Reverse Engineering

Which age group is this course for?

This course is for the age group of 7 years to 12 years.

Why is this course important?

Our world has went through a massive evolutionary change in a span of a few years. A 100 years ago, the average life expectancy of men was just 47 years, only 8% homes had telephones and more than 95% of all births took place at home. The computer had been invented 70 years back in 1943, the internet 30 years back in 1983, social media had been invented 15 years back in 1998 and Youtube has been founded less than 10 years back in 2006.

Yet most of the profitable careers like Blogging, Youtubing, App Making, Social Networking, e-commerce involve all of these.

At the same time, careers and organizations that seemed to hold high amount of potential in the future, failed to soar. Nokia has been taken over by Microsoft, Yahoo has been taken over by Verizon, Kodak has been shut and hundreds of startups fail every single day in this country.

If anything at all, this suggests the sheer unpredictability of what the future holds in store for us. The future is uncanny, uncertain, but at the same time, very exciting. All in all it, promises to be a roller coaster ride. And we want to make sure your child is ready for something like that.

Which is where the current education system fails. For most part of their lives, it trains our young ones for career prospects that have been obliterated from the current everyday scenario. Our young ones don’t need to be trained for conventional analytical jobs like engineering or medical sciences. As a matter of fact, our young ones don’t need to be trained for anything at all. They need to be ‘prepared’ to deal with the uncertainty life is going to throw their way. And Reverse Engineering helps get to the bottom of that.

Who should be doing this?

Every child from the age of 7 can start pursuing this course. This focuses on holistic development of the child covering all the intelligence quotients so he/she may have strong learning foundation when he/she goes out in the world ahead.

What is this course all about?

Reverse Engineering is exactly what it sounds. Thoroughly analyzing something, and layer by layer, going back to how it was created in the first place. The same analogy could applied to Child Psychology as well. A child above the age of 6 or 7, is sufficiently a product of his/her initial upbringing. His/her mind is an amalgamation of different characteristic traits that shape his behavior in his/her everyday life. Out of these characteristics, some may be specifically strong while some subsequently weak.

These could be classified into the following:

• Intelligence Quotient (IQ): Intelligence Quotient is truly what it’s conventionally predefined definition stands for, a measure of an individual’s cognitive learning ability. A child with higher IQ possesses considerably high ability to reason and think.

The little one could subsequently turn out to be academically proficient. He/she could successfully apply logical reasoning to everything around him/her. They are generally more linguistically developed and fail to make grammatical errors.

Although a common misconception is to associate higher IQ with intelligence. A higher IQ is not the indicator of higher intelligence nor is the vice versa true. A higher IQ simply indicates the learning capability of a child and would suggest higher responsiveness to cognitive thinking.

• Creative Quotient (CQ): As the name suggests, little ones with higher CQ are creatively brilliant. They tend to show greater understanding of music and art and other creative fields around them.

These little ones tend to show high out-of-the box thinking capabilities. They look for alternate solutions for mundane day-to-day problems. Characteristically, this kids love doing something better and new and look creativity and art in and around them at all times. Painting, dancing, writing, etc would be a few key strengths of children with higher CQ.

• Emotional Quotient (EQ): An EQ relies on a child’s ability to manage and understand the emotions of themselves and the others around them. Little ones with higher EQ are well connected with the people around their own self. They’re emotionally balanced and can handle emotionally turbulent situations with ease.

These little ones tend to have good leadership skills because of the emotionally equanimous state. They can manage challenging situations with no sign of hyperactivity or discomfort. They’re good at expressing themselves and in general possess good communication skills because their empathetic understanding of the people around them.

• Adversity Quotient (AQ): AQ factor is a child’s ability to handle tough situations with ease and panache. These little ones have high threshold for pain, both physically as well as emotionally.

They are tough minded and tend to keep a never give up attitude at all times.

Higher AQ people do not run away from tough situations and have the guts to face adversities head on. They also have high energy levels that keep them charged and ready to deal with situations at all times.

What are our methods?

