These are the handouts for a keynote presentation I did at the Rise and Shine Expo, a parenting exposition, in the Republic of Singapore, on September 28, 2013. The keynote was titled: ''Awakening the Genius in Every Child.''

1. Awakening the Genius in Every Child
Discovering and Reviving the Natural Motivation that
Exists in All Children at Birth
Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D. (www.thomasarmstrong.com)
Rise and Shine Expo 2013
Suntec Convention Hall 401
The Republic of Singapore
September 28, 2013

2. 12 Qualities of Genius
• Curiosity
• Playfulness
• Imagination
• Creativity
• Wonder
• Wisdom
• Inventiveness
• Vitality
• Sensitivity
• Flexibility
• Humor
• Joy

3. Theoretical Foundations
• Every Child is a Genius
– Neurological Basis
– Evolutionary Basis
– Biographical Basis
– Phenomenological Basis

4. Home-miliation
• Dysfunctional Family
• Disadvantaged Family
• Fast-Track Family
• Rigid-Ideology Family

5. Dysteachia
• Testing and Grading
• Talk and Tedium
• Textbooks and Worksheets
• Tracking and Labeling

6. Media-ocrity
• Mind-Numbing Violence
• Trivial Content
• Insipid Language
• Stereotypical Images

7. How to Awaken This Genius
• (Re)awaken Genius in Ourselves
• Provide Simple Experiences
• See Genius in Many Colors
• Create a Genial Climate

8. Create a Genial Climate
• Freedom to Choose
• Open-Ended Exploration
• Freedom from Judgement
• Honoring Every Child’s Experience
• Believing in Every Child’s Genius

9. Resources
Thomas Armstrong, Awakening Your Child’s Natural Genius. New York: Putnam/Tarcher, 1991.
Thomas Armstrong, Awakening Genius in the Classroom. Alexandria, VA: Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998.
Thomas Armstrong. In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Children’s Multiple
Intelligences, 2nd
Ed. New York: Tarcher/Penguin, 2000.
Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson. Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child’s
Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth through Adolescence. New York: Dutton,
1998.
David Elkind. The Hurried Child. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1981.
Jane Healy, Endangered Minds. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
Jonathan Kozol. Savage Inequalities. New York: Crown, 1991.
Ashley Montagu. Growing Young. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983..
Joseph Chilton Pearce. Magical Child. New York: Bantam, 1980.
Teaching Tolerance magazine. Southern Poverty Law Center (400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL
36104).

10. Contact Information
• Email: thomas@institute4learning.com
• Website: www.institute4learning.com
• Blog: http://institute4learning.com/blog/
• Twitter: @Dr_Armstrong