About Multiple Intelligences
It is my intent to provide your chld with the best opportunities possible to become a successful learner. To this end, I am planning classroom activities and experiences that will allow the children to express the many ways in which they are smart. this dynamic approach is bsed on the theory of Mulitple Intelligences, developed by Dr. Howard Gardner, a psychologist at Harvard University.
Dr. Gardner has identified the following eight intelligences:
Linguistic (Word Smart)
Logical-Mathematical (Number Smart)
Spatial (Picture Smart)
Bodily-Kinesthetic (Body Smart)
Musical (Musical Smart)
Naturalist (Nature Smart)
Interpersonal (People Smart)
Intrapersonal (Self Smart)
What this means is that in my classroom, your chld will learn not only through reading, writing, and math but also through music, art, building, moving, engaging in outdoor learning experiences, interacting with other children, thinking, and reflecting. Because children exhibit these various ways of learning at different levels of ability, I will try to match learning experiences with their particulary ways of "being smart."
To strengthen our school-home connectiona nd to help your child expand upon his or her learning, the following are a few examples of things you can do at home:
Finally, because we are all intelligent in a variety of ways, I want to invite you to come to our classroom to share and express the ways in which you are smart. Do you play an instrument? Do you enjoy a hobby or a craft? Do you play a sport? Do you dance or write poems or stories? Please come and share your talents or interests with the class; or just come and visit, ask questions, and learn more about what we are doing.
Dr. Gardner has identified the following eight intelligences:
Linguistic (Word Smart)
Logical-Mathematical (Number Smart)
Spatial (Picture Smart)
Bodily-Kinesthetic (Body Smart)
Musical (Musical Smart)
Naturalist (Nature Smart)
Interpersonal (People Smart)
Intrapersonal (Self Smart)
What this means is that in my classroom, your chld will learn not only through reading, writing, and math but also through music, art, building, moving, engaging in outdoor learning experiences, interacting with other children, thinking, and reflecting. Because children exhibit these various ways of learning at different levels of ability, I will try to match learning experiences with their particulary ways of "being smart."
To strengthen our school-home connectiona nd to help your child expand upon his or her learning, the following are a few examples of things you can do at home:
- Read to your child and let your child read to you.
- Encourage your child to write stories, poems, and books.
- Play logic, card, and board games such as Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Go Fish, Dominoes, Bingo, and Concentration.
- Visit science museums, children's museums, hobby stores, electronic exhibits, and so on.
- Provide an area where your child can design and construct creations.
- Have a variety of art and craft materials available.
- Provide opportunities for physical activity both inside and outside of the home.
- Provide old throwaway mechanical objects for your child to examine, take apart, or reassemble.
- Play a variety of music, from the radio, tapes, CDs, and other sources.
- Encourage your child to make up songs and chants.
- Plant a garden with your child.
- Go on walks around the neigborhood and other fun places.
- Encourage your child to participate in group activities.
- Encourage your child to express his or her feelings.
- Provide a quiet space int eh home for your child to think and reflect.
Finally, because we are all intelligent in a variety of ways, I want to invite you to come to our classroom to share and express the ways in which you are smart. Do you play an instrument? Do you enjoy a hobby or a craft? Do you play a sport? Do you dance or write poems or stories? Please come and share your talents or interests with the class; or just come and visit, ask questions, and learn more about what we are doing.