescribed in olden days. They learn about astronomy, computer science, mathematics which were taught earlier only in higher schools and colleges. They encounter competition with their class-mates at every level of their activities both curricular and extra-curricular. In the changed circumstances so evolving, the teachers are brain storming little children. To achieve this, novel means are discovered and effectively placed before the students. Five basic sensory organs of our body are put to use to teach better and it is observed that the primary level students are absorbing the teaching methods to learn the lessons faster.
The teachers are practically showing the real objects to the children, make them, feel, smell and taste the items of fruits, vegetables and things of nature involved in teaching, and then explaining their characteristics. Such practical teaching makes children interested in learning and register the lessons in their mind. The method of utilizing sensory organs to learn is not a new concept to people who are challenged visually or aurally because they are taught to sharpen the skills of one sensory organ to compensate for the dearth of another to make their learning more meaningful. Neuro Linguistic Programmes are simply the art of activating the neurons in one’s brain to make them associate themselves with verbal and non-verbal contents in a systematic way. Physically challenged Helen Keller was being taught about water. She desired to feel the water as she could not see it. She dipped her hands into cold water with the help of her teacher. Practically she associated herself with water to learn about it so that object became meaningful to her. Similarly, Braille is the language of the blind. They feel the writings and learn. This method of making the children involved in the learning process by practically touching, feeling, smelling, tasting, hearing and seeing became popular in the montessory and pre-primary schools. What method of learning the physically challenged students were privileged to, is extended even to the normal children. In this practical method, children perceive the object using their sensory organs that would easily get into their mind for ever. They would be able to recollect the knowledge any time later in their life. Apple, orange, potato, tomato, lady’s finger and variety of other fruits and vegetables are shown to children while explaining their appearance and characteristics. Children are taken to zoo to show them animals like camel, elephant, tiger, lion etc. Video films are shown to introduce the children to jungles, animal life and places of interest. Cubes, letters, components of games are all made of plastic solids in vibrant colours that attract the children and activate neurons in their brain. They are encouraged to draw pictures and colour the printed drawings of fruits, vegetables, animals, nature etc. Practical sessions create perception of children about nature and the skills of observation and thinking which are vital for a successful living. . They not only shape the future of children but also activate their neurons.
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