Key Stage 1-Key Stage 1- Interest Centres Interest Centres providing opportunities to explore

multiple intelligences

Linguistic Logical Spatial Musical Naturalist Bodily Kinesthetic Inter Personal Intra Personal

PurposePurpose

Dr. Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences believes that it is important to encourage children to explore and exercise all of their intelligences.

Providing a learning environment for the student to explore and exercise all the intelligences

helps the teacher identify strengths and proclivities of the students for a certain intelligence

Verbal/ linguistic IntelligenceVerbal/ linguistic Intelligence

Involves reading, writing, speaking and conversing in one’s own or foreign languages.

Exercise through reading interesting books, playing word board games

Listening to recordings Participating in

conversation and discussions

Logical and Mathematical Logical and Mathematical IntelligenceIntelligence

• Involves number and computing skills

• Recognizing patterns and relationships

• Problem solving using logic

• Classifying and sequencing

• Playing number and logic games

• Solving puzzles

Visual / Spatial IntelligenceVisual / Spatial Intelligence

• Involves visual perception of the environment.

• The ability to create and manipulate mental images.

• Orientation of the body in space.

• Sharpening observation skills

• Solving mazes

Bodily Kinesthetic IntelligenceBodily Kinesthetic Intelligence

• Involves physical coordination and dexterity

• Using fine and gross motor skills

• Expressing oneself through physical activities

• Dancing

• Playing various active sports and games

• Participating in fantasy or make- believe play

Musical intelligenceMusical intelligence

Involves understanding Involves understanding and expressing oneself and expressing oneself through music and through music and rhythmic movementsrhythmic movements

Composing, playing or Composing, playing or conducting musicconducting music

Listening to a variety of Listening to a variety of recordingsrecordings

Engaging in rhythmic Engaging in rhythmic games and activitiesgames and activities

Singing, dancing and/or Singing, dancing and/or playing various musical playing various musical instrumentsinstruments

Naturalist IntelligenceNaturalist Intelligence

Involves understanding the natural world of plants and animals

Noticing the characteristics

Categorizing them Involves keen

observation Exercised by exploring

nature, making collections of

objects, studying them and

grouping them

Process :Process :

The teachers with the inclination towards an intelligence select to be in that particular interest center – Choice and voice for teachers too!!

The centers work once a week for 2 hour period. The students are engaged in activity of each center for a

month The centers have vertical grouping system – opportunity for

interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence The teacher observes and records student interest in all the

sessions and at the end of 4 sessions provides with the inferences and strategies to enable each student in their interest area

The last month is based on the student choice and inclination – choice and voice

The strategies are applied by the grade teacher to enhance and enable the students in various intelligences

For the For the TeacherTeacher : :

Student inclination towards an intelligence is visible and builtbuilt on

Plan for the different languages of learning within the classroom by the grade teacher based on the strategies provided by the interest center teacher

Plan in the interest center for opportunities to provide expert intervention and build background knowledge through visits

For the For the StudentStudent : :

Opportunities to explore the different intelligences

Develop an inclination towards one or more intelligences

Become aware of the different languages to showcase their understanding.

Apply the understanding of the different languages of learning in their presentations