Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

John Dewey

The Mind Lab method reinstates the thinking game to its rightful and natural place as a tool that appeals to children's hearts and minds alike. Our mission is to impart to the next generation thinking abilities and life skills that will assist them in maximizing their potential by becoming more cognizant, successful and happy individuals who act honorably towards their peers. Mind Lab has 4 broad goals for children ages 4 -14.

  1. Developing Awareness - Awareness of thinking processes is essential for personal enhancement in every walk of life. The Mind Lab Method, making use of unique meta-cognitive thinking models, emphasizes reflective and cognizant thinking that enhances the use of rational processes and enables pupils to constantly progress.

  2. Imparting Thinking Skills - In our information-rich age, an ever-increasing emphasis is being placed on basic thinking skills. The Mind Lab Method provides a broad range of cognitive skills: problem-solving strategies, decision-making models, investigative processes, information and data management, logical and mathematical thinking, verbal and communication skills, and more.
  3. Strengthening Life Skills - The game-playing experience is an extraordinary simulative tool for the development of emotional and social intelligence. Game playing obliges us to deal with situations involving cooperation and competition, winning and losing, success and failure, and it reinforces our ability to effectively manage and control our emotions, to defer gratification and to enhance our determination, perseverance and self-discipline.
  4. Facilitating Interdisciplinary Transference - The application of content and skills learned in one setting to another is considered by many researchers to be one of the most important learning abilities. Mind Lab's unique teaching method establishes an organizing base for many aspects of our lives. Through this method, children develop the ability to identify links between different fields of human thinking and activity, and this consequently enables them to transfer knowledge and apply it to other fields.
Cognitive Skills
  • Decision making
  • Problem solving
  • Spatial thinking
  • Memory training
  • Grouping and sequencing
  • Mathematical thinking
  • Effective questioning
  • Investigating skills
  • Creative thinking
  • Logical thinking

Social Skills

  • Cooperation
  • Communication
  • Team work
  • Influencing
  • Conflict resolution
  • Competition
Emotional Intelligence
  • Self awareness
  • Self confidence
  • Self discipline
  • Personal responsibility
  • Winning and losing gracefully
  • Learning from mistakes

 

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