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Exercise, nurture and enhance a child’s ability to think mathematically! SKILLS THAT BUILD is a series that guides parents and educators to develop a child’s essential life skills through activities that reinforce each skill in a fun and engaging way! Scare the spectre of mathematics away and develop mathematical thinking in a fun setting! Many grow up fearing the maths taught in school, which seems like a set of dull, tricky and timeconsuming rules. This is primarily because we are not taught to apply the tools of mathematics to understand the world. Being a Mathematician empowers a child by helping to develop winning-edge mathematical thinking instead of focussing solely on the rote learning of rules in order to solve math problems. The creative activities included in the book are uniquely designed to help exercise, nurture and enhance a child’s ability to think mathematically. Effectively, this becomes a lifelong skill that ensures success. What’s more: fun activities designed to run parallel to school curricula, engaging young minds in a much more interactive manner.
From the Publisher
A Conversation with Gayatri Kalra Sehgal.
Tell us about yourself.
I was born in an army family. I travelled across the nation and was educated where my father got posted. Each time my father got posted to a different place, I got unique opportunities to adequately explore the diverse culture and precious heritage of India.
Presently, I conduct seminars and share valuable information with parents, educators, curriculum designers. I conduct ‘Train the Trainer’ programs and mentor entrepreneurs wanting to set up preschools with a dynamic approach towards the curriculum.
How did you begin to write?
When I started teaching preschoolers, I felt the pressing need to understand each child at his or her level of understanding. I also felt that the curricula needed to be re-focused to be ‘child-led’ rather than ‘teacher-led’ to nurture and keep their love for learning alive. This was possible only when parents and teachers were ‘sensitized’ with deeper knowledge and profound understanding about the child.
The urgent need to bridge the increasing gap between the facilitator and the learner required immediate action. It required progressive and positive
efforts from our side to raise children in a nurturing and safe environment to promote an atmosphere rich in respect, gratitude, self-discipline, self-reliance, responsibility and leadership. But if we were to instill all these aspects of learning under one umbrella, it would be under the giant umbrella of ‘love.’ This insight marked the turning point which made me resign as a Dean and put pen to paper. I experienced the urgent need to share this insight with the world so that the focus from score-based results was shifted to a deeper and profound understanding of learning.
What aspects do you try to bring out in
Being a Mathematician: Mastering Secrets of Mental Math?
This unique book de-emphasizes the superfluous importance ascribed to the academic subject, Math and shifts the focus onto ‘mathematical thinking’ that needs to be adequately developed by using the subject Math as a tool.
It helps parents and facilitators track the intellectual development of mathematical thinking in a child by offering interesting and goal specific activities and engagements in a casual setting.
Who do you think should read the Skills that Build series?
Everyone! Aware parents, extended family members, caregivers, facilitators, visionaries, school principals, curriculum designers, and entrepreneurs. If you feel strongly about nurturing a holistic child or a student who must evolve to explore creative, intelligent and practical solutions, this series is for you!
Can you discuss a little about the other books in the series, both previous and upcoming?
A. In the series, there are two more books.
a) Being a Brilliant Thinker fosters intelligent thinking in a child. Intelligent thinking is developed and enhanced by mental effort, intellectual consistency and focused practice; and hence, it is a necessary skill to make a child future-ready.
The book offers insight to develop intelligent thinking and helps to achieve specific learning goals. It proposes 75 different situations which may happen in real life. Parents can bring these situations into their daily conversations so that when the child actually faces these situations in real life, he or she is confident and in complete control of the situation.
Being a Creative Genius inspires and empowers parents and facilitators to discover the innate strengths the child possesses.
It motivates the child to become fearless and unleash their true creative intelligence as they explore, experiment and entertain themselves with 101 focused learning outcomes that run parallel to the school’s curricula.
The Series SKILLS THAT BUILD is a rich source to empower smart parents and facilitators to help the children become future-ready. The series will enthuse and entertain children, and help them develop and enhance their skills.
Please provide an excerpt from the book.
Remember, anybody can be successful in life, but the people who ‘achieve’ have higher thinking skills, strive to gain deeper insight and focus on the true essence of learnings. They do not settle for less! TIP: Make intelligent choices from the time when your child is young. Your belief in your child will encourage him or her to feel valuable and will add to their confidence. It will encourage the child to proactively participate and transform his understanding into an enduring strength.
Publisher : Rupa Publications India (20 June 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 9353334829
ISBN-13 : 978-9353334826
Item Weight : 209 g
Dimensions : 12.85 x 1.12 x 19.84 cm
Country of Origin : India
