There are eight category of multiple intelligences. They are: LINGUISTIC, LOGICAL-MATH, MUSICAL, VISUAL-SPATIAL, BODILY-KINESTHETIC, INTRAPERSONAL, INTERPERSONAL and NATURALIST.
LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE CHARACTERISTICS AND MANIFESTATION:
- A love for the sound and rhytm of language.
- Avid use of descriptive language
- Exceptionallly animated storytelling skills
- A vast vocabulary
- The ability to memorize text easily
- A ready grasp of the subtleties of grammar and meaning
- Spelling skills
- Facility in the use of figures of speech
How to enhance your child's linguistic intelligence?
Children who manifest this type of intelligence should be allowed regularly servings of ALPHABET SOUP:
Attend a speakers' or toastmasters club
Listen to audio recordings of literary pieces by great speakers
Play word games
Have a regular storytelling time with friends or loved ones.
Actively use one new word in conversation everyday
Be a member in a book club
Educate iothers by teaching them to read
Tape casual or formal speech and listen to the playback.
Study and read the editorial pages of the newspaper daily.
Observe unfamiliar words encountered while reading and lookup btheir definitions in the dictionary.
Update knowledge through regular visits to the library pr bookstore
Participate in a book club.
Special thanks and Courtesy from : Henry S. Tenedero who is the Author of Cooking Up a Creative Genius, 2009
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