Its called HAND-EYE COORDINATION. Any early childhood educator knows why kids need to put pencil to paper and write. Its part of learning to read. And “Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they also remain better able to generate ideas and retain information. In other words, it’s not just what we write that matters — but how. “When we write, a unique neural circuit is automatically activated,” said Stanislas Dehaene, a psychologist at the Collège de France in Paris. “There is a core recognition of the gesture in the written word, a sort of recognition by mental simulation in your brain. “And it seems that this circuit is contributing in unique ways we didn’t realize,” he continued. “Learning is made easier.”
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 03:31:22 +0000
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