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.
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/sitebuilderpictur
es/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