Spatial awareness activities preschool: 100 Spatial Awareness Activities ideas

Spatial Intelligence – 13 Ways to Help Children Improve

| What is Spatial Intelligence | Examples | The Importance Of Spatial Intelligence | Characteristics | How To Improve Spatial Intelligence |

Spatial intelligence, visual-spatial intelligence, or spatial IQ, is crucial in many academic and professional fields. Despite the importance, it is rarely included in the kindergarten or elementary curriculum^​1​. Fortunately, we can help our children improve their visual-spatial skills through simple and fun activities outside of the educational system.

What is Spatial Intelligence

Spatial intelligence, also known as visual spatial intelligence or spatial reasoning, is the capacity to imagine or visualize in one’s mind the positions of objects, their shapes, their spatial relations to one another and the movement they make to form new spatial relations. It is the ability to perform spatial visualization and spatial reasoning in the head.

Spatial intelligence is one of the nine intelligences in the Theory of Multiple Intelligences proposed by psychologist Howard Gardner^​2​. In his intelligences theory, Gardner challenged the narrow definition of general intelligence with his proposal of 7 at first, and now 9, types of intelligence:

• spatial intelligence
• linguistic intelligence
• logical-mathematical intelligence
• musical intelligence
• kinesthetic intelligence
• interpersonal intelligencelocation
• naturalistic intelligence
• emotional intelligence

Spatial intelligence involves understanding and remembering the relative locations of objects in the mind. Objects, 2d or 3d objects, can be manipulated through mental movement, rotation or transformation.

Spatial Intelligence Examples

Here are some examples of utilizing visual spatial intelligence.

In the following prism test, can you tell when 1 is folded to form a triangular prism, which of the following (2-7) can be produced? Note: colors are only on one side. The back is white.

To come up with the answer, you need to form a picture of the prism being folded mentally. While doing it, keep track of the relative positions of the different colors.

Answer: 2, 3 and 6 are the correct answers.

The Importance Of Spatial Intelligence & More Examples

We use spatial intelligence to create spatial awareness frequently in day-to-day functioning.

Here are some visual-spatial skills examples in our everyday lives:

• A child imagines where a toy is inside his bedroom before walking into the room to get it.
• When we pack our luggage, we visualize how different items can fit together compactly.
• To assemble a furniture, we need to match the two-dimensional diagrams in the instructions to the three-dimensional furniture parts. 

Spatial Intelligence And Math

High spatial aptitude is particularly important to mathematics learning. Studies have found that strong spatial abilities are linked to better mathematics achievement^​3​.

Spatial skills examples in mathematics:

• A student creates a mental geometric object that can be measured, moved, and transformed to facilitate geometric calculation and pattern recognition.
• A mathematician uses visual spatial reasoning to enhance quantity comparison, arithmetic, and number sense.

Visual Spatial Skills And STEM

Visual spatial skills are also vital in many academic and technical fields, such as science, computer science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Research shows that college students who score high on spatial reasoning tests tend to major in STEM disciplines and go into STEM careers^​4​.

Visual spatial skills examples in STEM fields:

• A geoscientist mentally manipulates the movement of tectonic plates to see the process of earth formation.
• A neurosurgeon visualizes different brain areas to predict the outcome of a surgery.
• A civil engineer imagines how various forces may affect the design of a system.
• Architects and engineers use material of various shapes and sizes to create stable structures.

Spatial Ability in Different Areas

STEMs are not the only domains that require high spatial ability to excel in. Other areas or work call for great spatial ability, too.

Spatial ability examples in society:

• A designer uses visual spatial reasoning concept to enhance the user experience of his product.
• An artist creates stunning visual arts.
• A gymnast uses spatial awareness to perform a sequence of movements with the human body.

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Characteristics Of Visual Spatial Intelligence

Visual Spatial Intelligence Is Malleable

People have different preferred cognitive process and cognitive thinking styles^​5,6​.

