Multiple Intelligence Survey

 (Adapted from Ms. Quintero's - Thanks)

     Linguistic Intellingence

Does your child:

●Enjoy listening to other people talking?

●Get annoyed with people who use improper English?  For example, He don’t know the answer.

●Like to learn new words?

●Give good directions to others so they understand.

●Like to tell stories?

●Enjoy reading books?

●Have a good memory of names, dates, and trivia?

If this sounds familiar, then your child might someday write a bestseller or become fluent in several languages.

Logical- Mathematical Intelligence

Does your child:

●Enjoy math class?

●Likes to work with computers or calculators?

●Easily ads numbers in his head?

●Enjoys doing science experiments?

●Asks a lot of questions about how things work?

●Enjoys chess, checkers, or strategy games?

If so, perhaps your child could one day design sky-scrapers or program computers.

Spatial Intelligence

Does your child:

●Prefer to draw pictures rather than tell stories?

●Find his/her way around a place easily?

●Like to take things apart and then try to figure out how to put them back together?

●Read maps, charts, or diagrams more easily than text?

●Daydream more than peers?

●Build interesting three-dimensional constructions (like LEGO buildings)?

●doodle a lot on notebooks?

If this is your child, then he/she could grow up to paint a masterpiece.

Body-Kinesthetic Intelligence

Does your child:

●Find activities like riding a bicycle, skating, or walking on a balance beam easy?

●Use a lot of hand gestures and body movement when talking to friends?

●Run, swim, and exercise without getting tired?

●Learn to play new sports easily and quickly?

●Like to touch something she has just seen?

●Report different physical sensations while thinking or working?

●Cleverly mimic other people’s gestures or mannerisms?

●Move, tap, or fidget while seated for a long time in one spot?

If yes, then your child could develop into an expert skier or someone who amuses her friends with hilarious impersonations.

Musical Intelligence

Does your child:

●Enjoy playing a musical instrument?

●Listen to music a lot?

●Hum or sing a lot?

●Cheer herself/himself up with songs when she/he is sad?

●Tell you when music sounds off-key?

●Have a good singing voice?

●Remember the melodies of songs?

If this is your child, then she/he may one conduct a symphony.

Interpersonal Intelligence

Does your child:

●Like to play with other kids?

●Understand how friends are feeling by looking at their faces?

●Have two or more close friends?

●Give advice to friends who have problems?

●Have a good sense of empathy or concern for others?

●Seem to be street smart?

●Seem to be a natural leader on teams?

If you answered yes to most of these, your child might become someone’s favorite teacher or the CEO of a big company.

Intrapersonal Intelligence

Does your child:

●Often need a quiet place to work or just be alone?

●Like to make collections of things that have special meaning to her/him?

●Remember their dreams?

●Display a sense of independence or strong will?

●Have a realistic sense of their strengths and weaknesses?

●Have an interest or hobby that she doesn’t talk much about?

●Accurately express how she is feeling?

Sound familiar?  Then your child could someday write great poetry or resist negative peer pressure and do the right thing for him or herself.

Naturalist

  Does your child:

●Enjoy collecting bugs, flowers, or rocks?

●Like to closely examine what she finds in nature?

●Keep detailed records of her observations of nature?

●Like to watch natural phenomena like the moon?

●Becomes fascinated with one particular thing from nature and wants to learn about it thoroughly?

●Want to become a geologist, biologist, or some other type of scientist?

If your answer is yes, then your child could become an expert on paleontology or discover new ways to save the whales.

A Special thanks to Ms. Quintero  for this information.