Cater your day trips to your child’s learning strengths

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Day trips can be a perfect time to nurture your child’s individual strengths and intelligence.  Have a child who is art smart?  Take them to an art museum.  What about a child who is logic smart?  Take them to a science-based museum.  Maybe they are nature smart.  Take them on a new hiking trail.  If you have multiple children, consider splitting them up to cater a trip to their best interests and have a special date with your child.  Not only do they love it but you will remember that you really do love your child (take a break from all the nagging and disciplining…if you have a tween, you know what I’m talking about!) Taking your child on educational and cultural trips really gives them an opportunity to expand their world and become inspired in their particular gifting.

I was encouraged to write this post after I listened to a podcast highlighting the different types of intelligence people have.  I listen to a lot of parenting podcasts but this was one of the best I have ever heard, and has stuck with me a long time.  Not only has it helped me understand my children, but it’s given me insight into my own types of intelligence, helping me to know how I interact with my world.  Take some time to listen to this two part broadcast, I promise you will be changed!

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/media/daily-broadcast/intelligence-discovering-your-childs-unique-gifts-pt1

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/media/daily-broadcast/intelligence-discovering-your-childs-unique-gifts-pt2

Day Tripper Mom

Jeanette Knaub is a wife and an at-home mom to four children; Jackson (17), Eliana (15), Amalia (13), and Lilah (8). During the school year, she works part time as a Classroom Aide. In what little spare time is left, she enjoys volunteering at church and community organizations, reading, running, and of course researching and blogging about her family’s next trip!

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