My son will soon be 6 in 2 months time.He displays interests in how machines works, especially aircrafts.As a parent, I would do him good if I can help him develop such talents as he grows up. Can anybody tell me how this child preparation could be done?secondly what are the subject areas I should encourage him most as far as school work and future academic activity is concerned?I count on your massive inputs!Thanks.
2007-05-03 08:25:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Start with learn an instrument, and learning how to play music. Believe it or not this develops alot of skills, listening, cognitive, and physicial coordination. Also taking him to the radio museum, and childrens museum ina big city is enormous in getting kids turned on to how things work and many extra ideas for continued exploration are there, besides hands on designs.
2007-05-03 08:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by kim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My niece is thirteen and has her pilots license! Her mom nurtured her love for flying when she was little and this is the result! She wants to be an astronaut one day, and NASA already knows about her, as her mom has helped her correspond with the folks there!
Never let a child believe that a good thing is unreachable. Call around your community and find out how you could take him to see some planes and look at the engines and the inside of some jets, etc. If their is an Air Force base close to you, see what you can do to have one of the pilots talk to him. There are so many things you can do for your son!
You sound like a wonderful parent and my hat is off to you! Have a great day! Annie
2007-05-03 15:38:55 · answer #2 · answered by Annie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him to museums, aircraft exhibits, or even to a small local airport to watch the planes take off. Discovery makes WONDERFUL books on how things work, including all types of aircraft. Buy him some of those and read them to him.
At this point, though, I wouldn't so much worry about school work and future academic work. None of that really matters until he's in high school and he can actually choose his classes. Just continue to read to him or let him read to you about subjects he's interested in.
2007-05-03 17:33:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a son like that he is now 15, when he was younger, i went to yard sales and thrift stores, i bought broken toasters, radios and stuff like that i then got him some tools, screwdrivers and stuff, and they have those Cool-tools out also, he loved working on those things, my son at 15 can now fix just about any vehicle, he also works with my hubby doing electrical work, he enjoys it so much, I'm glad because he has a brother who cannot fix anything but is academically bright, it evens it out
but when he was little , we had to check chairs and stuff before we sat down , he loved his tools LOL
2007-05-03 15:37:08 · answer #4 · answered by melissa s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Any of us will put out more and better ideas
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2007-05-03 16:16:36 · answer #5 · answered by seth_nightlord777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