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All of us have heard about gym for our body. We
have never heard about one for our brain? Here it
is "The Brain Gym".
Hyderabad: Can you mentally
calculate the answer for 86, 54, 479 less 83% +
3048=? within seconds, a la Shakuntala Devi? The
skill you use to calculate with logic is called
computing skill. The process of doing the same
without the aid of any electronic device, i.e.
using just the brain power is called Mental
Arithmetic. "Abacus" is a tool that helps to
develop mental arithmetic skills.
The Brain Gym and Abacus are the two
internationally acclaimed Whole Brain Development
Programmes. Now they come to the state of Andhra
Pradesh. Brought by SIP Academy India Pvt. Ltd., a
Chennai based Indian arm of SIP (Social
Intellectual Progressive) Academy SDN BHD,
Malaysia.
Though it has been around in India for the past
two years, in abroad for 7 years, only few months
back, this revolutionary concept had made inroads
into Andhra Pradesh, particularly twin cities.
With 14 branches already functional and 250
children undergoing training, it is the most
sought after programme for intelligence building
in children in twin cities. Today SIP Academy is
going to present certificates to students who
finished first and second level of training
programmes at Gautam Model School, A.S. Rao Nagar.
Similarly some more batch students of Banjara
Hills/Bowenpally/Marredpally centres will receive
their first and second level certificates tomorrow
at Marredpally, YMCA. There will also be a
presentation and demonstration at Tejasvi
Vidyaranya at Habshiguda tomorrow at 12 noon. A
new centre was inaugurated at Nallkunta recently
in City.
In our daily lives, we see many children grumbling
and complaining that how much ever they study,
they still lag behind in studies. The common
complaints are that they forget the answers or
Mathematics is very difficult subject. And
mathematics form a very important part of students
curriculum. Using the Whole Brain Development
Programmes which are widely accepted in many
countries like China, Malaysia, Indonesia and
Thailand one can easily build intelligence in
children in the age group of 6 to 12 years.
Intelligence is nothing but the ability to gain
and apply knowledge and skills. Learning to
compute numbers mentally promotes learning
ability, in other words, overall intelligence.
That is what the SIP Abacus and Brain Gym program
are about, informed Mr. Dinesh Victor, Managing
Director of SIP Academy India Pvt. Ltd. addressing
a press conference recently in city.
Adding further Mr. Dinesh said, the latest
findings in the growing body of medical research
on early brain development reveal that social
sensory experiences during the early years have a
direct effect on children’s capacity to learn in
the future. The findings confirm that early
interactions and experiences play a vital role in
brain development. Our programmes help in brain
development in children, who are just beginning to
learn and discover. This is only possible by
making both sides of the brain to work, so that
any major puzzle can be solved in seconds.
Aimed to holistic development of child’s brain by
developing life long skills in a child, Brain Gym
developed by Dr. Paul Dennison of Edu-K of USA and
Abacus method from China have various exercises,
which develop right brain - left brain integration
and whole brain activity.
This Abacus and Brain Gym program is a system of
education that maximises the potential of the
child’s brain. This process develops Kinesthetics
(touch and feel); Visualisation
(observations/retention and recalling) and
Auditory Skills (listening skill etc). This is a
eight level program. Each programmes is of 12 to
14 classes (around 3 months), once in a weak for
about 2 hours 15 minutes. The programme fee is put
at affordably low at Rs. 475 per month, besides
one time registration fee Rs. 700/-.
These two activities benefit in better
concentration, memory capability, strong
visualisation, creativity and arithmetic skills in
a child. As a result the child has an improved
academic performance and sees learning as a
enjoyable activity. There is a mix of ambience,
music, brain gym, Abacus methodology and value
education, which makes the learning a fun
activity.
The course is scientifically tested and proven.
For the last 25 years, there have been several
research papers presented worldwide on the
benefits of Abacus learning for children. Abacus
was originally said to have been propounded by
Tetramachus of Greece. And later, it is noted that
Alexander the great had brought this methodology
to Far East, when one of his planners stayed back.
For the last 2000 years, this skill has been used
for planning and executing logistics and technical
projects in Far East. It was said to be a basis
for the computer algorithms, when the computers
were invented. SIP Academy Malaysia operates in
more than 5 countries like Thailand, India,
Malaysia, China, Indonesia etc. training more than
1,50,000 children across 1000 centers. SIP Academy
India has about 75 centres in about 19 cities,
nearly 4000 students undergoing training
programmes of various levels.
-MK
Reachout's News Bureau
Jan'
2004
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