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Using ImaginationGYM® in the family home
We at ImaginationGYM® encourage parents at times to listen to the CD with their children. There are a number of reasons for this.
Children love doing things with their parents. Listening to the CD gives you quality time with your child which they will appreciate. After listening to the CD the child can carry out an activity in the Activity Book (suitable 5yrs up) giving you quiet time to yourself. Apart from this being beneficial and encouraging to the child you as an adult will also gain many benefits including de-stressing, releasing tension in your body, switching off from your days work and above all you will be exercising your mind. You may think that is what you were doing during your busy day but ImaginationGYM® exercises different parts of your brain by providing new experiences through imagination. It’s why we go to gyms. Sure we get physical exercise during the day but in a gym we really maintain our fitness and health. ImaginationGYM® helps adults increase their mental agility and maintain a healthy mind into later life.
Some children love ImaginationGYM® CDs and some can be more reluctant at the start. If your child is reluctant give them some encouragement by asking can you listen to it with them. Alternatively you may ask a respected sibling or other family member or friend whom you know the child looks up to. In our research we have never found a child who did not eventually enjoy the CD.Usually resistance at the start is due to hyperactivity, inability to access imagination or perceived entertainment value of the product compared to other ‘instant’ multimedia experiences.
We would encourage that ImaginationGYM® CDs are left out with other multimedia products in your home such as music CDs/ videos, computer games and DVDs. This gives everybody in the house a choice of alternative media if they wish internal quiet as opposed to external stimulation. There is no shelf life on ImaginationGYM® CDs and they can be used over and over again. Our experience shows that they will find favour in many family situations e.g. coming up to exams, sleep problems, during times of family distress or just to chill out.
It is very often random or spur of the moment so that’s why they should be left out with easy access to everybody in the family and that includes grown ups! Repeated use will keep everybody’s mind agile.
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