Accelerated Learning Activates Tremendous Mental Abilities
The Brain is Like a Muscle
Jones Geniuses is an accelerated learning program. It aims at early mastery of a much broader foundation of skills than is required in other math programs. It pushes your child to excel.
The brain grows, in a sense, exactly like our muscles do. If an athlete doesn't push his body until his muscles are tired and sore, they will not grow stronger. When they are exercised beyond the limits of their capacity, they break down then grow back stronger precisely because they are being required to - more physical strength is clearly required.
In doing "push-ups" for the brain a similar process occurs. When we work our minds to their capacity, a neurophysiological process occurs that literally activates more mental capacity. It's called myelination. Our nerve cells, or axions, are covered with a coat of fatty myelin which channels and insulates the electro-chemical impulses traveling the long nerve cells which stretch throughout our brain and body and control all of our thoughts and actions.
Without this myelin, which acts much as the insulation on an electric wire, the nerve cells in that part of the brain do not function. We are not born with this myelin in place on our nerve cells. It only develops as a result of using the brain to its fullest capacity. The nervous system knows to activate more mental capacity when it's being required.
The Art of Accelerated Learning
There's an art to accelerated learning. Although we push, we also move heaven and earth to allow students to succeed at the challenge they are taking on. But, we must push gently!
Seeing a young child mentally calculate faster than a math professor using a calculator is an amazing event to witness!
For example: When your children encounter frustration, you can respond by adapting their program to make it easier for them to succeed. They may be given more time, fewer problems or easier problems. They will also need encouragement and attention. Soon they will be succeeding and ready for more challenging tasks. If your child is experiencing failure and frustration then something needs to be changed. Most every child is at a different stage of development and may be learning at a different speed. They will all succeed if given the chance.
Learning Takes Effort But the Rewards are Amazing!
Mastery of skills takes effort and practice. Like most things of value it comes with a price tag of hard work and dedication. Nonetheless, the rewards can be extraordinary.
There are few things as rewarding as seeing a young person's mind take flight! If you and your child continue through the Jones Geniuses accelerated learning Math Programs, he will be faster than an electronic calculator in doing many kinds of advanced mathematical problems. Seeing a young child mentally calculate faster than a math professor using a calculator is an amazing event to witness! The degree of confidence and motivation this creates in the learner's psyche is priceless.
"Dr. Jones math curriculum is the most advanced, exciting and easy to implement program I have ever found. The kids excelled quickly and came to enjoy a subject they had only tolerated before. My 3-year-old learned the basics of reading and math. My 17-year-old is doing cube roots in her head. What more can you ask of a course of study?"
-Cindy Camp, Garland, Texas
"The Genios regularly stun observers with lightning-fast mathematical calculations. Children are zipping through problems most educated adults would have trouble solving even with a calculator."
-Rebecca Rodriguez, Dallas Observer
"I was in my first college math course. All of the other students were several years older than me. On the first day the teacher asked what was the fifth root of 32. Of course, to a [JG Math] student that is an easy question, but when I answered it everyone turned to look at me in awe."
-Meredith Escobar, Lancaster, Texas
"Those who have gone through this (memory) exercise, at Super-Memory seminars given by Dr. Miles Jones, memory guru and teacher, will have a hard time NOT remembering."
-Bill Marvel, Dallas Morning News
"Kevin is surging into addition and subtraction and phonics. And Maureen "loves" math. They both love the ribbons. Wow! I'm impressed. Being a math kind of guy myself, I can see the incredible depth of understanding of how the mind learns and the amount of tedious work that has gone into this. I want to encourage you because you are really on to something."
-Randle McCaslin, Austin, Texas
"When we first met Dr. Jones, Kristen was in 6th grade and needed a jump-start in math. She was suffering from math phobia and was very behind, barely able to add and subtract, let alone multiply and divide. Within that year she became a Grand Facts Master and her math phobia disappeared. She went on to be on the demonstration team and eventually became captain of the team. I tell people that she went from not being able to multiply to being able to find the cube root of six-digit numbers. Amazing!"
