Long term reading, 41 methods to exercise childrens brains, its hard to be smart or not!

1. Eating with eyes closed

To consciously use your brain, you can block some information, such as visual information. Close your eyes, rely on other senses to find food, and then deliver it to your mouth. This can stimulate touch, taste, and smell, thereby enhancing the function of relevant areas in the brain.

2. Eat foods rich in lecithin

Acetylcholine is the "lubricant" of the brain, which can make the brain more active. And phospholipids can be converted into acetylcholine, so eating more foods rich in phospholipids such as peanuts, soybeans, and edamame will help improve memory.

3. Distinguish coins with fingers

Always keep a few coins of different denominations in your pocket and try to distinguish them with your fingertips when you have free time. This can stimulate the cerebral cortex and uncover some hidden abilities in the brain.

4. Turn off the sound and watch TV

Block the sound and analyze the content being played on the TV solely based on the image. This can stimulate the cerebral cortex and train oneself to concentrate on doing something.

5. Pinch your nose and drink (suitable for older children)

For example, the aroma of coffee and tea can be transmitted to the brain through the nasal mucosa and olfactory nerves, and then analyzed in the brain.

But now that you can't smell the aroma, your brain can only rely on the taste buds of your tongue to desperately analyze what's in your mouth, which gives it exercise.

6. Read aloud

The process of reading aloud involves providing visual stimuli to the auditory senses and confirming them. The stimulation it brings to the brain is much greater than that of silent reading, resulting in a deeper memory. When reading text, it is recommended to choose silent reading when obtaining information and read aloud when analyzing or memorizing information.

7. Learn a foreign language

There is an area in the brain called the prefrontal cortex, which directly affects your decision-making ability, and learning a foreign language can improve this area's ability.

8. Order dishes that haven't been eaten before

Doing habitual things can make you feel relaxed, such as going to a restaurant you often go to and ordering dishes you used to eat. This is because program memory has already formed in the brain, and it will no longer stimulate the brain. So it is very important to consciously do things that are not often done - new attempts are a great stimulus for the brain.

9. Try taking a detour with your child

When you have free time, you can try taking a detour, even if you get lost. In order to find the right path, you will use your brain, and this state of full load operation is very beneficial for exercising the brain.

10. Brushing teeth with the left hand with the child

Most people are accustomed to using their right hand, and right-handed movements are controlled by the left brain, so people usually use the left brain more. If you consciously let your left hand do something, it is a new stimulus for the brain and beneficial for developing your right brain.

11. Drink yogurt

Probiotics are not only good for the gastrointestinal tract, but also help control anxiety, enabling the brain to exhibit stronger abilities in emotional and memory processing.

12. Shift attention

Stand up and walk, climb stairs, take deep breaths or stretch. Perhaps you have realized that while engaging in these relaxing physical activities, your brain continues to process the previous task and sometimes even generates new ideas.

13. Take children to unfamiliar places

By experiencing the unknown world, one can broaden their brain space. Going to places you haven't been to and seeing things you haven't seen before can keep your brain in a fresh state.

14. Teach children to look at problems from a different perspective

There are some things that even if you rack your brain, you cannot come up with. You need to try to observe and think about problems from various perspectives, so that your brain will become more flexible. Teach this good method to children.

15. Have breakfast

The weight of the brain accounts for only 2% of the total body weight, but its energy consumption accounts for 18% of the total energy consumption, and its only source of energy is glucose. The morning is a period when the brain is very lacking in glucose. If you go to school or work without breakfast, the brain's energy will be insufficient and unable to fully exert its abilities. Research has shown that breakfast can provide 25% of the energy the brain needs for a day.

16. Chew more

The more times you chew, the more blood flow to the brain increases.

17. Encourage children to walk quickly

The motor nerve center is located in the frontal lobe of the brain, where motor commands are issued. Doing 20 minutes of brisk walking every day can improve brain blood flow and stimulate the production of beneficial active substances in the brain.

Research has shown that regular exercise can reduce the risk of developing dementia.

18. Developing time management skills

Scientists invented a time management method in the late 1980s: using a simple kitchen timer to set a 25 minute time limit for work, and taking a few minutes off as soon as time is up, which will make your mind more agile.

19. Create happiness for children

The reason why children can feel joy and happiness is because the brain secretes a substance called dopamine, which can also promote the development of neural brain cells and expand neural networks. When children think of these pleasant goals, their brains secrete dopamine, which enables them to complete their work more effectively.

