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Intrapersonal intelligence

(Self smart) Is strong in:

Meeting personal goals and understanding one’s feelings, values, beliefs, motivations and thinking processes

Learns best through:

Thinking and working quietly, being introspective and undertaking self-paced independent projects

Activities:

•Make a space in your home for your child to create a special place just for “me time”, such as an indoor tent.

•Encourage your child to create a journal using words or pictures. •Ask your child to identify the foods he likes and dislikes, and what, in particular, makes him feel that way.

•Encourage your child to create a collage using photos of himself at different stages of growth and pictures/stickers of things that he enjoys.

•Ask him to imagine having a super power. What would it be and how would he use it? •Give your child ample time to read or play independently. •Ask your child to evaluate his homework. Why does he think he did a good job? How could he improve his work?

•Assist your child in creating his own chore list, prioritising each of the tasks.

Interpersonal intelligence

(People smart) Is strong in:

Teamwork, communicating and empathising with others

Learns best through:

Working in groups, interacting with others and sharing ideas

Activities:

•Ask your child to perform a puppet show for friends or family.

•Make playdates for your child. •Sign your child up for interest classes.

•Discover the benefts of cross-age tutoring.

•Let your child explain to you what she learned at school that day.

•Talk with your child about her friends and what she likes about them.

•Encourage your child to create a radio programme, design a newspaper advertisement or bumper sticker.

•Teach your child how to share and take turns through playing games.

•Ask your child to create a mural with a group of friends. •Participate together in a volunteer activity.

Naturalistic intelligence

(Nature smart) Is strong in:

Understanding the natural world, fnding patterns and relationships in nature and recognising plants, animals and objects found in nature

Learns best through:

Observing and exploring the natural environment and exploring the outdoors

Activities:

•Go on nature walks together and collect or photograph natural objects, such as rocks or leaves. •Take your child to the zoo and observe the behaviour and appearance of animals, and then discuss why they might look the way they do. •Encourage your child to collect bugs or make a worm farm. •Provide an opportunity for your child to learn how to care for pets. •Involve your child in recycling household trash.

•Encourage your child to use a magnifying glass to observe characteristics of items found in nature.

•Plant seeds together and watch them grow.

•Encourage your child to make a pet rock.

•Encourage your child to look up at the sky and create pictures from clouds.

•Play a CD of nature sounds and listen together.

Visual-spatial intelligence

(Picture smart) Is strong in:

Seeing the physical world and translating it into new forms, art, remembering information by seeing it, reading maps and creating complex mental images

Learns best through:

Visualising ideas, constructing models and using graphs, pictures and photos

Activities:

•Encourage your child to make a scrapbook with photographs, magazine pictures, etc. •Design a board game together. •Provide materials for him to colour, draw, paint, sculpt and build.

•Explore together the use of charts, graphs, models, diagrams and multimedia. •Encourage your child to design a treasure map or make a puzzle. •Ask your child to make a worksheet about the topic he is learning about at school. •Show your child a famous painting, such as the Mona Lisa , and ask him what he thinks about it.

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