Similar to Multiple Intelligence factors, a child would have a few very strong above mentioned factors and would lag severely in the others. For instance, a child with higher IQ but very low CQ might be academically brilliant and show great potential, but when an actual problematic situation would arise in the future, the child would be incapable of thinking out-of-the box.

Hence, a child never remains fully developed until and unless all his Intelligence quotients are covered well. This is where Reverse Engineering comes into picture. With our intricately designed curriculum will we thoroughly analyze the mind of a child and work on holistic development of him/her as a complete individual.

This is what we do. This is who we are. We are Learn N Grow and we’ll make sure your child reaches his/her full potential, no matter what the circumstances may be.

Psychosomatic

Which age group is this course for?

This course is for the age group of 2 to 6 year old kids.

Why is this course important?

Every child is special, every child is different, but as Einstein said “If you judge a fish on its ability to ability to climb a tree, it’ll always believe itself to be inefficient.” We at LnG have devised a whole course around the same philosophy for our toddlers from the age group of 2 to 6 years.

The Psychosomatic course offered by LnG strongly believes that every child could have a specific defining characteristic that justifies all hi actions in the future scenario. For instance, there’s a reason why your little one who is such a talented football, probably never develops the skill to learn and understand analytical subjects like Mathematics or Physics. It’s because he has a brain that only inclines him to function a certain way that grabs his attention, say in a football match, and disinclines him towards grabbing the same attention in any other aspect, say Mathematics. A child who was never inclined towards Mathematics or any other analytical subject, would as a grown fail to perform simple everyday mathematical calculations or could suffer from ADHD and low self-esteem at a later stage in life. At LnG, we tend to work on these conflicting areas in a child’s development.

Who should be doing this?

A child from 2 to 3 years of age up to 6 is eligible to do this course. This is a holistic development course that is intricately designed to form a concrete all-round developed base in the child’s mind, allowing him to grow up to his full potential in a positive learning environment.

After the age of 6 will we start our ‘Reverse Engineering’ course in order to polish the base and further vitalize it using our tools and methods.

What are our methods?

Our curriculum is intricately designed around the findings of notable psychologist and scientist Dr. Howard Gardner. Dr. Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence categorizes a child into notable segments according to their ability or psychology. This ability is, to a certain extent, tested by analysis like the DMIT test, MI and by good old human observation. After this process we characterize the little ones into Multiple Intelligence groups like:

• Verbal Linguistics (Word Smart): These little ones have genuinely good command over their words, language and are linguistically proficient. They’re very expressive in nature and do not shy away from communicating. They are particularly good at reading, writing, sharing stories and memorizing vocabulary words.

These linguistically developed little ones learn through reading, taking notes, listening to other people etc. They are good at discussions and debates. The best part here is they are communicative. Their vocabulary gives them words to express what they feel, when they feel it which sadly, the linguistically less fortunate ones are incapable of doing.

• Logical Mathematical Intelligence: This segment, as the name suggests, deals with the logical and reasoning ability of a child. People with higher Logical and mathematical Intelligence tend to be generally good at Mathematics, Chess, Computer Programming, puzzles and other numerical activities.

These little ones also possess good reasoning capabilities, scientific thinking and can perform through investigative analysis of everything around them. They could go on to become Mathematicians, Scientists, Investigators and would show a knack for such high amount of logical clarity at a very early age.

• Visual Intelligence: These are the ones that have a good eye for aesthetically profound things. They possess good visual and spatial judgement and can mentally create and manipulate all the objects around them creatively. They are highly artistic and have good visual memory.

These little ones tend to have high Visual Intelligence and a good sense of direction. They have good hand-eye coordination and are better visual learners rather than learning informatively. They show a tendency to become good artists, architects, etc at a very early age in life.

• Naturalist Intelligence: These are the nature lovers. They possess love and affliction for all that the natural environment has given them and live mostly around plants and animals, observing their characteristics and behavior.

These little ones generally have good observation skills. They are environment friendly and would love to be around greenery, rivers, mountains, beaches, etc.

