“It’s not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart.”

~ Howard Gardner

Did you know that there are at least eight different potential pathways to learning?  So whatever you are teaching or learning, see how you might connect it with:

• words (linguistic intelligence)
• numbers or logic (logical-mathematical intelligence)
• pictures (spatial intelligence)
• music (musical intelligence)
• self-reflection (intrapersonal intelligence)
• a physical experience (bodily-kinesthetic intelligence)
• a social experience (interpersonal intelligence)
• an experience in the natural world (naturalist intelligence)

When doing this, also keep in mind and individual child’s sensory processing needs & preferences.

More info about this concept at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/ed_mi_overview.html, http://www.institute4learning.com/multiple_intelligences.php & http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr207.shtml. 

Update 1/11/13: Check out this great post by Barbara Gini at BodyLogique for even more info & links on this topic: http://bodylogique.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-case-you-missed-it-all-kids-are.html.

Update 2/22/13: Read this short article about the benefits of combining literacy & movement – “Learning By Leaps and Bounds: Linking Literacy & Movement” by Rae Pica from NAEYC: 2-page PDF –http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201011/Leaps&BoundsOnline1110.pdf.

Update 3/28/13: A “must read” post “Nine Things Educators Need to Know About the Brain” from The Greater Good Science Center: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/nine_things_educators_need_to_know_about_the_brain (shared by Shanti Generation)

Update 6/8/13:  A free printable poster & kids survey from Laura Candler: http://www.lauracandler.com/strategies/multipleintelligences.php

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Angela Moorad, MS, CCC-SLP, IAYT, RCYP-2

Speech-Language Pathologist

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