3 Activities to Help Utilize Brain Power : Brain Power

Article by Steven Magill

Increasing our brain power is something not impossible to do. All of us are born with the capacity to learn and for most of us; we tend to rely on what is already given to us. But we can increase this capacity to utilize our brain through certain exercises and activities. Here are some of those things that may be useful to you or if you are a parent, to your child:

– Reading. The capacity to comprehend words and ideas can easily be bolstered and increased through reading. Reading is a very good activity that should be promoted to kids so as they mature into young adults; they develop this love for reading. One can at the onset read to children when they are in their infancy. Some even read to their unborn children while in the mother’s womb. As the child develops, promote this habit by purchasing books, whether this be old or new, and devoting reading time. Supplement his schooling with giving your child books that will peak his interest. Early on, if your child has an inclination to science or even construction, do treat him too easy to read books based on his or her age. Another activity you can do is to have discussions periodically on topics that are current in the newspaper. By having this discussion, you can actually find out your child’s reading comprehension and how his or her thinking process is being developed. Being a voracious reader will also help your child through higher education as well.

– Brain games. Nurture your child with games that do challenge his or her brain development. Such games include chess, cross words, and even board games that have to do with strategies and analysis. Chess is a great strategic game for most people and utilizes long term strategies on moves that are being made. Cross words help the child increase his vocabulary as well, which means that the child must learn to know the meaning of words set at specific letter placements. This is good for the child as it encourages his or her reading skills.

– Dreams. Encourage your child to write his or her dreams. Dreams are very strong residuals of the person’s subconscious and may mean many things. To know more about it, research on lucid dreaming and look for books on lucid dreaming. The data you find here can be used by you to try to help understand your child’s dreams and for him or her to understand it as well. This is more effective as the child is in his or her teen years. Parental Guidance must still be enforced in such activity as dream interpretation is very subjective.