Lifetime GPS (Guided by Passions and Strengths) for Kids
Genesis of Kidzmet While we started building the current version of Kidzmet in late 2010, the inspiration for the idea actually came from Jen Lilienstein’s undergraduate senior thesis in 1994. Under the direction of Dr. Francesca Cancian at UCI, Jen
Most children are active learners. This means they can’t sit still during classes; they do best with extra-curricular activities and they easily get bored with plain reading. These types of learners are called Kinesthetic Learners. Kinesthetic learners understand information through
In 2013, we’ll be delving more deeply into how some personality types and learning styles are aligned with certain learning differences…and what parents and teachers can do help honor and embrace these differences, while helping the kids play to their
Simple changes that will make life easier for everyone Going back to school is tough for most kids—it’s a sudden blast of social anxiety, new responsibilities, and unfamiliar territory that hit all at once, and can leave both parents and
Break Apart by Multiple Intelligence FIRST Place at least one child with a parallel preference in each of your breakout groups. E.g., for a history lesson, place a child with and intra- or interpersonal preference in each breakout group; for
At Kidzmet, one of our learning preference “pillars” is VAK cognitive styles. Unfortunately, many of the sites you’ll find on the Web today provide an incomplete summary of Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence by Pashler, McDaniel, Rohrer, & Bjork from
While there are a significant number of people on both sides of the fence as it relates to Brain Gym’s trademarked series of movements and whether or not they work, there IS a significant amount of scientific evidence that movement (particularly
Is your child struggling to grasp information whenever they read? Do they have difficulty remembering things that they write on their notebooks? Do they find it easy to follow a teacher’s lecture when they listen to him or her? If
by Meredith Resnick, M.Ed & MA I have always been skeptical of clothing items that say one-size-fits-all. And for good reason! Although those gloves with the ‘one size works for everyone’ tag may in fact fit my 4 year old
While many parents think of sewing as “antiquated” and/or “just for girls”, there are plenty of benefits that can be derived from both your sons and daughters learning to sew in the kinesthetic intelligence, visual/spatial intelligence, logical/mathematical and naturistic intelligence realms. Kinesthetically speaking :: from