Some are verbal thinkers who have a natural inclination to think in words. They are more comfortable with semantically and acoustically complex verbal tasks. Verbalizers usually prefer written and spoken explanations over visual images and diagrams.

Others are visual thinkers who think about subject matters using visual representations. There are two types of visualizers.

1. Spatial visualizers
   They think in terms of schematic images, spatial relations among objects and spatial transformations. But the images they visualize lack visual details.
2. Object visualizers
   They think in colorful, pictorial and high-resolution images of individual objects.

Spatial visualizers usually possess excellent spatial skills than object visualizers or verbalizers.

So if your child is a visual spatial learner, then they may have a head start in spatial thinking.

However, visual spatial intelligence is not a fixed ability. Although some people are better at spatial processing than others, the good news is everyone can improve through visual spatial activities^​7​.

Through training and practice, visual/spatial skill can be boosted^​8​.^​9​

Gender Difference In Spatial Skill Myth

Although there are old beliefs that boys are better in spatial thinking, and therefore STEM subjects, than girls, large amount of studies in recent years have debunked this myth^​10​.

In America, females, on average, do not perform as well as males on some spatial tasks – most notably mental rotation using spatial working memory. This phenomenon could result from the way children are raised in this culture.

In a recent study in Italy, 152 traditional high school students were divided into three groups and each group was given different instructions on a spatial intelligence test. Participants in one group was told that women performed better than men in this task while another group was told men were better and the third group was not told any gender difference^​11​. Results showed that women in the first group had similar scores as the men.

Another Italian study shows that believing in effort over innate ability can improve spatial recognition skills, too.

Researchers also find that the more a group of men and women practices spatial thinking, the smaller the gender gap is in visual spatial skills.

Therefore, one’s attitude and belief in themselves, and in the importance of effort, can make a huge difference in visual-spatial tasks performance^​12​.

Here’s another proof that there are links between the gender gap and the way kids are raised. In a remote community in India where women have equal or more rights than men, such a gender gap in visual spatial intelligence does not exist^​13​.

Early Learning To Get A Head Start

Scientists have found that early education plays a large role in preparing our children for later success in spatial learning^​14​ because spatial reasoning starts early in the child development process.

Neuroscientists find that specific regions in the brain responsible for thinking about location and spatial relation develop in very early childhood^​15​. In fact, preschoolers’ spatial abilities can predict their future performance in math learning in middle and high school^​16​.

As children’s first teachers, parents can start teaching young children, even toddlers, the basics of spatial thinking. 

It is not too early to start familiarizing your toddler with spatial relations^​17​. Infants as young as 4 months have been found to demonstrate spatial perception abilities related to mental rotation^​18,19​.

Spatial ability and knowledge are cumulative and durable. Those who master the skills in early childhood, regardless of gender, will have more opportunities to practice and improve it.

How To Improve Spatial Intelligence

1. Use spatial language in everyday interactions

Parents can help children improve spatial intelligence by using more spatial terms in everyday interaction.

Spatial language is a powerful spatial learning tool. Using spatial terms in everyday life is one of the best spatial awareness activities for kids.

Babies learn better when the spatial relations are given names^​20​. Preschoolers whose parents use more spatial vocabulary (such as triangle, big, tall or bent) perform better in spatial tests than those whose parents do not use such language^​21,22​.

Here are some examples of spatial-terms.

But don’t just speak at your child to teach spatial terms. Ask your child to repeat the words back to you and explain what they mean. Encourage your child to use those terms, too.

Kids who can use more spatial terms are found to perform better in spatial recognition tasks. You can help them make the connections between spatial relations and objects around them^​23​.

“Is the candy inside or outside of the glass?”

“Do you think the toy is under or behind the couch?”

“I see Lily across the street!”

2. Teach gestures and encourage kids to use them to explain spatial relations

Hand-gesture is a powerful communicating and teaching tool. Children often learn better when gestures are used by teachers than when speech is used alone^​24​.

When children use gesturing to indicate movements of objects, their visual spatial intelligence also improves. This improvement is also detected in children who do not spontaneously gesture but do so after being prompted to.

