Dianna Lincoln Nora Thompson BreAnna Watson Heather Anderson Musical The capacity to discriminate musical pitches, to hear musical themes, and to sense rhythm, timbre, and texture. Characteristics Good singer, creator of original songs or musical pieces: Musician, composer, director. Elementary Years Children learn best by imple- menting music into their lear- ning: A B C - Alphabet Song Days of the week Colors Months of the year Rocks, Layers of the Earth Naturalistic Ability to understand nature, making distinctions, identifying flora and fauna. Learns Best Through: Working in nature, exploring things, learning about plants and natural events. Related Roles: Gardeners Landscaping Veterinarian Classroom Application Spatial/Visual The capacity to create, manipulate, and represent spatial configurations. Related Child and Adult Roles Creative builder Sculptor Artist Skilled assembler of models: Architect Talented chess player Mechanic navigator In the classroom: Geography: Make maps out of clay English: Play Pictionary with vocabulary words Math: Do a survey of students likes/dislikes and graph the results. Interpersonal The ability to understand others actions, emotions, and intents and to act effectively in response to verbal and nonverbal behaviors of others. Characteristics Child organizer or orchestrator, child leader, or a very social child: Teacher Therapist political social leader In the classroom History: Role-play/conversation with historical figure. English: Analyze story/poetry as a group. Math: Solve complex story problems in groups- Describe how to solve problem to a partner. Intrapersonal The capacity to understand well and respond to ones own thoughts, desires, feelings, and emotions. Recognizing: A sensitive child A resilient child An optimistic child Social worker Therapist Hospice worker Counselor In the classroom Elementary Years: Teacher Role Secondary Years: Group discussions Depth of thought Coaching others Linguistic The capability to express oneself in spoken or written language with great facility. They are: Superb storytellers Creative writers Inventive speakers Novelists Lyricist Lawyer In the classroom Elementary Years Reading Journal entries Question of the day Storytelling festival Poetry contest Publish their book Secondary Years: Written/oral reports Political debates Role playing Logical-mathematical The ability to reason inductively and deductively and to complete complex computations. Characteristics: Thorough counter Calculator Notation maker Symbol user Mathematician Physicist Computer scientist Bodily-kinesthetic The ability to perform various complex tasks or activities with ones body or part of the body. Characteristics: Skilled playground game player Emerging athlete or dancer Surgeon Dancer Professional athlete