Gymnastics For Children Help Brain Concentration
Fitness August 14th, 2009
BRAIN consists of two parts, namely the right and left different functions but mutually supportive. The left brain is often associated with academic (math, writing, reading), the function of verbal, temporal, logical, analytical, and rational pattern of activity.
While the right brain is more on nonscholastic, such as art, understanding of space, and form the fishing activities of creativity. A child’s brain can be trained through motor activity such as in their ability to use his left hand and right hand and left foot and right.
Always from the sensory input. This means that, starting from the visual, hearing and touch, then the response came out in the form of motor. At playgroup and kindergarten, the right brain is usually trained through painting and the introduction of colors, singing, telling stories, and play.
It’s all useful to develop a child’s imagination. Meanwhile, a number of manipulative games are also taught to balance a child left brain intelligence. Examples such as the Block, puzzles, counting, grouping, sort of large to small size, and arithmetic (adding and subtracting).
As for outdoor activities such as running, crawling and jumping motor coordination also trains the right brain and left. In addition to the variety of fishing games creativity, balance left and right brain was also trained through the gymnastics of the brain (brain gym).
“In our body there are many muscles that are directly related to the brain. Gymnastic the brain is essentially doing a series of muscle movements which will be able to balance the left and right brain. Thus, logic and creativity of children to be balanced,” said expert and consultant for the Montessori school program an early age, Lely Tobing.
The impact of brain exercises can help build confidence and a positive influence in increasing concentration, improving focus, memory, and control of children’s emotions.
