Summary of Ellen Galinsky's Mind in the Making

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Focus and self control are important life skills that we need to learn if we want to achieve our goals amid everything else that’s going on.
#2 The researchers found that three skills were most important for children’s later success in reading and math: attention skills, which are the ability to focus and concentrate; good math and reading skills; and self-control, or the ability to delay gratification.
#3 Focus is the ability to concentrate on a task or project for a period of time, despite internal and external distractions. It is a skill that children develop as they grow up, and adults should develop as well.
#4 Focus is a skill that can be improved by setting goals, rewards, and incremental steps. It can be improved by listening to music, breaking down big projects into small, easy steps, and reminding yourself how great it will feel to complete something.

Sujets

• General
• Parenting
• General officer

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 03 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669397441
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Ellen Galinsky's Mind in the Making
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Focus and self control are important life skills that we need to learn if we want to achieve our goals amid everything else that’s going on.

#2

The researchers found that three skills were most important for children’s later success in reading and math: attention skills, which are the ability to focus and concentrate; good math and reading skills; and self-control, or the ability to delay gratification.

#3

Focus is the ability to concentrate on a task or project for a period of time, despite internal and external distractions. It is a skill that children develop as they grow up, and adults should develop as well.

#4

Focus is a skill that can be improved by setting goals, rewards, and incremental steps. It can be improved by listening to music, breaking down big projects into small, easy steps, and reminding yourself how great it will feel to complete something.

#5

Cognitive flexibility is the skill of being able to shift your attention and adjust to changed demands or priorities. It is at work when you understand a problem from your own and your boss’s differing points of view.

#6

Working memory is the ability to hold information in your mind while mentally working with it or updating it. It is critical for making sense of anything that unfolds over time, and for tasks like prioritizing the order in which things need to be done.

#7

There are many ways to improve your memory: make a circle by lifting both your arms and crossing them in front of you, then lower them and switch between the right and left arms crossing in front. Finally, add a new level of complexity.

#8

Inhibitory control is the ability to resist a strong inclination to do one thing and instead do what is most appropriate. It is required for focused or selective attention and for staying focused on what you want to hold in your mind.

#9

Focus and self-control are two of the most important skills for parents to have. If we find it difficult to maintain our focus and self-control, imagine what it’s like for our children, who don’t have our decades of experience.

#10

We have to walk the talk in business-speak, and this is easy to say, but not so easy to do. It takes time to remove ourselves physically from what we’re doing if we want to pay full attention to someone else.

#11

The best thing that ever happened to my work life was getting a new computer and not knowing how to turn on the little bell that pings to tell me I have email. I no longer get an adrenaline shot a hundred times a day on someone else’s schedule.

#12

The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale is used to assess the behavior of newborns. It includes stimulating a baby with a flashlight and a rattle, and then watching how they react. The way the baby reacts tells the parents and pediatrician something about how this particular baby responds to a new and somewhat challenging experience.

#13

Michael Posner, a professor of neuroscience, has pioneered the study of attention systems in the brain from far-ranging perspectives. He has conducted studies of temperament, training studies, and the genetics of attention.

#14

The locus coeruleus is a part of the brain that is involved in alertness. It is deep within the brain, but it sends signals to the parietal lobe, in the back of the brain. Its job is to integrate information from our senses.

#15

The prefrontal cortex, located in the front of the brain, helps carry out executive functions, which include working memory and self control. The three networks of attention are responsible for focus and self control.

#16

Focus and self control begin with paying attention. As you can see from Brazelton’s work, this is an ability that children are born with. Infants can’t yet talk, but they can reach out to others through crying and making other noises, through moving, and through focused attention in the form of looking.

#17

At six weeks, Jason didn’t smile much, but by three months, he was giving us lots of smiles. We knew he was waking up to the world by his body language, especially his habit of kicking his legs in rapid, intense forward motion when he saw something he liked.

#18

The eyes and hands are the primary means of communication for a young baby. When, how, and what they pay attention to will be our ticket into their minds in the making.

#19

I realized that Adam could make someone’s day a happy one simply by giving them a smile and attention. I explained that Adam was very curious and wanted to learn about different people. I’d often end up chatting with the person for the whole trip.

#20

The field of psychology separates cognitive psychology from the other branches of psychology, but when we want to look at how the brain pays attention, these divisions don’t serve us well.

#21

To assess how children’s emotional control relates to their cognitive abilities and school readiness, Dr. Blair measures their cortisol levels. Cortisol is the stress hormone, and its production in the adrenal glands is stimulated and regulated by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.

#22

The researchers gave the children a stress test that measured their cortisol levels. They found that children with higher levels of cortisol were more likely to have problems with their school readiness skills.

#23

The peg-tapping task is a good measure of the executive functions of the brain, and it shows a connection between children’s cortisol levels and their ability to remember the rule and follow it.

#24

The inattentive type of ADHD is different from the other types in how it is manifested in behavior and mental functioning. It is caused by a mix of genetic and experiential factors, and it is affected by the level of dopamine, a neurotransmitter.

#25

The skills of focus and self control can be improved if parents and teachers are intentional about promoting them in the preschool and school-age years.

#26

You can help your kids develop self control and focus by observing them, and then using the technique that works best for them. For example, if your child becomes calm when you carry him to a quiet place, you’re not imposing control on him; you’re helping him learn to control himself.

#27

Lemonade stands are a great metaphor for something that children care a lot about. They need them throughout childhood, and their interests will change as they grow up.

#28

There are many games you can play with your child to help him or her learn how to focus and stay focused. Some examples are: guessing games, puzzles, red light/green light, musical chairs, and the bell game.

#29

Listening games are a great way to encourage children to focus, remember, and practice inhibitory control. When you read to preschoolers, ask them to listen to a line or two of a nursery rhyme or a favorite book and repeat it with you.

#30

The Tools of the Mind curriculum uses a simple line drawing to help children listen. It explains that ears don’t talk, but they listen. With that concrete reminder in front of them, the children listen.

#31

If you buy computer games for your children, get ones that promote the development of focus. Michael Posner describes three of the games they created for the training of four- and six-year-olds.

#32

The computer game Chase involves controlling an umbrella to keep the cat dry. This game involves the same principles as the mud game. To develop the skills of anticipating and orienting, Posner and his team use a third computer game.

#33

The field of child development is still new, and there is not much literature on how children pay attention to television. However, there is evidence that shows television can be a powerful teacher if it is programmed with a curriculum and designed with the age group in mind.

#34

The Dimensional Change Card Sort Task is a sorting game that involves working memory, cognitive flexibility, and reflection. It involves sorting different types of objects. With three-year-olds, you can ask them to put all the flowers in one pile and all the cars in another pile.

#35

When children pretend, they are using themselves to represent other people and objects. They are using objects and circumstances to represent something else. They are also using cognitive flexibility.