 Parents
want their children to be successful, grow up to be skilled individuals and
be recognised in society. In order for this to happen, the child needs to develop
a creative and innovative mind. Most scientists believe that the brain is made
up of two parts-the left brain and the right brain. The left brain controls
the more logical subject areas such as Mathematics, speech, and the Sciences,
the right brain however is holistic and unlike the left brain, which focuses
on the details, focuses on the big picture.
Most schools, including our education system, favours
our left brain compared to our right. This is because
the idea of excelling in the hardcore subjects like
Mathematics and Science is very important to us. Hence,
you have the grilling and the memorising. However,
the right brain controls the child’s emotions,
feelings and his/her imagination as a whole.
Now we have to determine is having an imaginative child
important? In a fast changing world we need imagination
to help us think ahead. In today’s world, we need
to help our children to keep up with all the economic,
technological and social changes that are occurring every
single day. In order to cope with all of this, we need
to use our inborn ability to imagine what is coming our
way.
Children have all the abilities to do the above, it
is up to us to ensure that this ability is tapped and
brought to surface. A good place to start tapping this
ability is at Smart Reader Kids® says Ms Joanne
Tan, the principal of Smart Reader Kids® Bandar
Country Homes, Rawang. In an interview with her and
two of her students, the importance of imagination
and creativity was brought to light.
Q: Please tell me your names
A: Jeshvinpal Singh (J) And NurAina Bt Mohd.
Azim (A)
Q: What do you like to do best?
(J): I like going to school and meeting with my friends
(A)I like painting
(J) And Arts and Craft too. (he says smiling)
Q: What do you want to be when
you grow up?
(J) I want to be a soldier and join the Army
Q: Why?
(J) because I want to protect Malaysia (here he looks at Ms, Tan to see if
he is using the right word)
Q: From who?
(J) From people who want to do bad things to Malaysia.
(A)I want to be a policewoman so I can catch all bad people who steal things.
Q: What subjects you like in
school?
(A)I like Maths because it is fun to do Maths in school. It is a lot of fun.
(J)I like Hygiene because I like to be clean because it is good and being dirty
is bad. I like computer classes too because I can……..calculate
(and he taps his fingers on the table).
(A)I like computer classes too because I can write my name and make it look
pretty. I like writing and reading too, My favorite book is Bananas in Pyjamas.
Jesvinpal and Nuraina are both six years old and enjoy
coming to school. Ms Tan explained that Nuraina came
to school hardly knowing any English, It was very difficult
for her to communicate. Within a year she has finished
Level 2 of the Smart Reader® Reading
book. She started making progress just three months
after she joined “As you can see she is very
articulate now.”
“As you can see she is
very articulate now.”
“I have public speaking sessions to help them
think creatively and learn how to focus on topics,” she
states. According to Ms. Tan, if a topic is given,
I expect them to stay within the topic.
The Smart Reader® Creative
Methodology helps the students open-up and see things
in a different light. The creative teaching aids used
help the students Manifest their imagination and further
instigate the thinking process. For more information
on the Smart Reader Kids® programme,
please call 03-23002555.
For more information call Ms. Joanne Tan at
03 67334757 or the Smartline at 03
23002555.
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