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Helpful Parenting Tips
What you need to know:
Children learn in different ways
They excel in different aspects of life; not all children are good at everything
Children need healthy food and helpful activities to develop their brains to their full potential
Activities That Promote Brain Development:
Dramatic Play
Puzzles
Building With Blocks
Other Brain Developing Activities:
Matching games (pictures, words)
Playing flashcard games with words and numbers can help children learn
Read with an adult/allow children to read to you (dependent on the age of the child)
Use paints, crayons, or markers to create something artistic
Create songs to sing with numbers and the alphabet
Play games such as hide and seek or tag
Take nature hikes through parks; allow your children to experience and learn about the natural world
Tips & Tricks For Assessing School Readiness:
Children are able to:
Communicate clearly with other children and adults
Put on coat/shoes by himself or herself
Go to the bathroom on his or her own
Tie his or her own shoes
Follow directions/ sets of tasks
- Take turns, and share different things
Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences is a theory that children excel in different ways. Some children are “word smart” or “picture smart”. Different aspects of the world help them learn in different ways. Children should be exposed to different types of learning to allow them to recognize what they excel in.
Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences:
Linguistic intelligence ("word smart")
Logical-mathematical intelligence ("number/reasoning smart")
Spatial intelligence ("picture smart")
Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence ("body smart")
Musical intelligence ("music smart")
Interpersonal intelligence ("people smart")
Intrapersonal intelligence ("self smart")
Naturalist intelligence (“nature smart”)