20. Determine whether the baby has a right brain type or a left brain type

The right brain is suitable for processing information such as images, space, music, etc. It has strong intuition and comprehensive judgment, as well as abilities such as information synthesis and overall cognition.

People with developed right brains are usually good at art and music, but they have a headache for mathematics. On the other hand, the left brain is suitable for language and computational processing, with analytical and theoretical modes of action. Generally, people with developed left brains excel in mathematics and are good at thinking logically about problems.

Whether one can effectively use their brain depends on determining which brain type their baby is, so only by doing things they enjoy can their brain become more excited.

21. Sleep more

You read it right. Sleeping can make you smarter. After falling asleep, the brain continues to process various types of memories, and when you wake up, you will find that your memory is better.

22. Eating turmeric (suitable for older children)

Turmeric is a seasoning and a common spice in curry, and its turmeric pigment helps prevent dementia.

23. Exercise regularly with children

Taekwondo, dancing and other sports can improve brain coordination ability.

Even if you stay at home, you can hold a motion sensing controller with your child and dance in front of the TV screen to exercise your brain.

24. Give your mind a break

Continuously playing tablet games can distract attention and reduce life efficiency. If possible, try turning off your phone at a specific time and focus on doing one thing with your baby.

25. Frowning

Don't underestimate the simple act of frowning, it can make your baby's thinking more critical and analytical.

26. Watch new knowledge videos with your baby

Using the power of thought to change the mind, such as watching videos related to cutting-edge technology, politics, and art, you will find that babies suddenly become better at thinking.

27. Utilize images

A secret to enhancing children's memory is to combine what they want to remember with a vivid picture or image.

28. Create chaos

The sense of smell is closely related to human memory, and the stimulation of odors is generally consistent with the things in front of us.

But if the nose smells the aroma of coffee but sees the appearance of fish, then the brain begins to 'scramble', and this scramble can stimulate some nerves in the brain, causing nerve cells to secrete more neurotransmitters and optimize brain function.

29. Definitely child

Continuously implying and affirming Ta, enhancing this awareness will slowly activate the subconscious of the brain, helping to achieve positive goals with all one's might.

30. Play action games

Moderately playing some safe action games can improve a baby's reaction speed and coordination ability.

31. Guide children to read smart people's blogs

Some people's words can broaden your horizons, such as economists who predicted the subprime crisis, novelists who won literary awards, and so on. You can choose what the child is interested in and relay it to them.

32. Speak it out and write it down

Translate ideas into language and transmit them from the brain, then transform them into words or sounds and re-enter the brain for analysis. At this point, the information that is re received by the brain will be filtered by you again, which may generate better ideas.

33. Take children to visit art museums

This not only makes you look smarter, but appreciating art can also relieve stress and focus your attention.

34. Play guessing games

Word games and riddles can reduce the risk of developing dementia. Cultivate children to play crossword puzzles and Sudoku games, make them fall in love with thinking, and no longer feel guilty for wasting time. You should know that this is "improving the brain".

35. Moving fingers

Many of the stimuli felt by the brain are transmitted through fingers, such as playing the piano or typing on a keyboard.

After reaching the level of "blind typing", the stimulation of fingers on the brain will gradually decrease, so it is necessary to actively practice some new movements, such as playing games like "cutting fruits" through electronic devices with touch screens.

36. Eating dark chocolate (suitable for older children)

The flavonoids in dark chocolate and red wine help improve memory, give children an excuse to eat dark chocolate.

37. Play musical instruments together

Pick up Ta's electronic keyboard and play the drums. It's okay if you don't play well, the key is that playing musical instruments can make the parts of the brain that control memory and coordination more active.

38. Help the baby find a hobby

If you find that your baby is particularly good at something they are interested in, their brain will become more efficient when doing things. Chess masters have stronger recognition abilities than amateur enthusiasts.

39. Leave comments with children

Anyone can be a critic on the Internet.

Whether it's a book, a movie, or a certain food, you can express your feelings succinctly through Weibo, which can help children better analyze and think.

40. Farewell Calculator (Suitable for Older Children)

Force Ta to perform mental arithmetic as much as possible. For example, when shopping at the supermarket, calculate the total price, or rely on memory of the unit price of dishes to determine how much this meal costs.

41. Embrace nature

Staying on crowded streets for a few minutes can damage memory and self-control, because there are too many distractions in big cities that your brain can't keep up.

So try to take your child out of the city as much as possible, as getting in touch with nature can help the brain recover to a good state.