Smart What Your Child?

Children have the potential intelligence that can be cultivated parents and also teachers in the school. As described by Prof. Ariel in talk show entitled "Smart Is Not Enough! Provide Children with Life Skill" delivered in a parenting conference in Jakarta some time ago.

Prof. Arief further explained, intelligence is a term used to describe the nature of mind which includes a number of capabilities such as:
* Reasoning
* Plan
* Solving problems
* Thinking Abstract
* Understand the idea
* Using language
* Learning

"Intelligence is closely related to cognitive abilities of the individual," he added.

Every child has the intellectual potential in him. The potential is divided into five, namely the potential for spiritual, physical, feeling, intellect, and social.

All of this potential can be nurtured and developed in the child with the help of parents and teachers. The way to stimulate all senses of the child, giving you the freedom to move, giving the opportunity to speak, asking, telling and very important is an adult provides a good example.

In order to grow with five factors had intelligence, the child also needs to be given the opportunity to play and recognize the real objects. Through games and fun activities, children can learn to develop themselves. Encourage the child to identify objects from a toy that has, along with its function. In addition, children also need a friend and room to play. Free the children play with their peers, the task of parenting is watching.

At a certain age, children can be taught to know many things about their environment directly. Encourage the child to watch how the animals lay eggs and breed. Tell the difference. Children need to see real events directly.

You also need to provide flexibility when children are exploring herself. Let the kids watch something that interested him. But not necessarily become bablas. Children also need to be controlled and taught discipline and values. If the child's activity has begun to exceed the time limit, this is the time limit as well as train time discipline. If the time to eat, the game must end. Teach children to understand the rules of this kind.

How to measure the intelligence of children (which is reflected in the child's behavior or character)? Consider the five potential intelligence of children and what kind of behavior pattern:

1. Spiritual Potential
- Children are able to bring God or faith in each activity.
- Growing craze did to his Lord.
- Discipline worship.
- Patience seeks.
- Thanking or grateful for the gift of God to him.

2. Potential reason
- The ability to count
- Verbal Ability
- Spatial Ability
- The ability to distinguish
- Ability to make priority list

3. Physical potential
- Healthy medically
- Weather Resistant
- Hold hard work

4. Potential feelings
- Control emotions
- Understand the feelings of others
- Nice work
- Delaying immediate gratification
- Stable personality

5. Social Potency
- Good communication
- Glad to help
- Glad to be friends
- Glad to make other people happy
- Nice to work together