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More and more parents are teaching their children how to use mind maps. Many children are already learning this in school. Yet for those children who do not learn this in school the parents need to take responsibility and teach their children how to mindmap. Here are some practical pointers when learning your child to mindmap.
Make it fun
The first thing you should do is make it fun for your child to make mind maps. They already have to study and do all kinds of projects for school. Learning something new, like mind mapping, should not be something that they see as a chore. They can work much longer on things which are fun and help them.
Don't explain too much
We as adults usually tend to over explain what should be done. Children don't like this. You should keep your instructions as brief as possible. This way your child will learn to love mind mapping and create mind maps which are beneficial to them at the same time.
Always keep it practical.
Often, when I work with adults who learn to create mind maps, they want to use this new skill to map out their feelings, their most inner thoughts and their ideas. Your child is probably not looking for a technique which will help them to do this as well. They have a piece of reading material that should be transformed into a summary. They have to study history. They need to prepare for a presentation on biology.
Your goal is to help your child achieve this goal. The only thing the mindmap needs to do, is create that presentation, help them ace their history exam, and create that summary. As long as you keep it practical, they will learn to love mind mapping.
Don't judge!
Yes, you and I know exactly how to create mind maps. Did you learn how to create mind maps when you were a child? You probably didn't. The mind of your son or daughter is still very much in line with the mindmap way of working. They think in pictures. The create stories of the information they receive. We, the adults and their teachers, tend to make them think much more in line with our linear way of thinking.
The mindmap your son or daughter creates may not look like a real Mindmap to you, but it will help them! Don't judge what they create. Learn to trust their natural ability to deal with lots of information. In fact, you might learn something from them!
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