| Why do some ideas stick while other die? Learn | | | | understand ideas. Try moving a piece of metal |
| six important traits ideas need to have to make | | | | with a hidden magnet and watch as they try to |
| stick with your children. | | | | figure it out. |
| Teaching Children | | | | Concreteness:How do you make an abstract idea |
| You can’t do that, you’ll give | | | | easy to remember? As adults we have a difficult |
| your baby shaken baby syndrome. My mom | | | | time understanding abstract ideas, just imagine |
| then went into a fifteen minutes lecture on how | | | | how difficult it must be for a child to understand. |
| tossing my baby in the air was damaging my kid. | | | | When we teach with something physical that we |
| Not wanting to permanently damage my kid I | | | | can see, feel and touch then it is easier to |
| toned down my playing with her. My wife was | | | | remember. When teaching numbers to children it |
| extremely glad to see that her baby | | | | is often easier to use blocks to teach them how |
| wasn’t flying through the air. In order to | | | | to add or subtract. |
| stop me completely, my wife asked the doctor if | | | | Credibility:How do you get your children to believe |
| it caused shaken baby syndrome. Much to her | | | | your ideas? Luckily, most children naturally believe |
| dismay the doctor informed her that there was | | | | their parents. It’s not until they reach the |
| no reason to fear. With this great news my baby | | | | dreaded teens where they start to think that |
| can again touch our ceiling. If you look on the | | | | they know better than their parents. This is the |
| internet, most sites will state that it will damage | | | | time when it is most critical to make your ideas |
| your kid. How do stories like these spread so | | | | credible. The Heaths show that vivid detail add a |
| easily while the important ones die?Chip and Dan | | | | level of credibility that otherwise wouldn’t |
| Heath book Made To Stick explains how a | | | | endorse your story. |
| parent can help make the important ideas stick. | | | | Emotional:Why do a lot of mothers believe that |
| One of the main tasks of a parent is passing on | | | | tossing their kids in the air is going to damage |
| important information that we have learned as | | | | their child? Is it based on facts or emotion? |
| adults. Knowing how to teach our kids will greatly | | | | I’m extremely impressed how much my |
| help our ability to communicate effectively with | | | | wife sacrifices for our child. I can understand why |
| our children. Made To Stick discusses six | | | | she is a little protective of her child. Stories that |
| ideas that will make your teachings a | | | | play on her emotion as a mother will stick |
| succes. | | | | compared to one that just give cold hard facts. |
| Simplicity:Make your ideas simple! That | | | | Stories:Can any one doubt the power of a story! |
| doesn’t mean that you can only teach | | | | To this day, I love hearing stories of my dad |
| simple concepts. It does mean that you should | | | | flying helicopter missions in the navy. Some of the |
| only teach one concept at a time. If you say | | | | best children’s books use stories to |
| three things you say nothing at all. Children | | | | portray a message. Why not use the same tactic |
| have a great desire to learn new things. If it is | | | | when teach our children? We live in an |
| muddled with several ideas then they | | | | informational era. The amount of information that |
| won’t remember any of them. | | | | is available to kids today is amazing and scary. |
| Unexpectedness:Have you ever watched a bad | | | | Being able to instill correct ideas that will provide a |
| movie to the end just to see how it turns out? | | | | guide through our kids lives is on extremely |
| The Heath brothers explain how our brains hate | | | | important task as a parent. That is why it is |
| the idea of a knowledge gap. This is why we | | | | important to learn how to make ideas stick. I |
| watch a bad movie to the end or stay up late to | | | | recommend that every one read Made to |
| see how the book ends. Creating a knowledge | | | | Stick. |
| gap for you children will help them want to | | | | |