Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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, 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 coloring.
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 according stimulation 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 combine
, 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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