Futuristic Verses.

I don’t really know what title to give to this topic, but there are two verses of Dr Montessori’s words which are recorded in her books that send electrifying messages that I hope will shape my belief and values,as well as for the readers.

Verse 1: “Growth comes from activity, not from intellectual understanding. Children and even adults learn best when they are actually doing what they have learned. You can only get better in writing by writing everyday, and not by reading about writing skills from books. You can only calculate better, if you practise counting using the skills you have learned, and not only by reading about how to calculate faster. So teachers and even lecturers, talk for less than 30 minutes, and let your students ‘work on’ the other one hour.

 

Verse 2: “Prenatal period: forming the body/

0-3 years old: forming the mind/

3-6 years old: forming the character and society.”

I was lucky to witness the births and lifes of my niece and nephew. Today, my niece is 4 years 3 months old and my nephew is 1 year 5 days old. Even though I am not living with them, but every time I see them, they change a lot. My niece is going through another new phase of initiating conversation with strangers, singing and creating dialogues or stories on her own. She certainly has a flair for words and rhythm, and it scares me to think about the misdirection adults might put on this gift from God. My nephew is busy practising motor skills that make everybody’s lives go berserk His bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence outgrows every adult at the moment, as he is working on muscle strength and agility

Yes, we love children. And yes we love ourselves too. Looking after very young children is like working on a 6-years project at a period of 3 different frameworks, with each framework taking 3 years to be completed, and the good news is these frameworks are mini projects which are continuous and inter-related. At the end of the mega 6 year project, extend the contract for another 6 years. And you know what, don’t bother to re-sign or call for a memorandum or proposal resubmission because your project’s contract is automatically renewed. :0        What is your current project?

Mental Arithmetic.

I received this mail in my inbox a while ago, and I’ve decided to exercise my brain using the methods proposed by Prof Doss.

MAGICMATHS WORKSHOP BY A GENIUS FROM INDIA, PROF.DOSS , AND FOR THE 1ST TIME, MAGICMATHS TEXT BOOK WILL BE LAUNCHED IN MALAYSIA.

                     Workshop Date :  6th December 2011.
Time                   :  7.00pm-10.00pm
Venue                :   Kalamandabam,Lorong
                       Scott,Brickfields,KL.
                                                                                         Entrance FREE & OPEN TO ALL AGES

This event is jointly organised by 

ARTHA NYANA CONCEPT BUILDERS, 

AKSHAYA SRI SAI DHYANA SABAI (SHIRDI SAI CENTRE), 

KELAB BELL BELIA TAMIL, KUALA LUMPUR, 

LEMBAH PANTAI HYO AND PUSAT TUISYEN SERI ILHAM. 

For further details please contact 

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Prof. Doss & Magicmaths Programme

I am M. A. Thiruthuvadoss (Prof. Doss). I started teaching mathematics in 1958 and I am still teaching; teaching real good maths. 

I have taught in institutions and in private; I have taught in schools and colleges; I have taught in India, Ethiopia, Zambia and Australia. For the last 10 years, I am generating my Quickmaths, Magicmaths, etc. and teaching these in workshops and in private; in India, Abu Dhabi, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. In November 2001 Sri Mathurakali who has taken me oversince 1985, told me, “Write a maths book. Ideas will come to you. Note them, otherwise you may not remember anything after half an hour.” I managed to bring out, by March 2002, a small book of about 24 pages, containing about 16 Fast mental one-step calculation techniques, without any

paper-work, which I called QuickMaths. I also started to teach these techniques and the first session was to the teachers of  Bharat School, Adyar, Chennai. Today QuickMaths has more than 100 techniques, useful not only to children but also to teachers, parents and, in fact, to just anyone. On the practical side, just under 10 of the methods would be enough to do all school calculations in 5 to 10 seconds. Any one method can be taught or learnt in a few minutes. No other gadget or tool, like abacus are required. More importantly, the method learnt can be used immediately. 

In 2004, I wrote MagicMaths which teaches Aptitude Problem-solving by Lateral, Non-conventional and (almost) Mental methods in under 10 seconds. I have written two more books. My entire programme is called MagicMaths Programme. I teach my programme in workshops and to date I have conducted nearly 600 workshops in India, Abu Dhabi, Colombo and Kuala Lumput. Please visit http://www.magicmaths.org to get a better and fuller idea. Note the almost total participation by children everywhere and also note their enthusiasm and involvement.