This document discusses various ways to develop and engage different types of intelligence as described by Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. It provides tips for verbal-linguistic, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic intelligence, such as telling stories, drawing, dancing, playing instruments, socializing, journaling, and exploring nature. The document emphasizes finding activities that appeal to students' diverse intelligences.

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6. Daydream:Daydream: It is essential for the creative
hemisphere of our brain.
It is not lack of concentration!It is not lack of concentration!
Dream:Dream: Try to catch your dreams, jot themjot them
downdown
 Play Creative GamesPlay Creative Games

7. Think of “Six impossible thingsThink of “Six impossible things
before breakfast”before breakfast”
Game of associations:Game of associations: Da VinciDa Vinci
said that we can find a connectionconnection between
two objects, regardless their nature

8. Entails the capacity to understand oneself, to appreciateto appreciate
one's feelings, fears and motivationsone's feelings, fears and motivations.
Talk to Yourself:Talk to Yourself: Watch your internal dialogsinternal dialogs
Be your BF (Best Friend):Be your BF (Best Friend): If you areIf you are
not, take care of yourself and be happy.not, take care of yourself and be happy.

9. Express your feelings:Express your feelings: Say “I love you”“I love you”
and “Thank you”and “Thank you” more often.
Silence:Silence: Take at least 10 minutes each day.at least 10 minutes each day. It is
worth it
Empower your MIEmpower your MI

10. It is concerned with the capacity to understand theto understand the
intentions, motivations and desires of other people.intentions, motivations and desires of other people.
Educators, salespeople, religious and political leaders,
all need a well-developed interpersonal
intelligence.

11. Remember thatRemember that each individual is importantimportant
and uniqueand unique
IntensifyIntensify your cultural agenda: Theaters andTheaters and
film librariesfilm libraries
Learn from the best:Learn from the best: Make a Mind MapMind Map
about the common traits of the top tenabout the common traits of the top ten
communicatorscommunicators
Listen more, speak lessListen more, speak less

12. Hold on…Hold on…
First:First:
Take a deep breath…Take a deep breath…
StopStop
Now:Now:
Sorry to interrupt, but…Sorry to interrupt, but…

13.  Felt stale,
 bored or…
 stuck for ideas while you're sitting at your desk?
Have you everHave you ever

14.  Fresh air...Fresh air... provides more oxygen to
the brain. It uses 21% of the body'sIt uses 21% of the body's
oxygen.oxygen.
 Animals, birds, plants andAnimals, birds, plants and
sceneryscenery may stir new ideas aboutnew ideas about
projects.projects.
 The mind relaxes in anThe mind relaxes in an
environment with less stressenvironment with less stress.
Stress actually shuts down the brain'sStress actually shuts down the brain's
capacitycapacity to reason and problem-solve.
 Movement...Movement... stimulates blood flowstimulates blood flow
to the brainto the brain, which enhances the oxygen
supply.

15. Spatial IntelligenceSpatial Intelligence
Are we lost? Women tend to describe directions as ‘rightAre we lost? Women tend to describe directions as ‘right
of’ and ‘left of’ landmarks, while men are better at readingof’ and ‘left of’ landmarks, while men are better at reading
maps, a study foundsmaps, a study founds

16. Spatial IntelligenceSpatial Intelligence
Involves the potential to recognize and use
the patterns of wide space and morethe patterns of wide space and more
confined areasconfined areas
Scribble, draw, design web pagesScribble, draw, design web pages
Design rooms, make cards, createDesign rooms, make cards, create
logos, map outlogos, map out
routes, mind mappingroutes, mind mapping
Play poolPlay pool
And dance too!And dance too!

17. More tipsMore tips
Men:Men: Do not stop playingDo not stop playing
videogamesvideogames
And women please,And women please,

19. Have you ever
used music at
work to jack up
productivity or
change your
mood?
Some rhythms.Some rhythms.
such as baroque,such as baroque,
induce enzymes ininduce enzymes in
the brain and addthe brain and add
amazing wellamazing well
being and focus. being and focus.
Other tunes leaveOther tunes leave
you punchy … andyou punchy … and
unable to focusunable to focus.
According to Howard Gardner, musical intelligenceAccording to Howard Gardner, musical intelligence
runs in an almost structural parallel to linguisticruns in an almost structural parallel to linguistic

