What is talent?
Talent is a skill or ability that distinguishes a person from others in any of the fields, and it includes the mental field, the intellectual field, the motor field, and the fields of performance. Whoever discovers any talent he has must develop and develop it, as ignoring it leads to losing it, and the development of talent supports an increase in confidence The individual improves his or her self-esteem.
Types of talent in a child:
Talent is the ability to do something, and accordingly talents are classified according to the type of ability, and they include:
mental capacities:
Children's intelligence, eloquence, memory power, and creativity in one or more educational subjects.
Creative and innovative ability:
The creative fields cannot be limited, as the child can be creative in finding solutions, or in putting forward ideas, or even creativity in assembling seemingly discordant elements and linking them together.
Technical or performing skills:
Drawing, singing, writing or reciting poetry, acting, and other performance abilities.
Motor and physical abilities:
Creativity in the sports and movement field.
Leadership ability:
The ability to solve problems, take responsibilities, negotiate, direct others and their politics with a high level of self-confidence
Signs of a child's talent:
These signs indicate that your child will stand out from his peers in a talent, and signs include:
- Talking and walking at an early age.
- Great interest in books and listening to stories.
- Desire and ability to solve problems at a young age.
- Curiosity.
- Doing skills beyond his age.
- The power of focus, awareness and intense attention.
- Passing children's intelligence tests.
How do I determine a child's talent:
The type of talent can be determined at an older age by observing the activity that the child is interested in and giving him more time compared to other activities, such as drawing, dancing, or sports such as football, basketball, ballet, and other motor skills. Methods for knowing a child's talent include the following:
- Dialogue with the child to get a hint of what talents lie within.
- Asking the child's teacher about the things that interest him and the activities that he prefers and spends more time in than others.
- Showing more than one activity to the child and monitoring his interactive ability regarding each activity, and any of these activities is sufficient to attract and attract his attention.
Steps to develop a child's talent:
The role of the parents does not stop at discovering the child’s talent and introducing him to it. Rather, the parents must develop the child’s talent, through the following:
- Support the child's talent by focusing on its development.
- Encourage your child for any progress, even if it is small.
- Do not hesitate to praise the child's talent in front of everyone.
- A child's talent may require effort and time from the parents, and upon awareness of the importance of developing the child's talent, the parents will not hesitate to give him this support.
- Register your child in institutes that develop his talent.
- Make your child feel your interest in his talent, and ask him about the latest developments in his achievements related to his talent.
- Motivate him to participate in competitions or events that support his talent.
Destroyers of child talent:
- multiplication.
- Make fun of what he does, even if it is simple.
- Closing the door to dialogue with the child and ignoring the benefits of dialogue in developing the abilities and talents of the child.
- Parents are preoccupied with following up on the development of the child's talent.
- Forcing the child to sports or talents chosen by the parents.
- Exaggerating the development of the child's talent and stress, especially the athletic talent that requires attending stressful children's exercises.
- Requiring the child to make his font smaller in the primary stage, as the large font symbolizes the child’s feeling of confidence and safety.
- Follow practices that weaken the child's personality.
