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Animal Antics

Watch a short documentary or TV show about animals (e.g. Meerkat Manor or Wild Kingdom) with the sound off. After it’s over, talk about what your child thought was happening during the episode and the “characters” each animal played. Replay

kidzmetjen June 19, 2011 Interpersonal Intelligence, Naturistic Intelligence Read more

Summer Reading Recommendations for the “Word Smart” Child

Most kids that like flexing their linguistic mind muscles will devour the age-appropriate book lists at your local library over the summer. Here are a few additional suggestions that you may not know yet… All ages: Dark Emperor and Other

kidzmetjen June 21, 2011 Linguistic (Verbal) Intelligence Read more

Picture Perfect

Inspired by 7 Kinds of Smart by Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.Ā  The mystery of whether or not eidetic memory exists was solved for me in 7th grade when Peter M. was able to recite exact words and passages from a history

kidzmetjen July 17, 2011 Visual/Spatial Intelligence Read more

Innerspace List Poems

Adapted with permission from the Chicago City Park District’s “Once Upon a Day Camp” Guide, which was adapted from original source “Art & Poetry Projects for Kids”, by Alice George Using a piece of butcher paper, draw an outline of

kidzmetjen June 19, 2011 Intrapersonal Intelligence, Linguistic (Verbal) Intelligence, Visual/Spatial Intelligence Read more

Color De-Coding

Depending on your child's reading level, use color coding to help kids see patterns in spelling, vocabulary or grammar. For instance, if your child is learning to read, find an article in a magazine at home or print out a

kidzmetjen June 21, 2011 Linguistic (Verbal) Intelligence, Visual/Spatial Intelligence Read more

Personal Soundtracks

I don’t know about you, but my favorite cassettes and CDs as a kid were the movie soundtracks. They were the ones that best “put me in the mood” for whatever it was I needed to get accomplished…or however I

kidzmetjen July 29, 2011 Intrapersonal Intelligence, Musical Intelligence Read more

Math Music to Your Ears

More than a quarter of a century after learning the states to the tune of “Do your ears hang low”, I still remember the states alphabetically in this way. And even though I’ve never had ANY use for the greek

kidzmetjen September 20, 2011 Logical/Mathematical Intelligence, Musical Intelligence Read more

Rhythm Nation

Talk about the different types of notes (whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth) as well as the time signature or meter. Talk about how, just like in math, each measure has to make up the number of beats in the time

kidzmetjen June 19, 2011 Logical/Mathematical Intelligence, Musical Intelligence Read more

How to Choose the Best Instrument for Your Child

musical intelligence aka music smarts

If you have a little musician in the house, they may be chomping at the bit to graduate up from your pots and pans and belting out vocal stylings to toddler tunes to their first musical instrument. Selecting the right

kidzmetjen March 8, 2015 Musical Intelligence Read more

Haiku and Tanka

Pick up a child-friendly Haiku collection like If Not for the Cat or Cricket Never Does to introduce your child to the art and science of Haiku and Tanka. Talk about the structure of Haiku (5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in

kidzmetjen June 19, 2011 Linguistic (Verbal) Intelligence, Logical/Mathematical Intelligence Read more
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