1. Parents should not let their child get bored from food. For this you can combine few nutritional foods together and then you can create a new taste so that children should eat with pleasure. Today there are number of recipes that may bring renewed enthusiasm to make eating well for children.

2. Search over internet and find out some good as well as healthy eating recipes for children. Choose the recipes that are a blend of your child’s interest and what is required for his or her age and body structure.

3. When you are preparing some healthy eating recipes for your children then you should always keep in mind their tastes. Children keep changing their tastes with change in their age. If you will keep a record of what they like and what they do not like will give you an idea about eating well for children. Generally in early age children like sweeter taste.

4. Instigate eating well for children by presenting examples before them. Children learn through watching the behaviour of their parents, teacher and people in their surroundings.

5. Involve your child while doing grocery shopping . Also ask them to help you while preparing the meals. This will increase their interest in the whole process and also make them aware of what is good for them.

6. Do not force them to eat food they do not like to eat.

7. Try to tell them about the benefits of nutritional foods and accordingly tell them the benefits of eating well for children.

With the above, parent can create a good healthy eating habits for their children.

Again, good eating habits will build good development in physical and mental. The author can be contacted from KUMON BATU BERENDAM, Melaka, Malaysia

Let’s suppose a student learns upper secondary school Mathematics while still in lower secondary school. He or she will be able to keep up with the fast-paced Mathematics syllabus just by listening to what the teacher says. Homework can be done during breaks, and revision will not be necessary at home. The student will have more time for hobbies and extra-curricular activities.
The student will not get stressed out during examination periods. He can even help his friends to overcome any difficulties during their revisions.

Only in this sort of environment can students enjoy upper secondary school and have confidence in themselves as well as possess the maturity and self-composure. The student will also be well-liked and gain the pleasure of helping others.

The further children advance beyond their school grade levels, the more thoughtful the children become. This leads to the development of character. Coupled with the right intentions, early nurturing of ability leads to the development of children’s characters.

Adapted from Seeking the Boundless Potential, A Collection of Lectures given by Mr Toru Kumon, during 1998—1994.

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As students grow up, they need to learn more. Metaphorically speaking, let’s take the bowl and water to describe the relationship between knowledge and students.

The bowl symbolises the child’s capacity to learn. It also represents the child’s motivation, ability to concentrate and attitude towards learning. A bowl’s size needs to correspond to the volume of knowledge that will fill it. The role of home education is to mould the bowl, and the role of the Kumon Method is to expand the size of that bowl accordingly.

The water symbolises material or content. The role of the school is to “pour water” or knowledge “into the child.” The aim of the average teaching method is to “fit a certain amount of water”, or content, “into the child” without first trying to ascertain the size of the bowl, that is to say, the child’s capacity to learn.

Adapted from “The Kumon Philosophy: A Journey of Discovery”

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