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…)