Chores and NNAT!? How can you combine chores and NNAT study without your children rebelling? It first starts with good chore routines with your children. First, do the chores with your children. This will show them that parents do chores, and will ensure that they do them right. This will also give you the opportunity to incorporate NNAT prep into your children’s chores. The best way for your child to prepare for the NNAT is when they do not even realize it. Since the NNAT is supposed to measure iNNATe abilities, this kind of NNAT prep works well. Here are some different ways to incorporate NNAT study into everyday chores.
- Folding Laundry: One of the skills tested in the NNAT is visual-spatial reasoning. That visual-spatial reasoning can easily be exercised through folding the clothing in different ways. Ask your child to fold a sheet into a triangle. Or if the clothing has a pattern on it, ask what the pattern will look like folded in half!
- Cooking: Having your children help you cook will not only teach them how to make delicious food, but else prepare them for the NNAT. Ask your children to read the numbers for the recipe. Point to the ingredient and ask your child to say aloud the number they see. Numbers are frequently used on the NNAT, as so this kind of simple prep will really pay off.
- Tidying Up: Children are very good at not putting their things away. You can multitask helping them study the NNAT and having them pick up after themselves! When a room is messy, have your children collect together everything of one “type”. Ask them to collect everything that is a rectangle, or everything that is red. Pattern recognition is a big part of the NNAT and identifying when things go together is the first step towards pattern recognition.
Having your children help with chores is a good way to boost their self-confidence, and a good way to incorporate NNAT practice into daily life. Check out this site for some kid friendly recipes your child can make on their own! Good luck on the NNAT!
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