Max

Fueling First

With Max the Magician we will combine analysis and synthesis into an active thinking forum providing children with experiences to stimulate their spatial intelligence. Max will attempt to “fool our brains” through what our eyes perceive. This combines previously learned thinking skills in an analyzing spatial relationships and reconstructing the parts into new wholes by making predictions. With our Magic Hats, we will look for patterns to find one solution that works!

With Spatial Intelligence:

	Thinking skills do not occur in isolation; spatial perception combines various thinking skills into the activities
	Shapes can be manipulated mentally, without concrete devices
	Visual patterns are predictable
	The eyes and the brain must work together to “think” about given information
	Tolerance for ambiguity and perseverance are essential components for flexible, high-level thinking skills
	Analyze and predict patterns which repeat and extend
	Create original patterns using their visual high-level thinking skills
	Arrange symmetrical shapes/designs in a continuous pattern

Students who demonstrate Spatial Intelligence:

	Quickly see the perception presented (Often they will remember a “trick” and will try it in other situations.)
	See and use all available clues or ideas to try and figure out a pattern
	Manipulate shapes mentally
	Defer judgment
	Intuitively see answers (They may have the correct answer without knowing how they go that answer.)

Discuss with your child how they can see with their minds what they cannot see with their eyes. Help them to understand that while they cannot be 100% certain that the back of a brown bear is not purple, their brains help them fill in the logical details about what they can expect.

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Created: 22 October, 2004
Updated: 14 August, 2008
Updated: 14 August, 2008