3. Teach children how to visualize using the mind’s eye

Visualization is using visual imagery to mentally represent an object not physically present. It is a powerful skill in spatial learning and problem-solving.

Young children can be taught to use visualization to enhance their spatial ability. For example, young children often have “gravity bias”. In an experiment, when a ball drops, preschoolers tend to think that it will appear directly below, even if the ball drops down a twisted tube. But when they are instructed to visualize the path of the ball before answering, more kids got the right answer^​25​.

4. Play the matching game

Play the construction matching game^​26​. Start by putting together a simple structure using building blocks and then ask the kids to match it in shape and in colors^​27​. You can also have one child build the structure while another copy.

As they become more familiar with building and more confident in matching, increase the complexity of the structures.

5. Play blocks and build objects in a storytelling context

Playing with building objects such as Lego and wooden blocks can substantially increase a child’s spatial thinking ability. 

But you don’t need perfectly crafted toys. Even a few cereal boxes or toilet paper rolls can be used to stack and build interesting structures.

Give them a problem to solve. A study shows that when block building activities are carried out in a storytelling context, children’s spatial intelligence improves more.

6. Play tangram, non-jigsaw and other open-ended spatial puzzles

Tangram is an ancient Chinese puzzle consisting of seven pieces. The pieces can be rearranged into many different shapes such as animals, people or objects. It is a teaching tool that has been proven to increase students’ spatial ability^​28​.

The jigsaw puzzle has been recommended by many sources to help increase children’s spatial intelligence. It is probably because a study finds that preschoolers who already play puzzles perform better in a mental transformation spatial task than those who don’t. It also finds that the more frequently the child plays, the better they perform^​29​.

No doubt, there are strong correlations between puzzle solving and spatial intelligence. However, no controlled studies have been found to establish a causal relationship between them.

The problem with jigsaw puzzles is that, unlike tangram, there is only one fixed way to fit the pieces together. A study has found that preschoolers who have played with a single-solution puzzle are less innovative and flexible in subsequent problem solving than children who have played with a multiple-solution block building set^​30​.

Until there is research that proves the values of single-solution puzzles, I recommend using multiple-solution spatial reasoning puzzles, such as tangram, over jigsaw puzzles to help children improve their visual spatial skills^​31​.

7. Expose children to map reading

Map reading can help children acquire abstract concepts of space and the ability to think systematically about spatial relationships that are not otherwise experienced directly in the physical world.

Maps present spatial information that differs from direct experience navigating the world. Children can learn to think about multiple large-scale spatial relations among different locations in a concrete way through map reading.

8. Read spatial-rich books

Books such as Zoom and Re-Zoom are great picture books that can draw children into a world of visualization and spatial thinking. The increasing level of detail helps illustrate the different spatial relations among different objects.

When reading these basic books with the kids, the parent can enhance spatial intelligence by verbal explanation and gestures to create mental pictures.

9. Play spatial reasoning games such as Tetris

Playing video spatial reasoning games such as Marble Madness or Tetris, have shown to be beneficial to children’s spatial intelligence. The improvement is more pronounced in low-ability kids^​32​.

10. Help your child explore photography

Visual spatial perspective taking is the ability to imagine how things look like from another viewpoint different from one’s own^​33​.

Taking photos of objects at different angles can enhance children’s ability to take on different visual perspectives and recognize changes in scale^​34​.

11. Play Origami and practice paper folding

Mental paper folding has long been used to increase mental rotational ability.

Although no research is found to link physical paper folding to spatial intelligence, it is not farfetched to believe that physical paper folding practice can enhance mental paper folding ability.

12. Learn to play music

Several studies have found that learning to make music can raise spatial-temporal ability.

Spatial-temporal reasoning is the ability to think of spatial relations that change through time. This skill allows you to mentally pack your luggage one item after another to see how to fit the most items.

