Monday, September 26, 2011

Imaginative child? Let her expression!

Children with visual spatial intelligence is an observer of the world, they are sensitive to the signs of nature and examined thoroughly.

Meggy, 1st grade students, so lively move his fingers to draw the teacher who was teaching the class. Visual streaks are to see quite perfect.

A teacher with a small bun of hair, glasses, there is a little wrinkle at the end of the lips, holding a book in his left hand while his right hand seemed to explain something. Meggy seemed engrossed in listening to the teacher explained the lessons her eyes and her hands busy making pictures. No wonder behind the books he wrote many interesting pictures that not infrequently also enjoyed his friends. Do not ask about the value and number of trophy art drawing painting competition that followed. Everything was satisfactory. (Read: How To LearnIn accordance with the type of intelligence)


Or try asking your child. ''From a curved line or point can be an image what?''If the answer is more than three, your child may have the power of imagination shape and space
convincing. Child's ability to visualize what's on her mind through images, beam arrangement, or explain in detail the route to school is included in visual spatial intelligence.

Child development psychologist, Ike R Sugianto said visual spatial intelligent is the ability to understand, process, and think in visual form. Children with these skills can translate into a picture in his mind in the form of two or three dimensions. Understanding of the layout, direction and well positioned also part of this intelligence. "Children are quick to memorize the path at the age of 3-4 years can be said to be intelligent visual spatial," he said.

Children with this intelligence, he added, could look a child easily and quickly grasp the concept of visual-spatial and look enthusiastic while performing activities related to this capability as
play puzzles, lego, blocks, drawing and coloring and making maps. For example when your child is aged 4-5 years are required to build a house of beams, do not be surprised to see
prepare the beam accurately and quickly without the help of a pattern or example images.

According to Howard Gardner, professor of education from Harvard University, USA, in his book Multiple Intelligences, a child who has a visual intelligence will be able to resolve the problem of space (spatial). Children are able to observe the spatial world accurately, even imagining geometric shapes and three-dimensional, and the ability to visualize ideas with a graph or spatial (spatial). "Children
with visual spatial intelligence is an observer of the world, they are sensitive to the signs of nature and examined thoroughly, "he said.


Intelligence that can be grown

From the results of research conducted Gardner, people who have visual spatial intelligence are more influenced the right brain, which is part of the brain in charge of processing space. Initiator site about the development and treatment of children, infoterapi.com, it adds, a bright child not only visual but also construct objects illustrate the idea in their minds. Moreover, this intelligence also provides the ability to distinguish and find various combinations or gradations
color. Not surprisingly, these kids love to decorate his room.

However, continued Gardner, intelligence is not just the sheer grace of God Almighty but also can be grown. Provided that parents can stimulate this ability through a variety of activities.
Usually children are very fond of this type of game-play 'to see through the mind' such as drawing or imagining objects and play-acting or pretending. "Exercise can be applied during the early toddler age children through their daily activities," Ike said.

Ike said, every other intelligence relating to intelligence. So even visual-spatial intelligence which could also affect a child's learning process at school. One of them, helping kids
understand math problems. Children more easily understand the concept of subtraction, addition, multiplication and even division. Generally, children have a bright visual spatial learning method based on the vision visualization. "Not only that this intelligence also helped in the process of rote learning," he said.

Child development psychologist from the University of Indonesia (UI), Dra. Surastuti Nurdadi, MSI adds, there is a close correlation between visual-spatial intelligence with the ability of mathematical logic, so that children looking smart in solving mathematical problems as well as spatial, such as solid geometry and algebra mathematics. With visual-spatial intelligence, children are able to solve mathematical problems with ease. They also like to solve problems faced by various means, including through other books outside of school textbooks, for example, ensi-klopedia, dictionaries, magazines or browsing computer.

Visual-spatial intelligence is not the same in every child. There are children who have high abilities in all areas, there are also high in one or more capability but lack the ability
others. Parents contribute to stimulation. "If it does not develop probably because of factors such as lack of opportunities children always helped and did not get a chance to do everything yourself," says psychologist who nicknamed this Nuki.

In addition, he continued, a game that does not lead to the development of this intelligence have contributed to the cause, such as games that use batteries, which the child is just observing and not
requires creativity. Parents should give the game a fishing interactions such as reading a story book and invite children to talk.

