Ayesha’s hidden talent
We’ve just discovered Ayesha’s new talent; she can draw! At 3 years old, she can already draw recognizable images at her magnetic doodle board for us to gawk at. Yesterday she drew my face and her Papa’s and asked us to guess who it was. Of course, with one chubby face with beard and moustache and another smaller face with ‘tudung’, who can make mistake of not knowing what it was. Last few days, she drew some food like figures like apple and bread because she said she was hungry. She also had drawn ‘pictures’ of scenery in which she claimed are playground and swimming pool with her being in it. I suppose that was when she was frustrated that we didn’t bring her there. However, those drawings, I admit, need abstract mind and eyes to translate what they actually were :P.
Among her many toys, her favorite are her doodle board and Lego sets. She can spend hours playing with it alone while at the same time watching her favorite cartoon channel, (by the way, it’s Astro Ceria now). She would build a lot of thing from that little Lego pieces and would show them to us so that we will commend on her masterpieces. Among her distinct creations are robots, animals, pistol, palaces, houses and her favorite KLCC building in which she would say to me, “Mama, tengok ni. Ayesha buat office Mama”.
I think my girl has the right-brain related skills which relates to creativity, imagination and abstraction so I think, we should give her encouragement so that her talent can be unleashed to its fullest potential. According to research, people who can utilize both their left and brain functions are the balanced people and can learn things faster. However, most people only have a distinct preference for one of it.
A learning expert, Daniel Pink said:
We need to extend our learning approaches by focusing:
• not just function, but also design
• not just argument, but also story
• not just focus, but also symphony
• not just logic, but also empathy
• not just seriousness, but also play
• not just accumulation, but also meaning
• not just knowledge, but also learning
I believe we should do that to our kids. Who knows, maybe one day my Ayesha can become an architect, artist or designer as a result of our early nurturing.
Among her many toys, her favorite are her doodle board and Lego sets. She can spend hours playing with it alone while at the same time watching her favorite cartoon channel, (by the way, it’s Astro Ceria now). She would build a lot of thing from that little Lego pieces and would show them to us so that we will commend on her masterpieces. Among her distinct creations are robots, animals, pistol, palaces, houses and her favorite KLCC building in which she would say to me, “Mama, tengok ni. Ayesha buat office Mama”.
I think my girl has the right-brain related skills which relates to creativity, imagination and abstraction so I think, we should give her encouragement so that her talent can be unleashed to its fullest potential. According to research, people who can utilize both their left and brain functions are the balanced people and can learn things faster. However, most people only have a distinct preference for one of it.
A learning expert, Daniel Pink said:
We need to extend our learning approaches by focusing:
• not just function, but also design
• not just argument, but also story
• not just focus, but also symphony
• not just logic, but also empathy
• not just seriousness, but also play
• not just accumulation, but also meaning
• not just knowledge, but also learning
I believe we should do that to our kids. Who knows, maybe one day my Ayesha can become an architect, artist or designer as a result of our early nurturing.
posted by liadevega at 9:04 PM
3 Comments:
Conventional education stress on logical and less on creativity.
One of prominent researcher that went against the conventional education paradigm is Howard Gardner
His popular paper on 'Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences' suggest parents should identify what type of intelligence and polish it rather than stuffing their kids with normal "social expectation" type of education.
Linguistic Intelligence
Musical Intelligence
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
Spatial Intelligence
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
Personal Intelligence
Ayesha has strong:
1. Spatial Intelligence
2. Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
3. Linguistic Intelligence
4. Musical Intelligence
She is not so interested in numbers...but we still need her to learn maths.
Ayesha is 1 step ahead of Mami Ala sebab Mami Ala kalau lukis ular orh ingat t**k..... ha..... Keep up the good work Ayesha !!
I think that's the challenge of education in Malaysia. Terlalu exam oriented and too conventional. My observation of school kat sini memang macam langit dengan bumi compared to Msia. They really emphasize on creativity and other intelligence. In fact, British International School pun a bit 'strict' compare to Dutch & American school...oh God!one more reason why I should stay with Shell..
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