Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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THIS SERIES OF BOOKS
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Reference
Personal Recollections of Childhood by a Dad and a Kid
Foreword
IQ
The Most Widely Used Intelligence Tests Utilised Today
The Intelligence Scale
IQ Ratings As a Percentage of the Population
IQ Ratings - Genius Level
Intelligence: The Most Common Characteristics
The Human Brain - An Instant Guide
What Kind of Intellect Will Your Child Possess?
Types of Intelligence
2. RECOGNISING A PRODIGY
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3. HELP FROM THE FAMILY
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BIRTH, INFANCY & EARLY CHILDHOOD
THROUGHOUT CHILDHOOD
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(Theatre in Education)
Betty Lavington A.L.C.N., L.L.C.M.
Performers., L.L.C.M. Teaching., Fellow of The London
College of Music., Examiner, The London Academy of Music
and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
(Theatre in Education)
Jake Anthony. British Actors Equity. The Writers’ Guild.
(IT)
Joshua Anthony M.Sc. Computer Science.
(Cognitive Development)
Professor Robert Plomin.,
Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
(Downing Technique)
Pauline Allen. Sound Learning Centre, UK.
(Educational Psychology)
Neville W. Adams. B.Sc., M.Sc., Dip. Ed., A.B.P.S., UK.
(Education)
Nathan Mills M.A.. Research Based Learning (RBL). King
Mongkut’s University, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand.
(Nutrition)
Dr. Robert J. Woodward B. Pharm., Ph.D., M.Royal Pharm. Soc.,
C. Chem., F.R.S.C., London, UK.
(Extreme Sports)
Svein Rasmussen.
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REFERENCE
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
OF A DAD AND A KID
Cartoons: Mac.
Prodigy Logo: Joshua Anthony.
Graphic Design: Bird & Jake Anthony.
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Published by IQ Inc.
International licencing enquiries:
publicrelationsiqinc@hotmail.com
www.iqincmedia.com
Prodigy Compilation:
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Foreword
Talent developed to a prodigious level in any preoccupation or pas-
time can be fun, as well as the route to a successful future career.
Your child may not wish or be able to emulate Einstein, Beethoven or
Picasso, but there are a million technical, artistic and craft options in
the modern world open to any young person having the appropriate
degree of intellect, understanding and expertise.
Another Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, John Cleese, Eric Idle,
Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Barry Humphries, Stan Laurel, Oliver
Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Marlon Brando, Laurence Olivier, Michael
Caine, Sean Connery, Nick Nolte, Mel Gibson, Susan Sarandon,
Halle Berry, Oprah Winfrey, Aretha Franklin, Renee Fleming,
Pavarotti, John Barry, Walt Disney, Frank Churchill, Akira
Kurosawa, David Lean, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Tony Scott,
Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens,
Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, H.G. Wells, Alexander Dumas,
Jules Verne, Victor Hugo, Aldous Huxley, Dostoevsky, Isaac Asi-
mov, L. Ron Hubbard, Tiger Woods, Lennox Lewis; a gifted ath-
lete, computer scientist, entrepreneur, environmentalist or Nobel
Peace Prize winner, these the world would welcome and reward.
Parents conversant with the many dietary, environmental,
physiological and psychological components that can help expand
and inspire intellect during the early years when so much is possible,
can potentially increase their children’s growth by an exponential
degree. However, you can boost IQ at any age. Prodigy tells you
how.
The higher your IQ as a child, the longer you are likely to live.
This was the conclusion of a study published in the British Medical
Journal in the year 2001[1]. It is the first time that IQ records have
been clinically linked to mortality.
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Intelligence
An
Instant Guide
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THE MOST WIDELY USED
INTELLIGENCE TESTS UTILISED TODAY
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IQ
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THE INTELLIGENCE SCALE
IQ 70 or below. Subnormality.
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IQ AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION
IQ %
Below 70: 1
70-79: 5
80-89: 14
90-99: 30
100-109: 30
110-119: 14
120-129: 5
130-149: 1
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IQ RATINGS - GENIUS LEVEL
IQ %
Over 125: 1 in 17
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INTELLIGENCE: THE MOST COMMON
CHARACTERISTICS
In ‘Psychology Today’, the most commonly mentioned characteris-
tics regarding intelligence, as described by psychologists, follows:
Verbal Intelligence:
• Likes to read.
