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available CD-ROMs with mathematical programs. Furthermore, the activity like playing simple logic games through story telling
with children can encourage them to predict what will happen next in the play or story. The example of logic games are puzzle center, mystery story with a riddle, little
riddles, and so forth. Children are subconscious learners and can perceive patterns and sequences
around us from a young age. Therefore, decorate the wall at home with posters depicting different patterns, shapes, and colors.
c. Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Visual-Spatial intelligence
involves the potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space and more confined areas. The importance of Visual-Spatial is
to enhance creativity, to boost memory power, to develop higher-order thinking and problem solving skills, to achieve peak performance, and to help them express
feelings and emotions. Few exercises on how a teacher can cultivate the habit of observation in
children are ‘I spy with my little eyes’, ‘Mr. Detective’, ‘Spot the change’, ‘Spot the difference’, ‘Appreciating pictures ‘and so forth. Children tend to look upwards and
make a mental picture of the word to remember in their mind. When they need to spell the word they again look upwards and see the picture of that word in their mind
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developing their inner artist are learning about color, tracing drawings, doing guided drawing, learning how to draw anything well, and working on picture together. Some
games and activities such as playing play dough, building blocks, and making paper origami can also be used to help children in this area of intelligences.
d. Musical Intelligence
Musical intelligence involves skill in the performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns. The importance of this intelligence is to enhance
creativity and the imagination, to improve intelligences, to boost memory skills, and to help to teach other intelligences.
The activities that can stimulate children’s musical intelligence are exposing children to a varied selection of musical pieces by listening to instrumental music,
making musical list, or making tune composition. Furthermore, encouraging rhythmic and movement activities such as dancing to various rhythms and beats as well as
developing their motor coordination, singing and doing action song and acting along with the lyrics, and clapping to the rhythm can enhance children’s musical
intelligence. Additionally, it is important to provide opportunities for children to vocalize or sing the song so that it allows children to develop their bodily-kinesthetic
intelligence as well as to use their voice expressively. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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e. Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
