MULTIPLE INTELIGENCES (MIs)

Put each of these multiple intelligences in its correct categories

1. Bodily Kinesthetic
2. Linguistic
3. Logical Mathematical
4. Musical
5. Spatial- Visual
6. Interpersonal
7. Intrapersonal
8. Naturalistic

MIs Descriptions Prefered Classroom Activities

Categories Learning Styles
words and language, written  Storytelling and narration
and spoken; retention,  Write stories
interpretation and explanation  Create a television or radio newscast
1. Linguisti of ideas and information via words and  Create a newspaper
c language, understands language  Have a debate
relationship between  Play vocabulary games
communication and meaning  Create advertising materials for a made up
business
 Create a classroom podcast
logical thinking, detecting numbers and  Solving mysteries using deductive reasoning
patterns, scientific reasoning logic  Predicting outcomes based on circumstances
and deduction; analyse  Solving number or logic puzzles
problems, perform  Doing financial planning for an imaginary
mathematical calculations, business
understands relationship  Use toys and images for sequencing games
between cause and effect where kids have to show the right order
towards a tangible outcome  Hide prizes, school supplies, or assignments in
or result puzzle boxes
 Write secret messages in computer code
musical ability, awareness,  Write and recite poetry
appreciation and use of sound;  Perform dance routines to act out historical or
recognition of tonal and literary events
rhythmic patterns, understands  Create songs or raps about math concepts
music, sounds,
relationship between sound and  Perform sound and vibration experiments in
rhythm
feeling science
 Read picture books to the tune of music from
different genres
 Make up song memory devices for different
subjects
body movement control,  Using different body parts to measure objects
manual dexterity, physical physical  Use charades to act out parts of speech
agility and balance; eye and experience and  Learn folk dances that represent different
body coordination movement, cultures
touch  Tell a story or practice vocabulary words with
and feel yoga poses attached to each word
 Make up fingerplays to study for tests
visual and spatial perception; pictures, shapes,  Art activities such as painting and play dough
interpretation and creation of images, 3D  Working with play money
visual images; pictorial space  Map reading and map making
imagination and expression;  Play a Pictionary-style game
understands relationship  Diagram sentences
between images and meanings,  Pack specific items into a suitcase or box so
and between space and effect they fit exactly
 Keep a bullet journal
 Use mind maps instead of traditional note-
 taking
perception of other people's  Working in small groups on a project
feelings; ability to relate to  Mentoring or teaching concepts to another
others; interpretation of human contact, student
behaviour & communications; communications  Conducting interviews
understands the relationships ,  Role-playing historical or literary situations
between people and their cooperation,  Team-building exercises
situations, including other teamwork  Cooperative or team video games
people  Board or card games that involve creating
alliances
self-awareness, personal  Keep a journal
cognisance, personal  Write an autobiography
objectivity, the capability to  Work independently
self-reflection,
understand oneself, one's  Write essays about which historical or literary
self-discovery
relationship to others and the figures they would want to be
world, and one's own need for,  Rewrite a story from their point of view
and reaction to change  Share how they'd be different if they were
from another culture
more in tune with nature and  Categorize species in the natural world
often interested in nurturing,  Collect items from nature
exploring the environment, and  Go on nature walks
learning about other species, An experience in  Math story problems featuring plants or
and subtle changes to their the natural world animals
environments.  Classroom pets
 Plant and maintain a community garden
 Host a community nature clean-up event