Dutch Lady Smart Steps Workshop
From my previous posts about the
Smart Steps: Uncover the Power Of Nutrition to your Child’s Development.
Refer to these links :
Part 1 : http://syafierabeauty.blogspot.com/search/label/Dutch%20Lady
Part 2 : http://syafierabeauty.blogspot.com/2015/01/smart-steps-uncover-power-of-nutrition_16.html
From my previous posts about the
Smart Steps: Uncover the Power Of Nutrition to your Child’s Development.
Refer to these links :
Part 1 : http://syafierabeauty.blogspot.com/search/label/Dutch%20Lady
Part 2 : http://syafierabeauty.blogspot.com/2015/01/smart-steps-uncover-power-of-nutrition_16.html
Hello existence parents and parents –to-beOn the last January 24th 2015 - my husband, my son and I went to a Dutch Lady Smart Steps Workshop.
There were
a group of parents and their kids attended the workshop discussion with the
panel experts. We were discussed about the co-relation between nutrition and
cognitive development, the importance of tailored nutrition for different smart
milestone and Parent’s role in helping their kids to develop better.
One of the most
wonderful things about being a father/mother is to watch children grow and see
them achieve every milestone along their developmental
path.
An important
part of early childhood growth is cognitive development, or mental development.
Basically, what
I know cognitive or mental development is refer to terms of information processing, language
learning, perceptual skill conceptual resources and other aspects of
brain development or as a common thing every parents should know it is the
emergence of the ability to think and understand.
What’s happening during the workshop?
The
host during the workshop : Nana AF
Introducing : The
Panel of the experts
From Right : Proffesor Dr. Poh Bee Koon, Dr. Yong Junina Fadzil and Dr. Alvin Ng
From Right : Proffesor Dr. Poh Bee Koon, Dr. Yong Junina Fadzil and Dr. Alvin Ng
SEANUTS Study
2009-2011 : Nutrition & Cognitive.
The co-relation between the measurement of anthropometric
and cognitive ability/development. There
are 6746 children in school around 6-12 years with randomize calculation. There
are four main countries in southeast asia between Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
and Vietnam in the SEANUTS evaluation.
The demography subjected to the composition of the household,
maternal education and Income sources.
The definition of
cognitive development
Refers to the way the children process information around,
gather through their senses to understand and learn about their world.
The definition of
mental development
Refers to the same thing called earlier, but it is known
among the public on the advice by professionals
health care and child development in various aspects of developments.
The definition of
brain development
Refers to
the physical growth of the brain, in which nutrition plays a vital role in the
foundation of a healthy mental development for children.
Children love to play
with colorful objects and have a lot of shapes
The important fact
for parents
Nutrition is one of the important factors for cognitive performance or level of intelligence ( IQ ) Children.
Intelligence of children or healthy mental development
requires attention from a nutritional perspective as one aspect to support
their brain development.
Another factor that affects cognitive development including
a stimulating environment and caregivers who often interact with children.
Importance of
nutrition
Nutrition is an important factor that affect the growth to
continue and development to occurs during childhood.
Essential nutrients are needed for smart and healthy brain
development.
The combination of different nutrients are needed at various
stages of mental development process.
Effects of
malnutrition on mental development
The imbalance of nutrients will stunt the physical growth,
it will slower and weaken the immune system. The conclusion, Children who
suffer from the lack of good nutrients in the early stages will have life-long
health problems.
The Holistic Development
There are some aspects of child development; eg : Mental, Physical, Emotional and Social.
Parents should give a lot of attention on ther chidlren’s Holistic development.
The Holistic Development
There are some aspects of child development; eg : Mental, Physical, Emotional and Social.
Parents should give a lot of attention on ther chidlren’s Holistic development.
Mental development is often associated with Physical
Development.
Understand the importance of mental development
You need to understand the performance of your children’s development to make sure that your child is on the right track.
Understand the importance of mental development
You need to understand the performance of your children’s development to make sure that your child is on the right track.
There were so many cases reported with the child’s learning
problem, in which early intervention can be done by parents to help the child escape
from the problem.
As a
parent, we need to watch our children’s development especially in their
physical, mental, emotional and social development – we need to monitor those
equally to ensure the comprehensive development for children.
Always keep an eye on your child for their
mental and physical development
Mommies should prepare healthy balance meals
for their children to promote the
mental/physical development.
mental/physical development.
How to keep Your Child Become more intelligent?
As a
mother, I do not think every mother want their kids become lazy or stupid, all
mothers want their children become intelligent, smart and can solve problems.
Children
learn actively when they were born. Cognitive or mental, they collect, compile
and process the information from its surroundings, they will use the
information to see, understand and learn about the world.
In other
words, children will learn, acquire intelligence and mental agility when they
grow.
