What to Do With 30 Seconds

An amazing man, by the name of Glenn Doman, gives some excellent counsel in his book How to Multiply Your Baby's Intelligence on What to Do with 30 Seconds.

We are all busy, right? Work, school, home, etc. Then add kids to the picture? This can be crazy, chaotic, and challenging to say the least.

So what are we doing to give our kids that little bit of extra? What are we doing to make them excellent?

If you are anything like me, I knew I needed to do something to give my kids a firm foundation to build their lives. I just didn't know what that something was. Yes, we went for walks, we read lots of books, but what else are you supposed to do?

From reading Glenn Doman's book, I gained priceless ideas of things that are EASY and QUICK that you can integrate into your daily crazy-busy life that will make a huge impact on the rest of your child's life.

One of my favorite ideas that Mr. Doman discusses is What to Do with 30 Seconds. Mr. Doman states that "The basis of all intelligence is facts. Without facts there is no intelligence."

That sounds lovely, but what does that mean and how do I do that?

Well, your child is a genius - literally. Every child! The only thing he is lacking is vocabulary and experience. They are thirsty sponges for facts - more thirsty than the Extra Thirsty Pockets on the Brawny Man's paper towels. They want to know everything about everything.

This is where using 30 seconds to saturate those Extra Thirsty Pockets comes in.

Here's the situation:

You are cooking dinner. Timing is crucial. If you don't juggle everything just right the main course will be overcooked and the side dishes will be undercooked. You are trying to unload and load the dishwasher, sweep the floor, answer the phone, and keep the dog out from under your feet.

You hear from the front room the voice of your sweet child:

"Mommy! Come look, there is a dog outside!"

You can do one of a few things.

1. Reply - "That's nice, Honey, but Mommy is trying to cook dinner," and brush off the request.
2. Turn the stove off and walk into the front room to your child. Spend the next 30 seconds with your child telling them everything you know about dogs.

Do you know what breed of dog it is? What color is it? Does it have long or short fur? Is it a small dog or a big dog? Does the owner graciously stop to pick up the poop the dog just deposited on your lawn?

Your child will devour these facts more readily and completely than the meal you are preparing in the other room.

What difference does this 30 seconds make? If you take 30 seconds every day to tell your child 10 things about anything at all (and I really do mean anything - about doing laundry, about driving a car, about brushing your teeth, about anything they show interest in) in one week you have given your child 70 new facts. This has taken all of 3-1/2 minutes of your time.

That's right - in less than 5 minutes a week you have taught your child 70 new things.

At this rate, in one month you will have given your child 300+ facts to fill their Thirsty Sponge Pockets in less than 15 minutes of your time.

In one year, you will have given them 3,650 facts in only about 3 hours of your time!

Isn't your child worth 3 hours of your time a year? You will feel much better in your role as a parent, and your child will feel much more satisfied in his job of learning everything about everything!

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