ISTP (Ti-Se / LSI) Child-raising Resources from K. (ISTP's dual, ENFJ; Fe-Ni / EIE)

Favorite Activities as a 7-8 year old

• Collecting Things
• Listening to audio books while playing with legos
• Pocket pets (anoles, skinks, frogs)
• Cooking odd things
• Building a fort
• Doing detective work by reading animal scat / poop and then looking at books to i.d.
• Writing poetry for funny money
• Making projects from backyard ballistics
• Talking to fireflies
• Sinking the moon
• Using his inventor kit:
  • Duct tape
  • Glue
  • Hand drill
  • Small saw
  • Glue
• Using his craft kit:
  • Scissors
  • Beads
  • Feathers
  • Foil
  • Glue
  • Ream of paper
  • Cardboard tubes
• Making books and cards and mailing them to his favorite authors
• After learning to ride a bike, get up to 10 in a row on a pogo stick to earn $10
• Work to beat a record of jumps

Other Games (later in life)

• Blokus
• Mastermind
• Othello
• Uno
• War
• Addition War
• Rush Hour
• 12-pin puzzles
• Stratego
• Zingo
• Tsuro

Adult favorite games

• Eldrich Horror
• Zombicide
• Pandemic

Other Notes

• Learned to love to read around the 9th grade
• Didn't prefer board games because he's competitive and the possibility of losing
  would make him anxious and aggressive.

Resources

Teaching, No Greater Call: Section for age-appropriate activities:

https://www.lds.org/manual/teaching-no-greater-call-a-resource-guide-for-gospel-teaching/lesson-2-age-characteristics-of-children?lang=eng