By Ron Elve
Math and Logic related activities help kids very early on to prepare for computer oriented employment tests. And similar problems are likely to appear on IQ tests. Yet, these kinds of activities are all but missing from most curricula. To help your child, you can find and utilize materials on the internet and in education sections of bookstores. Additionally, you can make up your own questions with your child, which is also a fun thing to do.
Spatial relationships, analogies and deductive reasoning are major areas of focus in these kinds of tests. These can best be introduced in a low key, fun manner. Questions sometimes ask for the next number, object or word in a sequence. A simple example would be to continue the sequence: 1, a, 2, b, 3, __.
Spatial relations may involve fitting pieces of boxes neatly into a whole square or rectangle. Children’s library sections often have kits of objects made out of wooden blocks—these can be scrambled then formed back into a whole by the child.
And it goes on from there. There is credible research indicating test results can be improved, hopefully giving your child an edge that gets him/her a competitive job application score.