• Musical Intelligence: To be musically intelligent is to be an individual where beats and rhythm makes sense to you. These individuals display great sensitivity towards rhythm, tone, tempo, etc that most others tend to ignore.

These little ones are more music minded than the rest of the crowd and could easily take up and adapt an instrument. They show affinity towards soulful music and respond well to a rhythmic learning pattern.

• Kinesthetic intelligence (Body Smart): These are the physically active individuals. They are generally very good at body movements, physical activities, dancing, jogging etc. They possess good caliber of becoming a sportsperson.

These little ones are the very playful ones and are good at building and making things. They learn better by doing things rather than simply listening or reading them.

• Intrapersonal Intelligence: This intelligence relies much on being one with your inner self. They are very self-aware and are capable of recognizing their own emotions and sentiments at different points of time.

These little ones are more cognitive to learning everything around them and aware & in full control of their surroundings. They look around, understanding everything and develop an ideology around the same.

• Interpersonal Intelligence: This intelligence relies more on interacting and communicating well with other around you. These individuals tend to be more extroverted than the rest and love making friends everywhere.

These little ones are socially interactive who could make friends with ease. They mix well with others around them. Their learning ability relies more on discussions and debates and could learn well by being in a sociable environment.

According to Dr. Gardner’s theory every little one possesses a higher concentration of some of these Multiple Intelligence parameters, while at the same time, the other very essential intelligence parameters lag heavily below the prerequisite parameters.

We, in LnG believe each and every of these parameters could be fostered and inculcated in a child. Through the various tools and practices in our curriculum, can we work on all the different areas that help in developing the all-round potential of a child. Following the teaching patterns of Maria Montessori, we’ve intricately designed the Psychosomatic course to help our little ones Learn and Grow in the entire process.

What will the results be?

Tools and sessions like Story-telling, Role-playing, Art & Creativity sessions help develop this skills in a playful environment. Different tools are used for toddlers of different intelligence. For instance, we can help grab the attention of a kinesthetically intelligent child who loves to play and run around by creating an environment that helps them learning by a lot of physical movements. Once when we have grabbed their attention by the physical movements, we would enlighten them with essential information.

This is one example. Our multiple tools and sessions help grab the attention of all the differently intelligent little ones. For we believe, reiterating the point here, that every little individual is different and special. And to cater for their special needs, our sessions would create a playful environment for them, helping them learn and grow at the same time.

Level Young Reading Club (LYRC)

Which age group is this course for?

This is for the age group of 3 -7 years.

Why is this course important?

Many a times have we spent days in a dilemma. Where did we go wrong?

We’ve been educated from good English Medium schools, we have successfully completed our education curriculum of English language subjects, yet somehow even today we find ourselves faltering at speaking English effortlessly and with grace.

In the modern world, with a lot of fluent English speaking audiences all around us, we find ourselves too under-confident to communicate as we’re afraid we may never be able to match up to their standards.

But the greater question in our minds is, what if our children, while growing up, face the exact same situation? What then?

Which is why LnG has started the LYRC (Level Young Reading Club) for its little ones in the age group of 3 to 7 years to form a concrete base of the English language, making it easier for them to communicate well in the near future.

Who should be doing this?

Any and every child from the ages of 3 to 7 years.

A child at the age of 3 a child is mostly a blank slate. We could fill it the way we want to and he/she would imbibe that into his/her system. A lot of schools these days tend to fill this slate incorrectly or fail to put in as much effort. The issue here is, the English language is the basis of all our official communication and the basis of an English Medium School’s curriculum. In most modern societies like ours these days, it is also the primary channel of conversations. Therefore, it remains essential that the child is fully groomed in that particular aspect, so he/she could imbibe in himself/herself a positive learning atmosphere in the days to come.

What are our methods?

What we do is we create an English Learning atmosphere. Our sessions will not enforce the English language upon a child. They will not push him/her to mug vocabulary words up. We only provide an English Speaking atmosphere around the child that makes the child imbibe English Learning skills in himself/herself automatically.

