These last 4 weeks will be finishing up our structured school (texts and workbooks) and doing out Multiple Intelligence. Here is some more info on multiple intelligence and what I have on our chart.

This is the book I  read - In Their Own Way : Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences by Thomas Armstrong This author has lots of books on the subject. It’s similar to learning styles but not quite. It’s about different kids have different kids of ‘smarts’. It lists 8 types. Spacial, auditory/music, self, people(interpersonal), nature, body (kinesthetic), math, language. It gives ideas how to teach anything to any child to speak to their ‘type of intelligence’. It’s not just really learning style as much as cognative understanding, I guess. So if your child’s ‘smarts’ are language and auditory and math is their lowest MI type, how do you teach them math concepts?  I can usually think of math, language, art, music, special, etc… but Ki’s strongest is People (interpersonal) and that is my weakest. I needed help teaching to this type of intelligence. I learned a lot. The book also makes sure to mention that: A- all lids have all types of intellegences, some just have more of one type or less of 1 type. And B- you should always teach ALL types to any child no matter what their strength is (but some kids need you to jump start in their main area, esp if that area hasn’t been taught to like they need) The more intelligence types you use, the better they ALL get and the better they work together. (and the more neuron connections are made)

Here are the activities I have planned for using MI around a theme (skatepark) this month:

Language	Math
1. learn different terms	1. count the number of
a.)   for actions,	(certain action/person) that happens
tricks,	or pass in a specific amount of time.
obstacles,	e.i. : how many falls can you count in
and equiptment	5 minutes?
	e.i.  : How many times does that boy
	in the red shirt go down a ramp …?
2. write a descriptive paper, explaining	~~~for some things (like anyone falling
different moves and how to do them.	or total number of jumps) you can take
(use terms)	3 different recordings then find the
	average, then multiply by minutes in
3. write a paper through the eyes of	hour to get estimate of how often
skater, talking about their	per hour.
skate experience.
	2. surveys:
4.  WRITE A PAPER through the eyes	ideas: When did you start skating?
of the skateboard/inline skates.	1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 20+
	make a chart, find percentages.
5. read about skating or skaters.
	3. Graph making with facts from
	other categories.

Body	Nature
1. try using the different items	1.  What in nature is like the
like rollerblades, scooter, skateboard)	skate park?
go around and try different things.	{otters sliding? Maybe it reminds
	your chiild of dragonflies darting?)
learn a new trick
practice a current one	2.make the following observations
	~ changes with weather
pantamine a great board trick	~different animals
(using your body, but no board)	~dicipher tracks
	(is it from a scooter? Skateboard?
Use your body to make measurements	etc….)
"How many arm spans is the ramp?"	~different flowers.
Play a version of "Mother May I?"	3. take photos of different things
making use of the ramps and stairs	in nature at the skate park
	learn their names and a couple
	facts about them.
	Do they serve a purpose? Do they have
	certain growing requirements that
	make them ideal for that area?

People	Self
1. hand out waterbottles to the skaters	this concept will be interspersonal
& ask them about skating.	among the other concept  often.
{make a list of uestions beforehand}
	1. making a goal and practicing.
2. Choose a famous Skateboarder to	2. timing yourself
Study. Use Pentawebs	3. making choices for yourself
	in the other areas of this lesson
3. gather info- 2-3 days a week for a	4. Design/make a skating outfit
month- chart the different states	5. Design your own skateboard décor
represented at our skate park. Where do
they skater come from?	How would you improve our skatpark?

Auditory/music	Spacial
1. close your eyes and listen to the	1. Take 5-6 different pictures of
different sounds. Write down what	different areas of the skatepark.
your brain sees when you hear them.	descibe the different activities
2. can you decipher between skates,	that can be done in each area. Tell
scooters, boards by the sounds?	why some areas are spefic to different
3. Make up songs that make you think	activities.
think of skating (like The Flight of the	2. Draw or Paint a picture of something
Bublbee makes  you think of a bee)	you enjoy at the skate park.
	3. make a photo collage of different
	doing differnet things at the park
	(ask permission first)
	4. Make a movie!
	5. make a large model (to scale).
	6. Make a diorama