Nurturing logic-smart kids: Encourage them by supplying puzzles they can solve through reasoning, talk with them about “what-if” scenarios and help them delve into nonfiction books. They might just want to know the reason so they have a better understanding of the situation. When they are confused, they may ask, “Why?” which some might misinterpret as defiance. When they have nothing to think about, boredom sets in quickly. Logic-smart children prefer to talk about issues worth understanding. They think in questions, and when they get excited, they ask more questions. Logic-smart kids want to make sense out of their world.
How Am I Smart?: A Parent’s Guide to Multiple Intelligences Logic Smart As you encourage your children to ask questions, answer questions and talk about ideas learned elsewhere, you can help them work on their character and learn to listen. Try to find writing opportunities for them that are based in real tasks that matter in everyday life. Nurturing word-smart kids: Reading out loud to these kids helps to strengthen this intelligence. As you may have guessed, these kids think with words they often become good readers, and school is a natural fit. Although they don’t always need an audience, parents are often exhausted by the nonstop flow of words from word-smart children. They talk as they play - to everyone or no one in particular. Word-smart children talk to help themselves think if they get excited about something, they talk more. Let’s look at some details about the eight smarts to help you recognize your children’s current interests and abilities and what you can do to further awaken and strengthen them all. What topics do they like talking about and what consistently gets them into trouble? Through these patterns of activities, abilities and choices, not isolated occurrences, your children demonstrate their unique blend of intelligence. Consider what they do when no one is watching and how often they do various activities of their own volition. What a privilege!Īs a parent, you can find your children’s natural bent by observing their interest levels and abilities.
Parents, grandparents and teachers get to partner with Him to develop children’s minds because what we do with our children awakens the brain.
God intentionally creates children the way He wants them to be, dividing their brain cells into the eight different smarts (among many other things He does). Smarts especially become strong when they’re awakened early because interest leads to ability. Be encouraged! Most people have many strengths. What are these multiple smarts? Word, logic, picture, music, body, nature, people and self. This understanding is more accurate and much more powerful than the simple right-brain, left-brain explanation. His research established that each of us is born with the capacity to develop eight different smarts. Howard Gardner of Harvard University published his first book about the theory of multiple intelligences. Send questions to E.Everyone wants to be smart - I want to be you want to be, and so do your children. I am glad you wrote to me, but it leads me to suspect that the only bigotry your daughter will be facing in future is yours. Only now am I struck by your questions: “How can I get to a place of peace?” “Wondering if all this pain will ever leave me?” “Will I ever feel joy again?” I didn’t notice before, but they all center on you-your “dreams,” your “worries,” your “medication,” your “daily battle,” etc.-and not on your daughter’s happiness. Be happy! I’ve read your letter 10 or 12 times-at least-and have emailed you an answer. Because the fact is, Pain, the town you live in is so exceedingly liberal that your daughter is more likely to be loved, admired-and hired, by gawd- because she is gay! You can stop struggling. And here you are moping around, not eating, screwing off at work, and telling yourself a sad, sad story about your daughter “defiling her looks” and that “someone died.” That story is a lie.
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