IDEA 1
You may not know this but you can change your brain to be smarter, faster, happier, or even sillier if you want. You can get smarter by THINKING ABOUT SMART THINGS. You can get faster, jump higher, stand up straighter if you PRACTICE so that you can TRAIN YOUR BRAIN.
IDEA 2
What are some things you can do tonight to RE-WIRE? ReWire means GET BETTER. You can be awesome tonight!
IDEA 3
How do you train your brain? Just like you train your muscles at EMA. If running can make you run faster, do you know what reading can do for you? If practicing your front kick can help you become an awesome martial artist, how do you think you can get smarter? PRACTICE.
IDEA 4
(Quick idea for a quick start): You can do it! (do you believe that?) You can learn anything if you PRACTICE. Who’s going to do awesome tonight!
IDEA 1
Do you know what part of our body we use for thinking? That’s right, it’s the BRAIN. Our brain sees and hears and smells and touches everything and tells us how to think.
Let’s practice using our imagination right now – Let’s pretend you were an astronaut – do you think it takes a lot of PRACTICE to be an astronaut? What kinds of things would you need to learn? If you want to be an awesome martial artist it is going to take PRACTICE as well. What are some things we should practice today to become awesome EMA Kids?
PRACTICE 1
Praise children when they follow instructions and remind them that their BRAIN helped them remember.
PRACTICE 2
“Who wants to make their brain bigger this week? If you want to make your brain bigger you have to practice. Who is going to practice EMA this week at home?
YOU CAN START BEING MORE AWESOME TODAY!
This week we continue teaching children about the importance of starting new habits. Young children are experiencing rapid changes in brain structure and are reaching their first importance mental milestones (as early as 4 years of age). Don’t underestimate their capacity for learning and make sure you challenge them (in earshot of
their parents!)
IDEA 1
How many of us know how to ride a bike? Wow, how did you learn that? Once upon a time you didn’t know how to ride a bike, did you? But then, one day, you learned how to ride a bike with TRAINING wheels. You PRACTICED and PRACTICED and now you know how to ride a 3/2 wheeler – Good for you! You can learn anything if you practice. Today you are going to learn how to ____________. Do you think you’ll know how the first time? (Probably not). Well then how will you ever learn how to ____________? PRACTICE. When you PRACTICE you can LEARN NEW THINGS!