Ike explained that the two subtest of the Wechsler intelligence test scale can also be used to measure visual-spatial intelligence children. Two subtest which aims to measure intelligence, among others, the Block (Block Design) and Object assembly one puzzle. Reject the measuring is the speed and accuracy of the child based on age and level of development. "In addition, seen also the process of working children, whether systematic or random (random)," he explained.

Walt Disney, the famous cartoonist of the U.S. that produces a series of creative works of Walt Disney album, is intelligent visual spatial. Neither did the painter's mysterious smile of Mona Lisa, Leonardo
Davinci, or the legendary naturalist painter Basuki Abdullah, and the engineers who built the skyscrapers in the world. Some professions can reach children who have this intelligence, such as
architects, animators, photographers, anatomist, construction experts, engineers, navigators, pilots, pilot, painter, designer and expert Meteorology.


Tip: to develop visual spatial intelligence in children:

Recommend direction.
When children enter the age of 2 years you can teach it to know the direction by starting to distinguish between right and left hand or right foot and left. If the child has begun to understand, as the road back home ask "Way to go home turn right or left you?" Then ask the children showed that direction (right or left). You can observe, whether or not the direction indicated little guy.

Play puzzles and blocks.
Should the number of puzzles, adjusted for age and abilities of children. At the age of 3 years, try five pieces of the puzzle first. The more puzzles you get older the amount of any increase. So even with the playing blocks, increasing age, higher level of difficulty as well.

Learning form.
When you read a book with him, have the children pay attention to the forms of houses, balls, or objects in the book. Mention the concept of lines such as curved, straight, zig-zag, round shape, square, or conical. Describe a verbal form, then have the children describe it.

Creating a map.
When children aged 4-5 years, you can get him to make a simple map, for example, make a map of the journey from home to the school. To practice visualization power, have the children make the house plans. From this activity, children are able to visualize the layout and space into two-dimensional shapes. "Remember, parents should make this activity more fun and interactive," said Ike.

Play tangram.
Tangram-like puzzles with pieces of thin, shaped pieces of different geometries, such as triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, and so on. Children will be interested to see the forms of different geometries.

Drawing and color.
Children practice forming various images of a straight or curved lines. It aims to train children to translate his thoughts into a form into two-dimensional image. Meanwhile, coloring activities, can train a child to know the position limits in red or yellow so as not to cross the line. Every now and then ask children to make drawings based on fairy tales that you read.

Who tinkers play dough.
When the children were aged less than two years, give the game that trains the hand skills such as play dough. So that children can make at once recognize various formations eg, spherical, conical, or rectangular.

Learning to observe.
When viewing a picture, take the child to see the details. Then ask again detail is for example 'The window-shaped what?' Or 'tell me what the hell are there at home last'.


To clarify the character of visual spatial smart kids there are some signs that can help parents detect it at once stimulated  according to the age of the child. If a child's ability precedes age, you simply adjust the proper stimulation. In the book Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner mentioned stages of visual spatial abilities of children:

Ages 0-15 months
Babies usually follow the movement of the objects before him with a certain distance. Grab a toy and then toss to attract attention. Slowly move the objects to the right and left so that children follow the movement of objects with his eyes. In infants aged 6-15 months are also beginning to realize the different shapes, sizes and colors. Stimulate children by providing equipment or
safe toys with interesting shapes and colors.

Ages 15 months-2 years
Children have started to learn to classify objects by color, shape, and the same size. Put things that she recognized, such as toy-shaped beams, round or feeding equipment. And then grouped these items. Object size should not be too small.

Age 2 years
At this age children can already stacking blocks higher, because it already has a good hand coordination. Children also have started to be introduced with a simple puzzle. When you are able merangkainya, try to give a higher level of difficulty by cutting out pieces into various shapes and sizes.

Age 3 years
Now is the time take the child to explore a lot more. If the child is already interested in painting with the hand (finger painting), drawing with a brush, paint, paste, play paper folding and cutting paper will further hone the ability of visual savvy. In addition, children learn to express herself.

Age 4 years
Developing children's imagination in this period. Use this as an opportunity to provide a number of games that helped him recognize differences in shapes, sizes, quantity, balance and difference. When children playing blocks describe the forms of blocks such as a triangle has three sides and a square block has four sides. Ask the children to make a 'building' based on his own imagination.

Age 5 years
In this period the ability of a child's imagination is translated into a form more themed, meaning not random. For example, when drawing people, children usually complete with arms and legs or other limbs. Return books containing stories interesting pictures. Then ask children to guess the story by just looking at the cover picture alone.

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