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Visual/Spatial Intelligence - picture smart
Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence - body smart
Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence - music smart
Interpersonal Intelligence - people smart
Intrapersonal Intelligence - self smart
Naturalist Intelligence - nature smart
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individuals:
Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
Logical-mathematical Intelligence
Visual/Spatial Intelligence
Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence
Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Naturalist Intelligence
 *Dr. Gardner says that our schools and
culture focus most of their attention on
linguistic and logical-mathematical
intelligence. We esteem the highly
articulate or logical people of our
*However,
culture. Dr. Gardner says that we
should also place equal attention on
individuals who show gifts in the other
intelligences.
*Unfortunately, many children who have
these gifts dont receive much
reinforcement for them in school. Many
of these kids, in fact, end up being
labeled learning disabled, ADD
(attention deficit disorder), or simply
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most remarkable features of
the theory of multiple intelligences is
how it provides eight different potential
pathways to learning. If a teacher is
having difficulty reaching a student in
the more traditional linguistic or logical
ways of instruction, the theory of
multiple intelligences suggests several
other ways in which the material might
be presented to facilitate effective
learning.
 88 Different
Different
Ways
Ways
Whatever you are teaching or learning,
see how you might connect it with:

Words verbal/linguistic
Numbers, or logic logical/mathematical
Pictures visual/spatial
Music musical/rhythmic
Self-reflection intrapersonal
A physical experience bodily-
kinesthetic
A social experience interpersonal
An experience in the natural world
naturalist
 Teaching
Teaching
Example
Example
For example, if youre teaching or learning about
the law of
supply and demand, you might :

Read about it (linguistic)

Study mathematical formulas that express it
(logical/mathematical)
Examine a graphic chart that illustrates the
principle (spatial)
Observe the law in the natural world (naturalist)
Observe the law in the human world of commerce
(interpersonal)
Examine the law in terms of your own body, e.g.
when you supply
your body with lots of food, the hunger demands
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Classroom activities frequently activate and utilize
more than one of the multiple intelligences.

*Group discussion - Verbal-Linguistic; Interpersonal

*Journal writing - Intrapersonal; Verbal/Linguistic
*Choreography - Musical-Rhythmic; Verbal-Linguistic;
Interpersonal
*Constructing timelines - Logical-Mathematical; Visual-
Spatial
*Putting on a play - Musical-Rhythmic; Verbal/Linguistic;
Interpersonal; Visual-Spatial
*Making a video - Logical-Mathematical, Musical-Rhythmic;
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*Writing a report or essay - Verbal-Linguistic
*Making graphs - Logical-Mathematical; Visual-
Spatial
*Designing posters - Verbal-Linguistic, Visual-
Spatial
*Communicating with peers or experts online -
Verbal-Linguistic; Interpersonal
*Hands-on experimentation - Kinesthetic;
Logical/Mathematical
*Composing a song - Musical/Rhythmic; Verbal-
Linguistic
*Building a model or 3-D displays - Kinesthetic;
Logical-Mathematical
 SAMPLE
SAMPLE MI MI
LESSONS
LESSONS
Primary School Web Sample - handout
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
 Caps
Caps For
For Sale
Sale
Verbal/Linguistic

1.Read the story to the whole class

2.Ask students to respond to the story
and write about it.
3.Write a magical cap story.
4.Write important parts of the story in a
sequence and illustrate.
 Caps
Caps For
For Sale
Sale
Musical/Rhythmic
1.Write a catchy jingle or rap to sell caps
2.Sing a song about the story.
3.March in a cap parade singing the
song
Interpersonal
1.In literacy study groups discuss the
plot, setting, character,
problem, and solution for the Caps
for Sale story.
 Caps
Caps For
For Sale
Sale
Logical/Mathematical

1.Have a collection of caps and

brainstorm many ways to sort them.
2.Graph distances from students homes.
3.Make up word problems involving
cap-purchasing stories
at fifty cents per cap.
 Caps
Caps For
For Sale
Sale
Visual/Spatial

1.Have students close their eyes and

think of the story, Caps for Sale,.

Ask them to capture their favorite part

by drawing and writing
about it.
2.Ask students to design a new style cap
and logo.
 Caps
Caps For
For Sale
Sale
Bodily/Kinesthetic

1.Bake money-shaped cookies.

2.Role play the story.
3.Have a cap parade.
4.Have a cap relay
Intrapersonal
1.Have the students write down all they
know about monkeys.
 Shapes
Shapes --
Circles
Make a group circleCircles
by joining hands.
Interpersonal, Bodily-Kinesthetic
Look for circles around the classroom.
Spatial
Make circles in art projects.
Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic
Sing The Circle Game and other circle songs.
Musical
Make up stories about circles.
Linguistic
Compare sizes of circles (from small to large).
Spatial, Logical-Mathematical
 Multiplication
Multiplication --
7s
7s
Count to 70, standing uptable
table
and clapping on every
seventh number. ~Bodily-Kinesthetic

Sing the Multiplication Rock song for the 7s.

~Musical

Chant the numbers 1 to 70, placing special

emphasis on every seventh number. ~Musical

Complete a hundreds chart, coloring in every

seventh number. ~Spatial
 Multiple
Multiple
Intelligences
Intelligences
Create categories for your spelling words.
logical-mathematical
Spelling
Spelling
Write your words using
parts of
different colors for the letters of

the word.
visual/spatial
Make up a story using all spelling words. Tell the story to
another person.
verbal/linguistic
Sing-spell your words to the melody of your favorite song.
musical
Create your own goals on how you will study and learn your
spelling words.
intrapersonal