Notice that this is different from the controversial “Mozart Effect” theory that claims listening to music can enhance a variety of skills including spatial thinking. 

A meta-analytic review of 553 studies supports the theory that music instruction, rather than music listening, is associated with better spatial intelligence^​35​.

13. Make three-dimensional crafts

Try some of these spatial activities for preschoolers: https://www. rookieparenting.com/spatial-reasoning-activities-visualize-shapes-through-play/

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25 Simple Body Awareness Activities for Young Kids

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Attaining body awareness is an important part of the child development process. 

This concept can seem more hidden and less obvious than other milestones children meet in the early years.

Find out exactly what this ability entails and how you can help your child develop it with this collection of fun body awareness activities.

What is Body Awareness?

Body awareness for kids is being aware of all the body parts, how their bodies are moving, and where they are located in space. 

This knowledge for adults and older children is basically unconscious, travelling between the brain and spinal cord. [source]

Body awareness helps us know how close to move in order to reach something, how high we need to step up onto a curb, and how to walk without watching our feet. 

Until they gain body awareness, younger kids sometimes must think more consciously about these types of movements.

Kids who struggle with spatial awareness are affected in a variety of ways during the course of their daily lives.

They often:

• Have difficulty imitating the movements of others
• have trouble learning new gross motor skills
• Appear to be clumsy
• Play roughly with other kids
• Exclude various body parts when drawing pictures of people
• Display confusion about personal space
• Move too fast for the situation
• Act generally shy OR overly loud
• Have difficulty holding a pencil (pressing too hard or too lightly)
• Miss social cues from other kids’ reactions to them
• Avoid the dark

As you know, the senses play a large part in how effectively children master all the tasks facing them.

Hearing, seeing, smelling, touching, and even tasting, all work together with the vestibular system that controls balance, in order to help kids move effectively.

But there is one more sense that is crucial for body awareness in child development: proprioception.

What is Proprioception?

We have receptors in our joints, muscles, and ligaments that give us feedback about our position in space at any given moment, how we are moving, and where we are located in relation to things and people around us. 

Receiving input properly and learning to effectively interpret this is an essential part of sensory development in children. 

Kids with proprioceptive dysfunction, who lack awareness of body position, are often observed:

• bumping into others
• chewing on objects
• enjoying loud noises (or preferring quiet)
• disliking/preferring tight clothing
• avoiding physical activity
• having difficulty walking on stairs.  

As you can see, some of these behaviours are opposites. This is because some children with proprioceptive issues seek out this type of stimulus, while others avoid it.

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How do You Teach Body Awareness?

If you think your child is challenged in this area, or possibly you just want to make sure they are off to a good start, you can ensure that their everyday movement activities and play enhance body awareness. 

Incorporate the following types of experiences daily:

• Active use of arms, legs, trunk, hands, fingers, feet, and even toes
• Heavy work, like pushing, pulling, carrying, stomping, and jumping
• Discuss your own emotions and those portrayed in stories read to children
• Encourage kids to look for social cues from peers
• Talk about the personal relationships in your child’s life
• Encourage kids to help with heavy chores around the house and garden
• Have children sit within a hula hoop or on an X on the floor to practise personal space
• Talk about body parts while bathing and dressing your child
• Set up sensory stations that stimulate the sense of proprioception

Many simple games and planned activities also help kids gain body awareness.  

25 Body Awareness Activities

These body and spatial awareness activities are easy to plan and require very few special materials. Check out the following ideas:

Simon Says

The leader calls out directions for players to follow. These focus on the movement of certain body parts, such as, “Simon says touch your nose with your finger.” 

Here are some fun Simon Says commands to try.

Hopscotch

Make a hopscotch grid with chalk on cement or mark it out with tape on the floor. Use 8 or 10 squares.

Depending on how the squares are set up, children hop on just one or on two feet. If a small item has been thrown onto the grid ahead of time, kids must hop over that square and possibly lean over to pick it up before continuing.

Dance

Play some of your kids’ favourite tunes and encourage them to dance slowly or fast, depending on the beat or flow. 

