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7 Areas of Intellectual Activity. Instructions. The following PPT will explain to you the 7 Areas of Intellectual Activity. Create rainbow notes with 4 colors of paper. Label the top “7 Areas of Intellectual Activity” Each of the following steps will be labeled with one of the areas.
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Instructions • The following PPT will explain to you the 7 Areas of Intellectual Activity. • Create rainbow notes with 4 colors of paper. • Label the top “7 Areas of Intellectual Activity” • Each of the following steps will be labeled with one of the areas.
Instructions (cont.) • Record on the space above that is covered by the flap the information from the PPT • Also include in that space an activity that you could do with children that involves or encourages development of that area. • This assignment is not complete without both the notes and the activity descriptions.
Memory • Being able to remember information and experiences http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/ofhc/media/BRAND-PHO/toddler_learning_to_walk_BRAND-PHO.jpg
Reasoning • Involves sorting information in order to make decisions, and solve problems http://www.salmonberryschool.org/sb_garden2.jpg
Imagination • Seeing and/or experiencing things that are not really there • Children use imagination to connect what they see and hear with themselves http://graphics.iparenting.com/clipart/parenting/00014293.JPG
Creativity • This is when imagination is used to produce something • The product an be tangible or intangible
Curiosity • The desire to learn or know about something • Includes exploring and asking why http://www.homerfieldtrips.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/CW_Intertidal_toddler_Kilcher_bch2.jpg
Perception • Receiving and interpreting the information received through the senses • Seeing a person and realizing that it is a man and he is wearing a blue shirt and humming “Old Macdonald” http://www.catholicexplorer.com/explore4325/moxiepix/a597.jpg
Attention • The ability to ignore the majority of information the senses receive and concentrate on one item of interest. • Attention span – the amount of time a child is able to block out extra information http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/09.18/photos/20-excursion4-450.jpg