• Verbally fluent.
• Displays objectivity.
• Plans ahead
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Practical Intelligence:
• Learns rapidly.
• Thinks deeply.
• Shows creativity.
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THE HUMAN BRAIN - AN INSTANT GUIDE
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In the main, neural circuits in the brain are regulated by sero-
tonin. High levels of serotonin help ensure that an individual’s actions
are sensible. Manufacture of serotonin is influenced by the quality of
our diet. Men usually have lower levels of serotonin than women.
This is almost certainly because, since prehistoric times, men were
required to defend their mates from human or animal threat, so needed
to be aggressive.
In contrast, women stayed in the relative safety of the cave
caring for children. This required nurturing and caring skills, the op-
posite to the brain chemistry role of men.
The prehistoric brain factor probably explains why 96% of
road rage incidents in the USA are committed by male drivers [7],
and why the brains of violent criminals are generally lower in frontal
and prefrontal cortex development [8]. In essence, violent individu-
als are more primitive examples of the human race, closer in ances-
try to Neanderthal man. Less frontal and prefrontal development
equals reduced intellectual status plus limited control mechanisms.
This is further confirmed by the fact that violent felons generally
have IQs lower than average. Often considerably so [9].
Size does matter. We know this because Einstein’s brain was
preserved, and a study carried out by Canadian scientists confirmed
that a portion of the brain that governs mathematical ability and spa-
tial reasoning - two key ingredients relating to the sort of thinking
Einstein did best - was larger by some 15% than average. To ac-
commodate his bigger brain, nature made the Sylvian fissure smaller,
allowing brain cells to pack together, permitting more neurons to es-
tablish connections.
Theoretically, this can permit more cross referencing of infor-
mation and ideas, leading to great leaps of insight [10]. The study
was reported in the prestigious British medical journal, ‘The Lancet’.
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BRAIN CELL DEVELOPMENT
THROUGHOUT LIFE
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British Hangliding & Paragliding Association
(BHPA)
www.bhpa.co.uk
Control and development of the sport of hangliding
and paragliding.
Ice Hockey UK
www.icehockeyuk.co.uk
Governing body for the sport of ice hockey in the UK.
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British Horse Society
www.bhs.org.uk
Promote the welfare, care and use of the horse and
pony.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Reference
Personal Recollections of Childhood by a Dad and a Kid
Foreword
Chalk N’ Walk
Starting School Later
Physical Pursuits Develop Bigger Brains
Formal Education - A Guide
Distance Learning
Home-Education - Why?
Home-Education Checklist
Home-Education - How To
Creative Teaching from the Pupil’s Perspective
The Montessori Method
Kumon – Kid-Friendly Maths Tuition
Science Made Simple
Problem-Based Learning -
A Lateral New Educational Programme
Goals and Objectives of Problem-Based Learning
Education and the Internet
Helpful English Language Internet Sites
Thailand: English and Thai Language Internet Sites
The Relevance of School and Class Size
Enlightened Education - A Chart
6. FINISHING SCHOOL
After School
REFERENCE NOTES
Bibliography
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(Theatre in Education)
Betty Lavington A.L.C.N., L.L.C.M.
Performers., L.L.C.M. Teaching., Fellow of The London
College of Music., Examiner, The London Academy of Music
and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
(Theatre in Education)
Jake Anthony. British Actors Equity. The Writers’ Guild.
(IT)
Joshua Anthony M.Sc. Computer Science.
(Cognitive Development)
Professor Robert Plomin.,
Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
(Educational Psychology)
Neville W. Adams. B.Sc., M.Sc., Dip. Ed., A.B.P.S., UK.
(Education)
Nathan Mills M.A.. Research Based Learning (RBL). King
Mongkut’s University, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand.
(Nutrition)
Dr. Robert J. Woodward B. Pharm., Ph.D., M.Royal Pharm. Soc.,
C. Chem., F.R.S.C., London, UK.
(Hyperactivity)
Sally Bunday and Irene Colquhoun.
Hyperactive Children’s Support Group, England.
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