Practical Activities To Stimulate Multiple Intelligences

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Practical Activities To Stimulate Multiple
Intelligenceswith Tracey Sinclair
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Different Learning Styles

• If we cater to only one learning style, students
  who dont learn best this way will fall behind
  and will not progress.
• If we cater for as many learning styles as
  possible, we will reach all our students and they
  will become successful language learners.
• HOWARD GARDNER
• There are 9 different types of intelligence.

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THE 9 MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

• Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
• A sensitivity to the meaning and order of words
• Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
• Ability in mathematics and other complex logical
  systems
• Visual/Spatial Intelligence
• The ability to think in pictures, to perceive the
  visual world accurately, and recreate (or alter)
  it in the mind or on paper
• Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence
• The ability to understand and create music
• Bodily/Kinaesthetic Intelligence
• The ability to use owns body in a skilled way,
  for self-expression or towards a goal.
• Interpersonal Intelligence
• An ability to perceive and understand other
  individuals their moods, desires and
  motivations.
• Intrapersonal Intelligence
• An understanding of ones own emotions
• Naturalist Intelligence
• An ability to categorise, classify and
  distinguish features of the environment.
• Existential Intelligence
• An understanding of the whole

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Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence

• Discussions
• Storytelling
• Listening to tapes and talking books
• Wordgames
• - word searches
• - acrostics

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Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence - examples

• What words rhyme withcar?
• Storytelling does the book have a storyline?
• Write your name give me ONE word, related to you
  for each letter
• Give me a word that sounds similar to Italian
  (same meaning)
• Lets speak Italian with English accents
• Im Tracey and I like..
• Im Tracey and I can .

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Logical/Mathematical Intelligence

• Logical Problems and puzzles
• Calculations
• Crosswords
• Word or sentence ordering
• Sequencing information

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Logical/Mathematical Intelligence - examples

• Buzz
• Dictations of calculations
• Word or sentence ordering
• 1-2-3-5-7-11-13-17-19-etc ???
• 2-4-6-8-10-12-14-etc????

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Visual/Spatial Intelligence

• Charts, maps, diagrams, graphic organisers
• Videos, slides, films, DVDs, CD-ROMs
• Flashcards
• Art, painting, collage
• Craft activities
• Picture dictations
• Games like Pelmans or Bingo

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Visual/Spatial Intelligence - examples

• What are others wearing?
• Who has blue eyes? Dont cheat!!
• What can I make with the shadows and my body?
• Picture dictations.lets do one!

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Musical/Rhythmical Intelligence

• Listening to music
• Playing musical instruments
• Jazz chants
• Raps
• Songs
• Background Music

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Musical/Rhythmical Intelligence - examples

• 1, 2, 3
• Look at me, Ive got 3 green teeth
• What can you do with your hands?
• Raps on a train
• Tennis
• Sounds made by?? Cat? Dog? Cow?

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Bodily/Kinaesthetic Intelligence

• Movement
• TPR
• Brain Gym
• 5-minute activities, warmers, coolers, something
  on a rainy day

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Bodily/Kinaesthetic Intelligence - examples

• Instructions one by one, increase number
• TPR
• Brain Gym
• Eat food miming activities
• Whos the tallest? Oldest?

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Interpersonal Intelligence

• Group brainstorming
• Pair work
• Questionaires, surveys and interviews
• Team Games - Noughts and Crosses
• Board games - Snakes and Ladders
• - Dominoes

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Interpersonal Intelligence - examples

• Brainstorm . Food, sports, TV programmes, etc
  (alphabetise them)
• Find someone who.

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Intrapersonal Intelligence

• Independent work
• Individualised projects
• Options for homework
• Emotions and Feelings e.g. Christmas is. Summer
  is .. Hiakus, Poems
• Diaries

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Intrapersonal Intelligence - examples

• Write a sentence. Add one word each time, dictate
  last sentence
• Write a haiku.
• Write what you ate for lunch today. Yesterday,
  day before?

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Naturalist Intelligence

• Categorising and classifying
• Displays and collages using natural materials
• Spot the difference
• Odd one out
• The natural world

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Naturalist Intelligence - examples

• How many breeds of dog do you know?
• What food comes from Italy?
• OR
• Where does Paella come from? Sushi? Give me
  another example..
• Fill in the map with.

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Existential Intelligence

• Teach science/maths/geography through English
• Encourage self-learning (e.g.dictionaries)
• Similarities amongst different cultures
• Specialists in class to speak to SS
• See things from different points of view

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Existential Intelligence - examples

• Who knows what Christmas is in another language?
  And what happens in that country? Food?
  Activities?
• Who can tell me (use a picture dictionary) 3
  objects on page X?
• If I stand on a chair, what can I see that I
  cant see now?
• What holidays do Italians celebrate that other
  cultures dont? (why, why not??)
• See things from different points of view

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Checklist

• Verbal Linguistic
• How do I use the spoken or written word in the
  classroom?
• Logical mathematical
• How can I bring numbers and logical thinking into
  the classroom?
• Visual/Spatial
• How do I use visual aids?
• Musical/Rhythmical
• How can I bring in music?

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Checklist

• Bodily/Kinaesthetic
• How can I involve the whole body?
• Interpersonal
• Do I use pair and group work?
• Intrapersonal
• How do I evoke emotions and feelings?
• Naturalist
• How can I bring in observation and research?
• Existential
• Do I bring the whole picture into my questioning?

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Thought for the day

• If the child is not learning
• the way you are teaching,
• then you must teach
• in the way the child learns
• - Rita Dunn

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Tracey Sinclair

• Mob 335-6515538
• Email t.sinclair_at_elionline.com