Mental Development Stage
CURIOSITY (1-2 YEARS)
-Vision becomes more clear and able to walk freely
-Increasing of curiosity and encourages learning more about the world.
Milestones
-Children want to know how something works
-Can mimic the action of others
-Can find hidden objects
EXPLORING (2-4 YEARS)
-Motor skills become stronger with the addition of more advanced language.
-Explore the world that has never been done with the learning skill.
-Ask more questions and have better skills
Milestones
-Solve a simple puzzle
-Identify and designate the same objects
-Able to blend and match objects and shapes
CREATIVITY (4-6YEARS)
-Have a natural tendency to daydream, experiment and explore the physical environment
-Show Creativity and flexibility to solve a common issue with self suitability
-Able to train their memory to associate the information they learned
Milestone
-Give closure to the story to make it unusual
-Build an object based on simple steps
-Dream a new games and imaginative
How to assess the mental development of the child ?
-Pediatric use mental development scale Griffith (Griffith Mental Development Scales) to assess the strengths and weaknesses in child development.
-Speech abilities, understanding, proficiency, hand-eye coordination, and practical reasoning. This can be helpful in determining whether a child is need of early intervention or treatment program.
CURIOSITY (1-2 YEARS)
-Vision becomes more clear and able to walk freely
-Increasing of curiosity and encourages learning more about the world.
Milestones
-Children want to know how something works
-Can mimic the action of others
-Can find hidden objects
EXPLORING (2-4 YEARS)
-Motor skills become stronger with the addition of more advanced language.
-Explore the world that has never been done with the learning skill.
-Ask more questions and have better skills
Milestones
-Solve a simple puzzle
-Identify and designate the same objects
-Able to blend and match objects and shapes
CREATIVITY (4-6YEARS)
-Have a natural tendency to daydream, experiment and explore the physical environment
-Show Creativity and flexibility to solve a common issue with self suitability
-Able to train their memory to associate the information they learned
Milestone
-Give closure to the story to make it unusual
-Build an object based on simple steps
-Dream a new games and imaginative
How to assess the mental development of the child ?
-Pediatric use mental development scale Griffith (Griffith Mental Development Scales) to assess the strengths and weaknesses in child development.
-Speech abilities, understanding, proficiency, hand-eye coordination, and practical reasoning. This can be helpful in determining whether a child is need of early intervention or treatment program.
Supportive Parents Lead the Aspects of Children
Mental Development
-Love the children
-Provide Guidance and Tutoring
-Give proper games or toys based on age
-Give your child opportunity to practice motor and coordination skills
-Love the children
-Provide Guidance and Tutoring
-Give proper games or toys based on age
-Give your child opportunity to practice motor and coordination skills
Role of nutrition in mental development of the
Child
-Imagine road in highway is your child’s brain
-Important Nutrient is the building materials (ensure smooth roads without holes)
-Stimulus Activity is the traffic light (to make sure all the information gathers smoothly)
-Imagine road in highway is your child’s brain
-Important Nutrient is the building materials (ensure smooth roads without holes)
-Stimulus Activity is the traffic light (to make sure all the information gathers smoothly)
Proper Nutrients + Boost Stimulation from
Parents
=
Curiosity, Exploring, Creativity & Learning
=
Curiosity, Exploring, Creativity & Learning
WISDOM
How to stimulate your children’s brain?
Colorful toys for mental development during the early stages of
childhood - Parents need to help their children’s to develop their brain
intellectually in long term. Growth and other development aspects can lead the
children become more versatile in the future.
Example: Method of eloquent behavior (Building Fluency) or Speed smart Training.
Nutrients that support mental development
Example: Method of eloquent behavior (Building Fluency) or Speed smart Training.
Nutrients that support mental development
1.
For
the vision development the Inosital,Taurine
and Vitamin A are the basic.
·
Inosital
is a must to protect the eye lens, Inosital
is available in fruits, beans, grains and nuts.
·
Taurine
also helps to prevent tissue from oxidative damage and improve lipid metabolism
and insulin resistance where you can get in the best food sources are from meat
and fish.
·
Vitamin A
helps to regulate immune function to reduce morbidity of infectious diseases
where you can find in apricots, mangos and carrots.
2. For
the Immunity development the zinc
helps to essential for the integrity of the immune system. Zinc can be found in Beef
and lamb more than the fish. The dark meat of a chicken has more zinc than
the light meat.
3.
The
Choline,
Tyrosine and Vitamin D are needed for the
Creativity Development.
·
In
pastured egg, beef liver, grass-fed raw dairy, soaked nuts and legumes,
cruciferous veggies are containing the Choline to forming nerve to nerve
connection in the memory area of the brain.
·
Tyrosine
can be found in dairy product, meats, fish, eggs, nuts, beans, oats ad wheat to
strongly associate to the alertness of the brain.
