EMAP #2: MONITOR INTEREST Is what you think you’re seeing…really happening? Step 4: What are they not doing? Identify Your Child’s Passive Interests   Passive interests are the seeds of an active interest.  Even if you find active interests, passive must also be developed. The complete composite of a child’s active and passive interests will lead (more…)

EMAP #2: MONITOR INTEREST Is what you think you’re seeing…really happening? Step 3: What are they doing now? Identify Your Child’s Active Interests   Active interests are important because they are the only interest that connects children to their passions and brilliance. In Monitor Interest, EMAP 2 Step 3, we zoom in on the types (more…)

EMAP #2: MONITOR INTEREST    Is what you think you’re seeing…really happening? Step 2: Who’s watching the kids? Monitor Your Child’s Behavior During Activities   How do we know if what we see is so? In Monitor Interests, EMAP 2 Step 2, you will learn how to identify and monitor your child’s behaviors to discern (more…)

EMAP #2: MONITOR INTEREST    Is what you think you’re seeing…really happening? Step 1: Reading the signs? Understanding the Definitions   Not all interests lead to the kind of passion that helps our children find and develop their personal form of brilliance. There are actually four different types of interests, regardless of the subject content. (more…)

EMAP #1: EXPOSE INTEREST    Is your child’s activity doing what it’s supposed to? Step 8 and Summary Activity: Can’t go everywhere at once? Choose Which activities Are Worth Pursuing and How A great idea can hit us when we least expect it! Then we actually have to make it happen. In Expose Interest, EMAP (more…)

EMAP #1: EXPOSE INTEREST    Is your child’s activity doing what it’s supposed to? Step 7: Feel like it’s all under control? Factor in Your Variables   Too often we look at the outcome of an action or activity and not at the variables that actually influence that outcome.  Looking for and factoring potential variables (more…)

EMAP #1: EXPOSE INTEREST    Is your child’s activity doing what it’s supposed to? Step 6: Looking for a destination;  is my child going to like this? Brainstorm Specific Resources We are often more limited by our imaginations than our reality. If you can imagine it, you can find a way to make it happen! (more…)

EMAP #10: MONITOR BRILLIANCE    Does it look like what you expected? Steps 3, 4 and Summary Activity: What about now?… Relationship with a Mentor or Professional   Being open to the unlimited ways brilliance presents itself will help our children connect to their true identities and give their lives meaning and purpose. Join us (more…)

EMAP #10: MONITOR BRILLIANCE    Does it look like what you expected? Steps 1 and 2: Is my child eager to share with the world? Turn Brilliance into Tangible Form                                                   (more…)

EMAP #8: PROVIDE THE NEXT STEP    Are zeroing in on your objectives? Activity Plan: Deepen Passion   Are you zeroing in on your objective?  Help your child explore that passion and brilliance by finding broader and deeper ways to create through their passionate themes. Join us in EMAP 8, Provide the Next Step, as (more…)