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Benefits of Reading for Children - How Reading Can Help Concentration
Reading is considered to be a good quieting power, and an excellent habit to acquire as soon as possible. This is why it is instrumental you encourage your child to read frequently by taking them to the library weekly or making regular trips to the bookstore if your budget permits.
At our school, we have a daily "reading period" where students must read for 20 minutes a day. Some kids dive right in to their book (it's a fight to pull them away), but there are also a significant number of kids who can't read for the life of them. They'd rather stare off into space than focus on a book. In fact, the very thought of cracking open a book is a painful experience for them.
Reading forces you to sit still and concentrate on, well, reading! For a child, that can prove to be difficult until they learn to love reading. But until they reach that point (and many people never do), they scoff at the idea of reading. However, the more developed your child's reading skills, the better they'll navigate through life.
Let's look at some statistics released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES):
- 30 million adults may not be able to make sense of a simple pamphlet
- Adults with ability to perform challenging and complex reading tasks made an average yearly salary of $50,700 in 2003. That is $28,000 more than those who lacked basic skills.
- 85 percent of all juveniles who interface with the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate
- 16 to 19 year old girls at the poverty level and below, with below average skills, are 6 times more likely to have out-of-wedlock children than their reading counterparts
- Low literary costs $73 million per year in terms of direct health care costs. A recent study by Pfizer put the cost much higher
This list could go on and on. If your child struggles with reading, it will have a damaging affect on their learning process in school (that's the best case scenario). The worst case scenario is they go down the wrong road and run into trouble.
But if your child reads frequently and becomes a stronger and stronger reader, they will reap many benefits of reading (concentration being a major benefit).
There are literally SO MANY benefits to reading! Let's list a few (even though I'm sure you're convinced already):
- Excel in academics
- Read better (face it...we can't avoid reading in our lives)
- Improved writing
- Expanded vocabulary
- Develop many interests
- Improved spelling
- Sharpens analytical skills
- Processing skills improved
- Relaxation
- Improved communication skills
- Better preparation for college admissions exams
...IMPROVED CONCENTRATION
These are just a few of the benefits. In a nutshell, your child simply cannot lose by reading often.
For example, the vocabulary enhancement alone is worth a bundle to your child's success. It will help them be a better writer, speaker, and communicator. It will help them excel in their classes and score high on college admissions exams.
A good way to reinforce the reading skills taught in school is to take your child to the library once a week and let them pick out a few books (the number depends on how much they can read in a week). Designate a certain amount of time daily for them to read. For children not in school yet, you can still get them started. Read with them daily. Most young children love a good book read by their parents.
Hope this gave you some ideas.
About the Author
Teresa A. Morgan has created a breakthrough course that helps parents teach their children concentration skills. The results are better behavior at home, improved academic performance, and a life geared toward success.
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Mixed Martial Arts Fighting, Brazillian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai Fighting – Training Tips for Repetition Drilling of Techniques
When first learning a new mixed martial arts fighting technique whether at the fundamental level or the more advanced it is important that we chunk it down into smaller, easily learned units. Once easily assimilated chunks are obtained these must be practiced with repetition to learn them. However, just repeating them over and over again in a session has its limitations.
Studies on a simple nervous system have shown that any more than 10 repetitions of a task in a session does not result in any increase to retention, in addition, performing only one session of learning a new piece of material results in very little retention over a long period as those of you who have been involved in training for serious mixed martial arts fighting are well aware.
The most useful method of repetition drilling to gain the most effective retention is to spread the repetitions over a number of sessions.
A method that has shown a great deal of effect is to carry out 7 to 10 repetitions of a particular technique in a training session. And then carry out at least nine repeat review sessions over several days or weeks. The first repeat session can be within the same session. I would suggest near the end of the session. The following one a day after, then a week etc. The closer the review sessions are together the quicker the optimal retention is obtained.
Another common problem, that many of us experience in mixed martial arts fighting and Muay Thai Fighting, is that of boredom when training the number of repetitions required for drilling the techniques adequately. This is detrimental to retention as the learning process is seriously impaired when we are not concentrating.
Disguising the repetitions in drills, combinations and games that utilize the particular skill involved is a very practical way that will assist you to get around this problem and allow you to increase the versatility of game by drilling the techniques with different set ups, combinations or counters being used against them.
Another more fundamental strategy that I use, particularly in working through my Muay Thai Fighting, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts Fighting techniques, is to repetition the techniques as many times as I can until boredom is noticed, recording the number of repetitions performed in my training diary and then repeating the process in another training session. When using this strategy just develop a determined discipline to complete a predetermined number of repetitions. I would suggest a minimum of 60 spread over a 2 year period for maximum retention.
Bear in mind that this is for the learning and retention of a new technique, not the optimal refinement of it for the highest level of effectiveness that may be required for the rigors of competition in both mixed martial arts fighting and Muay Thai Fighting. This requires the development and sharpening of the various attributes required for optimal performance of the technique, such as: speed, timing, flow, balance, connectivity to the next move, variation adjustment, corrections in balance, preparedness for reaction to the opponent’s movement, etc.
Taking your mixed martial arts fighting skill to this level requires many more repetitions and exposing the performance of the technique to increasing levels of risk through controlled and on to random sparring.
To ensure the best learning of the technique start by learning and drilling the technique under totally cooperative conditions to get it right, this is the
retention period discussed above.
Once a good level of efficacy is obtained, then try to use the technique in controlled sparring conditions or controlled performance drills in which your training partner presents moderate problems to deal with. As your efficacy increases start to utilize it in your sparring, at first against less experienced opponents working up to opponents of higher levels.
Using this strategy for developing and drilling your techniques will not only enhance your game but also make repetition drilling far more enjoyable when training for mixed martial arts fighting.
About the Author
Dr Geoff Aitken, Ph.D. is a coach of Mixed Martial Arts Fighting, Muay Thai Fighting and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a former kick boxing champion with over 34 years of experience in mixed martial arts and 15 years as a bouncer. He holds a 6th degree Black Belt in Freestyle Karate (Goju Kai derivative), a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, certified trainer, referee and judge in Muay Thai Fighting and has trained numerous national and international champions in Muay Thai Fighting, BJJ and Mixed Martial Arts. He has just released a DVD series packed full of concepts and techniques for set ups and Bridging the Gap in Muay Thai Fighting, Mixed Martial Arts fighting and the street self defense situation. Grab your free video and audio clips on Mixed Martial Arts Fighting at http://www.UltimateFightingSystems.com