·
Beneficial
to the function of smooth muscle and support bone needing a lot of Vitamin
D that can be found in the sun exposure, food and supplement is
biologically inert and must undergo two hydroxylations in the body for
activation.
4.
Magnesium
helps to maintain plasticity of synapses that is strongly linked to memory.
Regulating energy availability in brain. Dietary sources of magnesium include
legumes, whole grains and vegetables. Magnesium is needed to develop the memory
and learning.
Milk as a food source for a variety of
nutrients
Milk contains many nutrients, micro nutrients and calcium needed for the children. It depends on your lifestyle and daily nutrient intake from diet, parents can choose for their children either full cream milk or low-fat milk.
Cognitive Development
We as
parents need to take the opportunity to stimulate our children brains in order
to improve their future development. So, with enough nutrition and stimulation
from parents, children will learn in curiosity, have desire to explore the
world, creative in learning. These will help them to achieve great wisdom.Milk contains many nutrients, micro nutrients and calcium needed for the children. It depends on your lifestyle and daily nutrient intake from diet, parents can choose for their children either full cream milk or low-fat milk.
Cognitive Development
Our role as parents
Support the
advancement of our children mental development in various stages and make sure
that our children grow holistically. We should take some time to interact with
our children and explore the world with them. This positive interaction could
lead the parents and the children become strong in bond, and plus it helps our
children to feel more secure and 100% will support their development.
The importance of food
The importance of food
Nutrition
will affect the mental development of children, but you should see what is
required to each stage because the nutrients are more “suitable” à Better with nutrition that can
support the brain and physical development.
Type of foods great for mental development
Type of foods great for mental development
Sea fishes,
fresh fruits, vegetables and Milk.
What is Speed Smart?
Practice a
skill repeatedly in a short time and limited.
Start from the basic to the complex skills.
Focus on speed and accuracy.
Have clear targets and measurements.
Results achieve when possession/ smooth/ eloquence/ automatic
(do something without need to think)
Example of automatic/ eloquence/master skill
•5+2 =? •24x10=?
•10-6 =? •34.4x22=?
•3x4 =? •120÷5=?
•24÷3 =? •132÷6=?
Start from the basic to the complex skills.
Focus on speed and accuracy.
Have clear targets and measurements.
Results achieve when possession/ smooth/ eloquence/ automatic
(do something without need to think)
Example of automatic/ eloquence/master skill
•5+2 =? •24x10=?
•10-6 =? •34.4x22=?
•3x4 =? •120÷5=?
•24÷3 =? •132÷6=?
The benefits of Speed Smart
•Fun•Energetic
•highly motivated
•Immediately Feedback
•Fast Learning
•Confidence increases and self-efficacy abilities
•Use time more effectively and efficiently
•Reduce fraud
•Establish an efficient habits
•Improve memory
•Release the cognitive space/ mental to learn more information
The emphasized Skills in Speed Smart
•Motor and coordination skills
•Communication skills
•Cognitive skills
•Emotional Skills
•Social skills
•self-care skills
•Skills at home
•Community Skills
The Blocks challenge
You will
need a stopwatch/countdown timer for feedback notes. In this Speed Smart
workshop, our children will be test in 3 seconds in different sections of games
based on their ages. Because my son only 2 years old - some of the games he
couldn’t join. But the games help to the children to self pick-up and how they can find solution and
be faster than the first result
(it means repetitively until they can achieve
the high scores)
The Colorful Balls Challenge
The
colorful balls will be put in a basket. The kids need to separate the balls
into another basket with the family-color. The time will be count once they
start separate the balls. Then, they need to repeat 3 rounds to achieve a
better result than the 1st round.
The Lego Bricks Challenge
Dr. Alvin one of the panel expert shared his ideas about our children activities especially 1 until 6 years. The activity should not be too long for a thing so that they won’t feel bored for the same thing.
Why is it important to do repetitive activities in a limit time?
This helps to prevent our small children feel bored by doing the same thing in a long time. With the support from parents in their learning activities will help the children able to play in active and cheerful without feel stress or forcefully. The important thing is to help improving the children ability to think and solve problem as they have been train many times in limit/short time.
Formula to master the Speed Smart
Retention, Endurance, Stability, Application and Creativity
The Conclusion of Speed Smart
Fast, Accurate, High resistance, Automatic and Creative.
After the Smart Steps workshop was held, every night before my son is going to sleep, I will sing the alphabets song, numbering and counting with his fingers, and even read him some bed-stories. I did those like everyday which made him memorized and he does with the oral.
Children are like a clean cloth, and we are the ones who shape and coloring the white cloth.
We as parents always wanted a healthy and intelligent children.
So, good nutrition is needed to support and help our kid’s mental and cognitive development.