And we’ll do that by the tools in our sessions like:

• Story-Telling: Our story-telling sessions will have a dual effect on a child’s language skills. It will not only develop and furnish the ground for the English language inside the child but will also give him the flare to communicate and speak-out without fear. Also, step-by-step, it would inculcate creative values inside the child making him more creatively and emotionally profound.
• Ex-Tempore: Ex-tempore or on-the-spot speeches in a child work tremendously well to boost their confidence in day-to-day English speaking habits. It provides them a strong foundation for thinking in the English language and then applying it in their daily communicative speeches.
• Creative Writing: Creative writing of stories and poetry will help the child learn the language while enjoying the process of creativity at the same time. It helps them interact and share their emotions with the rest of the crowd and develops writing and comprehension skills as well.
• Dramatics: Drama and Role-Playing help a child grow with the help of positive attention for the people around them. It helps them use this attention and performance talents to help learn communication in the language effectively.

All these sessions do not, in any way, enforce the language upon a child. They simply provide him room to communicate in the language unashamed and without fear.

What will the results be?

The result will be greater amount of confidence inside the child pertaining to the English Language. He/she would be able to communicate with vigor and flare and will have a concrete basis of the language. This basis could then further be brushed up in our Linguistics Course so as to develop the English Language skills even further.

Linguistic – Intermediate grammar course

Which age group is this course for?

This course is for the age group of 5 to 10 years.

Why is this course important?

Every child growing up is bilingual. This tends to dwindle their focus and importance to the English language, while the fact is it’s the most important worldwide accepted language of communication. Proficiency in English can take you places whereas lagging in the same today leads to low self-esteem in social circles.

For a child, lower command over the English language leads to extreme reclusiveness. They shy away from communicating with their other fluent English speaking companions. Sometimes they cannot find words in their vocabulary to express the way they feel, leading to extreme frustration due to which they tend to become inwards.

This course will help your little ones brush up all the imperfections that have risen in their English Language communication while growing up. This covers everything, straight from grammatical errors to phonetic mispronunciations to developing writing skills, linguistic sessions help your little one grow as a graceful English communicator.

Who should be doing this?

All the little ones from the ages of 5 to 10 who already have a base in their English language can pursue this course.

A child at around 5 years of age who has already developed a somewhat sound foundation in the English language can further expand and revitalize it in this session. Our tools and sessions focus on holistic English language development of a child in every aspect of the language may it be written or verbal. But for that, it is essential to have a good, concrete idea about the language so that the child may then not feel inferior from his/her contemporaries and also respond to the curriculum well.

What are our methods?

Our curriculum relies on the fact that the children involved already have a basic, everyday idea about the English language. Now we work on further polishing this base by all the different tools that we use in the process:

• We provide structure: Currently, the English communication ability of a child is a hodge-podge of all the little vocabulary words and the imperfect grammar the child has gained while growing up. All of this is an unstructured mixture inside his/her mind that normally takes a lot of effort for the child to comprehend himself/herself. This is where we come into the picture. With our sessions, we tend to give structure to all the language skills the child has. We teach him/her pronunciations, using pronouns, adjectives, articles all of which a child tends to ignore while learning the language.
• Grammatical error: We then focus on building a solid grammatical foundation for the child. All the commonly made grammatical errors are removed by our sessions. For instance, when to use its and it’s, the difference between there and their, when to use articles a, an and the, all of these and much more are covered through our sessions.
• Phonetics: Phonetics covers all the pronunciation language barriers that are very common in children these days. This includes mispronunciations, fluent sentence formation, giving impromptu speeches and much more. Our trained jolly phonics instructor, Neha ma’am, helps children go through phonetic problems in communication and overcome them.

What will the results be?

The results would be greater command over the language from the rest of your child’s contemporaries. It would be the impeachment of all linguistic barriers that are common in kids these days. A child, after these sessions, would experience in himself/herself, a greater amount of appetite for the language after having a whole database of good vocabulary, better grammar and improved phonetic skills with them.

All of these would lead to fruitful nurturing in the English communication ability of a child. A child could further apply all the wisdom he has gained regarding the language in other areas of his/her curriculum and in different aspects of his life at a later stage.