Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire
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Linguistic Intelligence
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 that they understand the first time?
- Like to tell stories?
- Enjoy reading books?
- Have a good memory for names, dates, and trivia?
If this sounds familiar, then your child might someday write a bestseller or become fluent in four languages.
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
Does your child:
- Like to work with computers and calculators?
- Enjoy math class?
- Easily add numbers in her head?
- Enjoy doing science experiments?
- Ask a lot of questions about how things work?
- Enjoy chess, checkers, or other strategy games?
- Enjoy logic puzzles or brainteasers?
If so, then 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 her way around a new 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 she could grow up to paint a masterpiece or fix car engines.
Bodily-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.
