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Intelligence card, it seems logical that you would wish to preserve it in
of brand names, one of the most popular being Magic Marker. This
the best possible way for your future use or the use of others in your
type of marker is waterproof and uses a varnish base ink. Be careful to
family.
replace the tops of your markers when not in use so that the varnish
Most families cannot afford to have their Bit of Intelligence cards
base does not evaporate. Also keep these tools out of your child's
laminated by machine. However, it is possible to purchase wide rolls of
reach.
clear Contact Paper which is a self-adhering, easy-to-use material. It is
available in hardware and paint stores that sell kitchen and drawer shelf
RUBBER CEMENT paper.
We have found that rubber cement is the best vehicle for fixing
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
photos and drawings to cardboard. Apply a thin coat of rubber cement
You have now assembled all the materials that you need to make
to the back of the picture and to the approximate area of the cardboard
beautiful Bit of Intelligence cards. Now set up a production line so that
where the picture will be situated. When both surfaces are sufficiently
dry, press the picture to the cardboard. The bond can be strengthened you get the most out of what you have found. First, prepare the raw
by placing a clean visual material that you
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may cause ink to bleed through once the image is mounted, ruining a
have, being sure that you have the correct identification of each item,
careful job.
and that you have filed any pertinent information about the item.
You now have a high-quality, sturdy teaching tool. If you wish to
Second, if the item itself is not discrete, cut out the background so
preserve it for many years, you may take the additional step of
that you have only one item mounted on the card.
laminating your new Bit of Intelligence card as described above.
Third (and this step is often missed by the novice Bit of Intelligence
card-maker, to her immediate chagrin), label the reverse side of the
ORGANIZATION
cardboard before mounting the image, preventing your needing to
Bit of Intelligence cards are always organized into categories. You
throw out the entire thing if you make a mistake while labeling. Proper
will find that your categories start out being very broad. For example
identification of the item should be neatly lettered on the reverse side,
ten typical beginning categories are birds, presidents of the United
using a wide-tipped permanent black marker. Letter size should be no
States, states of the United States, musical symbols, paintings of Van
less than one inch high actually, the larger the better.
Gogh, bones of the body, dots, simple tools, Japanese body words and
American writers.
A look at the same program eighteen months later will show a great
increase in the sophistication of the organization of Bit of Intelligence
crow cards. Birds are now water fowl, seed-eaters and scavengers. In short,
you will be constantly arranging and rearranging the overall
organization of your Bit of Intelligence card library to reflect your
child's growing ability to connect and relate one category to another.
Next, with your cardboard labelled, glue your prepared raw material
Each category should have a minimum of ten Bit of Intelligence cards
using rubber cement. Be careful to use a thin coat of rubber cement,
and there is no limit to the number a category may ultimately have.
especially if the raw image has printing on its reverse side. Generous
coats of rubber cement
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Categories of Bit of Intelligence Cards
This depends entirely on availability and your child's interest and
enthusiasm for that category.
When you are finished actively using a Bit of Intelligence card, you
It is clear from the criteria for a Bit of Intelligence card that any piece
should carefully file it, according to category, so that you can retrieve it
of new information that can be presented precisely, discretely and non-
for later use.
ambiguously is the basic building block of intelligence. The mortar that
SUMMARY holds that structure together is the categorization of Bit of Intelligence
cards.
1. Know the full criteria for a Bit of Intelligence card.
A category is a group of ten or more Bit of Intelligence cards which
are directly related to each other. For example Birds are a category.
2. Find a wide variety of raw material for Bit of Intelligence cards.
3. Organize the raw material into categories.
4. Cut out subjects for your Bit of Intelligence cards.
BIRDS
5. Save information about those subjects for future Programs of
Intelligence.
1. Common Crow
6. Cut or obtain 11" x 11" white poster board. 2. Robin
7. Label 11" x 11" card on back with a black marker. 3. Bluejay
4. Mockingbird
8. Put rubber cement on the image to be used on the Bit of Intelligence
5. Cardinal Grosbeak
card.
6. Ring-necked Pheasant
9. Mount the image on the front of the 11" x 11 "card.
7. Bald Eagle
10. Put clear Contact Paper or laminate on finished Bit of Intelligence
8. Wood Duck
card (optional).
9. House Sparrow
11. Create a workable filing system for retired Bit of Intelligence cards. 10. Pileated Woodpecker.
This category of birds may be expanded to include every bird that
ever lived, from prehistoric
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birds up to the present, or it may stop after thirty birds. In short, a
combinations, which is an even more powerful use of ten seconds,
category contains no fewer than ten Bit of Intelligence cards and is
and this is why we use Bit of Intelligence cards in categories.
limited in breadth only by the number of species or members that exist
We call these related Bit of Intelligence card subjects Categories of
in that group.
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