Part of the challenge is to avoid touching anyone else in the given space while dancing.

Hokey Pokey

Children sing along with the song and take part in the movements. Stand alongside the kids so they can mimic your movements to choose between left and right. 

If need be, many versions of the song are available on YouTube.

Follow the Leader

To play the Follow the Leader Game, the leader moves in certain ways (walk, skip, hop, etc.) throughout the space, while children mimic the movements. 

They can add other movements, such as holding a hand up in the air or bending both elbows out to the sides.

Parade

Invite children to choose (or make) a musical/rhythm instrument. Lead them in a high-stepping marching parade around the room or garden.

Self-Portraits

Provide a full-length mirror for children to view themselves. Then ask them to draw and colour pictures of themselves, including all the main body parts.

Obstacle Course

Set up an obstacle course inside or outdoors. As children navigate the course, challenge them to name their actions: up, over, under, through, between, crawl, stretch, etc.

Playground Climb

Encourage kids to climb during a visit to the playground. Look for monkey bars, ladders, climbing ropes, and rock walls.

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Children listen to the music and sing along with adults or to the tune on YouTube. They touch the body parts mentioned in the song.

Ball Play

Play with balls, giving verbal commands that involve body parts. This could include, “roll the ball with the tips of your fingers” and “kick the ball lightly with your foot.”

Balance Beam

Using a low balance beam or tape on the floor, invite children to walk the line, with or without arms out to the side. Also, see if they can stand still on just one leg for as long as possible.

Explore in the Mirror

Looking into a large or handheld mirror, challenge kids to display various types of emotions on their faces: happy, sad, worried, scared, and silly.

Bubble Chase

Blow bubbles for children to chase, catch, clap, and break. Challenge them to avoid bumping into their peers or objects in the area.

Big Like Me

Roll out plain wrapping paper on the floor. Have children lie down to be traced around. After these are cut out, they can then “decorate” their likenesses with crayons or markers.

Fingers and Toes

Trace around kids’ hands and/or feet on heavy paper or paper plates. These can be cut out or just decorated with crayons and markers.

Move Like Animals

Indoors or outside, challenge children to move like various animals. They can slither like snakes, hop like rabbits, and prance like horses. 

Let them think of animals and name/show how they could move, as well. 

Crawl Race

Set up a finish line indoors or outside. Urge kids to crawl as quickly as possible toward the goal when you say, “Go!”

Aim for the Target

Provide bean bags, balls, or various small toys of differing weights. Challenge kids to throw and hit the target bucket as many times as possible.

How Far?

Show kids an easy way to measure distances, indoors or outside. Using just their feet, children can walk heel-to-toe, counting how many steps across the room or from one side of the garden to the other.

Here are more, fun measurement activities to try with young kids.

The Hands Have It

Provide playdough or clay for kids to manipulate and experience with their hands and fingers. They can also make small bodies, including all the necessary body parts.

Tug of War

This only takes two people on a rope and can also be done with a larger, divided group. Kids determine how hard they must tug on the rope to pull the other end over the middle line.

Fill and Empty

Provide buckets and materials like sand, mud, or water. Other less messy materials can be used indoors. 

Kids fill buckets and empty them. Talk with them about what happens to the various materials when they are dumped out.

Play Library or Bookstore

Guide kids in setting up a library checkout or bookstore shelves with their picture books. The secret work that benefits body awareness is carrying around all those heavy books!

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Books to Share

Many picture books deal with matters related to body awareness. Check out the following titles at your library or on Amazon:

• Personal Space Camp by Julia Cook
• Breathe with Me by Miriam Gates
• Your Body by Melvin and Gilda Berger
• Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
• Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes by Judy Hindley
• My Amazing Body by Pat Thomas
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michale Rosen
• From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
• Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas

An important factor to remember is that we are not doing our young kids any favours by stepping in to complete all the “hard” tasks for them.  

The more movement and “heavy lifting” they do on a daily basis, the better!

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