Edgar Davids Quotes

When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.

Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your day. I like to practice my thinking in a darkened room, alone.

As a mother, I love the Leapster handheld because it really delivers on educating children while they play. My daughter enjoys it because it's fun and touches on all of the activities she is interested in - videos, books and art.

Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.

Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind.

Children love this idea that their brain is like a muscle that gets stronger as they use it.

Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning.

I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands.

Adults sometimes think children don't think. That's what propels them to order children around. But children do integrate thoughts and make sense of them. When I was a child, I thought about everything in the universe.

To make headway, improve your head.

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

I want to find material that piques my interest, keeps me outside the box and challenges me.

What makes me happy is just keeping my brain challenged and stimulated and on its toes.

Because I practice often with my children at home.

Just think of the opportunities we can unlock by making education as addictive as a video game. This type of experiential, addictive learning improves decision-making skills and increases the processing speed and spatial skills of the brain. When was the last time your child asked for help with a video game?

When a child is watching television, he or she is not involved in play, not socializing with other individuals, and most importantly, not receiving feedback as to the actions or consequences of his or her behavior.

I love learning new techniques.

Our whole life is solving puzzles.

Get to know your kids' minds and how they think.

I think it's good to stimulate your mind.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

Children have such vibrant minds. They need to play. They need to be creative. They need to imagine. It's so important for their sense of self discovery. And it helps them learn problem-solving.

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

One seeks to equip the child with deeper, more gripping, and subtler ways of knowing the world and himself.