-Tara Rose, DeSoto, Texas
"Matrix Math is great for my children because it is individualized for each child. We were able to stay on a concept until they mastered it [...] My seven-year-old is so excited about mastering a concept. She says it "is fun and easy to do!" My six-year-old loved the dots and couldn't wait to do the next sheet. My three-year-old, Simone, is now reading after only a few months in the program."
-Angel Baldwin, Arlington, Texas
"Dr. Jones! Just wanted to thank you for all we learned last year with you and your curriculum. [...] We are using the methods you taught us and applying them to our algrebra I & II lessons. Sometimes we get confused and then a little light comes on and we remember what Dr. Jones taught us and it all makes better sense. We wouldn't be able to make it through [...] without your methods. God bless you!"
-Laura Pool, Fort Worth, Texas
"Clinton took the 8th grade TAKS practice test on the internet and scored 95% for his grade level. His teacher asked for the salt content of the ocean if it increased at a consistent rate for one million years and Clinton was able to figure it out in his head. Clinton had a bad attitude at the beginning about math [...] now after a year he appreciates what he has learned from Dr. Jones."
-Cindy Howard, Dallas, Texas
"Dr. Miles Jones founded an accelerated learning program at Sam Houston Elementary that lets students complete the elementary curriculum as fast as they want."
-Beaumont Enterprise
"Are you ready to be embarrassed by some eight-year-olds? [...] Average kids from average schools who've learned the skills to mental math that make them faster than a calculator."
-Jeff Crilley, Channel Four News, Dallas
"Charis has had a BREAKTHROUGH in addition and subtraction: 3:52 on addition and 4:09 on subtraction. Multiplication is down to right at 5 minutes. [...] She's still fluctuating between 99% and 100% on that. Interestingly enough she's at 100% in division and is just over 5 minutes. We're getting there!"
-Valerie Pope, Fort Worth, Texas
"[Dr. Jones' first grader] Martha was calculating the cube root of 373,248. It took her less than ten seconds. Without putting pencil to paper she came up with the correct answer: 72."
-Associated Press
"It's just so amazing! It really caught me by surprise!"
-Delores Chavez, Dallas, Texas
"I wanted to tell you how thankful we are that Christian has been able to be in your classes. We cannot wait to have him tested. Thank you for your ministry to our young people. It is truly a blessing."
-Chris & Lynn Ellen Petersen, Dallas, Texas
"My daughter now does math at home on her own initiative - something she had not previously been inspired to do, despite the colorful and seemingly enticing curriculum we were using. Dr. Jones uses fun and imaginative board games he has designed to help improve memory and increase knowledge. One of these games, "The Big Potato," involves the memorization of the periodic table of the chemical elements. Another game, "Harvard Yard," helps prepare students for the SAT. Dr. Jones' classes have definitely enhanced my daughter's interest in and knowledge of mathematics."
-Jennifer Kuzbary, Dallas, Texas
"A group of Dallas elementary students took on math educators from several North Texas colleges. The educators even got to use calculators. Students, who didn't, still had the right answers more quickly than the educators. At the end of the '96 school year, 13 of 20 students were double promoted from first to third grade."
-Brad Wright, Channel 8 News
"Our son (age 10) has embraced this program with enthusiasm and great success. [...] He was struggling with an "I'm not good at math" attitude. [...] The change has been nothing short of phenomenal. To quote our son: "The classes are awesome. I have fun learning math." The course has completely eliminated any fear of math, no matter how complex the problem. [...] We unequivocally recommend Dr. Jones and his [JG Math] program to any parent regardless of the age, math aptitude and experience level of their child."
-David & Veda Johnson, Dallas, Texas
"Blessings, blessings, blessings! Before [JG Math], my children loathed math! There were frequent tears and exclamations of "I CANNOT DO THIS!" But now my children, all 7 of them, are excited about math and cannot wait to do it! They love math so much after just 3 weeks of your program that they ask to do it at night and on the weekends! Thanks so much!"
-Mikaela Raine, Dallas, Texas
"The problem was to find the fifth root of 714,924,299. In less than ten seconds, three students correctly answered 59. The adults, with calculators, took more than a minute. Some never finished."
-Karel Holloway, Dallas Morning News