Kid chef cooks at White House

How do we find our kids’ creative intelligences?  What clues do they leave for us that tell us…ah ha!…this is a path to explore? In this video, watch as 8-year-old Nicholas Hombostel, visiting sushi-chef-at-the-white-house-, talks about food.  Watch the attention to detail, how he describes the taste, texture and presentation of food, in short…his overall (more…)

Abstract Mess or Color, Texture and Form? – Prodigy of Color

Aelita Andre is an abstract expressionist painter and creates through a spatial intelligence. Born in 2007, it is said of her, “Every stroke, smear and splash is the indelible signature of innocence – the subconscious mind ‘writing’ its own existence – in the moment – onto a canvas using paint and found objects.” You can (more…)

Bangs on the Piano? Listen closely….It might just be a musical creative intelligence!

Banging on the piano is not usually noted as the herald of a musical gift, but Emily Bear’s grandmother, attuned to looking for children’s musical talents, spotted the difference in her two-year-old granddaughter. Emily’s passion for playing piano and composing was contagious. It is the kind of connection to Self that resonates deep within our (more…)

Active Kids Are Awesome!

Kids with a kinesthetic intelligence are awesome!  They defy gravity, redefine space and demolish commonly-held concepts of limitation.  And although they may turn their parents hair grey at an early age, they show us that fear need not be a prohibiting factor.  In their quest to challenge physicality and push the boundaries of their capabilities, (more…)