Miller's Mind training for children Book 3 (of 3) / A practical training for successful living; Educational games that train the senses

by William Emer Miller

Learning Rules

All rules should be worked out in examples or illustrations and visually impressed upon the child's mind. One visual impression is equal to about twenty repetitions. Many times children get the idea that the problem cannot be worked unless the exact "Rule in the book" is followed. See to it that your children get a broader idea and that they understand the reason for doing a thing. The training in mathematics, that is of most value after school days are over, is, where we understand the reason and have worked out for ourselves the correct result, independent of any set rule for working the problem. When helping the child at home give him practical examples from every day life as well as those in the book.