20. Gregorian chant creates quiet in our minds and can reduce stress.
Slower Baroque music, such as Bach, Handel,Vivaldi or Corelli, can create mentally
stimulating environments for creativity and new innovations.
Classical music, such as Haydn and Mozart, often improves concentration and
memory when played in the background.
Romantic music, such as Schubert, Schumann,Tchaikovsky , Chopin and Liszt,
enhances our senses and increases a sense of sympathy and love.
Impressionist music, such as Debussy, Faure and Ravel, can unlock dreamlike images
that put us in touch with our unconscious thoughts and belief systems.
Jazz, blues, soul or calypso music can uplift and inspire us, releasing deep joy or
even deep sadness, conveying wit and affirming our common humanity.
Salsa, rhumba, merengue and any form of South American music sets our hearts
racing, gets us moving, both relaxing us and awakening us at the same time.
Big band,Top 40 and country music engage our emotions and comfort us.
Rock music, from Elvis Presley to the Rolling Stones, stirs passion and activity, and so
can release daily tensions. Rock can also mask pain and cover up unpleasant noises. It
also has the power to create dissonance, stress or physical pain if we are not in the
mood for energizing.
Ambient or New Age music such as Stephen Halpern and Brian Eno has no
dominant rhythm, so it elongates the sense of space and time, inducing a state of
relaxed alertness.
Heavy metal and hip-hop music excites our nervous system, and sometimes leads
us into acting out dynamic behavior and self-expression.
Psychologist Don Campbell’s list

21. BODILY-KINESTHETIC
INTELLIGENCE
Entails the potential of using one's wholeone's whole
body or parts of the body to solve problems.body or parts of the body to solve problems.
It is the ability to use mental abilities to
coordinate bodily movements.
Play sports, enjoyPlay sports, enjoy
movement,movement, walk on tours,walk on tours,
notice body languagenotice body language
Swim regularly, playSwim regularly, play
basketball, or do pilatesbasketball, or do pilates
to get your heart beating fast.
Girls, listen up:
“A new study confirms
that exercise can
reverse the age-
related decline in the
production of neural
stem cellsstem cells in the
hippocampus of the
brain”
It makes us
younger!

22. How do you ensure all of your students'How do you ensure all of your students'
intelligences are being tapped? Here is a list ofintelligences are being tapped? Here is a list of
activities that speak to each intelligenceactivities that speak to each intelligence.

23. Verbal-LinguisticVerbal-Linguistic Visual-SpatialVisual-Spatial Bodily-KinestheticBodily-Kinesthetic
•Choral speakingChoral speaking
•DeclarizingDeclarizing
•StorytellingStorytelling
•RetellingRetelling
•SpeakingSpeaking
•DebatingDebating
•PresentingPresenting
•Reading aloudReading aloud
•DramatizingDramatizing
•Book makingBook making
•Nonfiction readingNonfiction reading
•ResearchingResearching
•ListeningListening
•Process writingProcess writing
•GraphingGraphing
•PhotographingPhotographing
•Making visual metaphorsMaking visual metaphors
•Making visual analogiesMaking visual analogies
•Mapping storiesMapping stories
•Making 3D projectsMaking 3D projects
•PaintingPainting
•IllustratingIllustrating
•Using chartsUsing charts
•Using organizersUsing organizers
•VisualizingVisualizing
•SketchingSketching
•PatterningPatterning
•Visual puzzlesVisual puzzles
•Hands on experimentsHands on experiments
•ActivitiesActivities
•Changing roomChanging room
arrangementarrangement
•Creative movementCreative movement
•Going on field tripsGoing on field trips
•Physical educationPhysical education
activitiesactivities
•CraftsCrafts
•DramatizingDramatizing
•Using cooperative groupsUsing cooperative groups
•DancingDancing

24. MusicalMusical InterpersonalInterpersonal IntrapersonalIntrapersonal NaturalisticNaturalistic
•Humming
•Rapping
•Playing
background music
•Playing
instruments
•Tapping out poetic
rhythms
•Rhyming
•Singing
•Classroom parties
•Peer editing
•Cooperative
learning
•Sharing
•Group work
•Forming clubs
•Peer teaching
•Social awareness
•Conflict mediation
•Discussing
•Cross age tutoring
•Study group
•Brainstorming
•Personal response
•Individual study
•Personal goal
setting
•Individual projects
•Journal log
keeping
•Personal choice in
projects
•Independent
reading
•Reading outside
•Cloud watching
•Identifying insects
•Building habitats
•Identifying plants
•Using a
microscope
•Dissecting
•Going on a nature
walk
•Build a garden
•Studying the stars
•Bird watching
•Collecting rocks
•Making bird
feeders
•Going to the zoo

26. References
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Barcelona: Ediciones Urano.
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http://lateralaction.com/articles/multiple-intelligences/ [Consulta: 2010, Junio
26]
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Significativo [Artículo en línea] Disponible:
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm [Consulta: 2010, Junio 26]
• Weber, E. The Brain on Music. [Artículo en línea]. Disponible:
http://www.brainleadersandlearners.com/multiple-intelligences/musical/the-
brain-on-music/ [Consulta: 2010, Junio 26]
•http://www.teachervision.fen.com/intelligence/teaching-methods/2204.html
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worse-reading-maps-misplaced-keys.html