How To Encourage A Talented Child

Talent is not the same as intelligence. Talent more referring to motor skills and skills displayed by children. In other words, talent can be seen by others.

The way it is done is to continually sharpen talent through practice. Talent will not develop when there is no amplifier, so then lost. In addition to talent, they also have an interest in the field involved. The interest will also strengthen the talent.

How to know if our child is gifted? According to Dra. Clara Kriswanto, MA, CPBC, a psychologist from Jagadnita Consulting, gifted children are generally quicker to master certain areas than other children, without spending much effort.

Once a child has a talent for drawing or painting. The quality of the line that the child has will look smoother. They understand the color, the compositions are made also better and interesting.

Gifted children can also learn something differently than other children. Gifted children need a little help from adults. They often solve problems in their own way, "says the woman who completed her MA in Applied Anthropology & Community and Youth Work at Goldsmith College University of London.

A child who likes to play with a toy is a manifestation of his interest in the object. For him, fiddling with toys is an exploration of his curiosity.

A talented child is usually able to motivate himself to learn the things he really loves. A child who likes to play piano or swim not only practice when his teacher comes. They will practice the piano or swim without prompting.

Ideally, a child's talent is in line with his interests. That way, the potential or ability of the child will be explored optimally, so that children are able to excel.

Generate Interest
Unfortunately not all can go hand in hand between talent and interest. There is a gifted child who is not interested in the talent he has. When this happens, said this UI graduate psychologist, needed more support from parents, so that the child's talent can be honed optimally.

If you do not get support from your parents or raised interest, your child's talent will not grow. It may be that the child is a bit slow to develop his abilities, especially when he realizes he has a talent in a particular field.

The easy way is to introduce children to peers who have diverse interests and talents.

Perform a Talent Test
There are several ways to recognize a child's talent:

1. Looking at the child's behavior. What activities do they often do? Children more interested in what things?
2. Follow the child's development carefully.
3. Provide various stimuli or stimuli to the child, for example by providing les or a varied game.
4. Perform psychological tests (aptitude test) to see the strengths and weaknesses of children. This test can be done when the child is 7 years old or when entering school. At that age has seen talent and interest of children.

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Understand Child Development
According to Dra. Clara Kriswanto, MA, CPBC, there are things that need to be considered by parents when giving tutoring for children.

1. Do not give priority to the achievement of the target. It is important to remember that tutoring is given as an effort to introduce activities to children.
2. Les should be provided by teachers who understand child development. Do not let the teacher give punishment when the child can not follow the tutoring. Clara exemplifies, when his son had to piano lessons, always cry when he reached the place of tutoring. After judging, apparently tutoring teachers often pinch or beat his son's hand if they can not follow the instructions of the teacher.
3. Make sure the child still has a balanced time to play and rest.
4. Do not impose the will of the child. The main concern is the interest of the child.
5. Keep track of child development.
6. Strive to develop all aspects of the ability of anak.bakat alone is not enough is still another thing we can own as parents who can make our children talent can be channeled. only this steemian friend may what is in the child we can develop perfectly.

This post has been edited by a member of the @blue-pencil team.

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