Multiple Intelligences

 

We have chosen Brown Bear’s book to work Multimple Intelligences. The autor is Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle.

Our activities are designed for 5 year-old children. The book seems to be easy but the activities are more appropriate for the mentioned age.

This book works the order of questions in English, animals and colours.

 

ACTIVITIES:

 

- VISUAL

 

LOOKING FOR THINGS

To develop the visual intelligence, we are going to play. The teacher says a color and children have to look for something with that color quickly.

 

 

- INTRAPERSONAL

MY FAVOURITE ANIMAL

Children have to think what is their favourite animal. Then, they will explain why they have chosen that animal. Finally they will describe it at class.

 

- MUSICAL

MUSICAL VIDEO

To develop musical intelligence we can show children a video with Brown bear’s story. This video is excellent because the story is told singing.

Then, children can sing the song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek7j3huAApc

 

 

-  INTERPERSONAL

 

PECULIAR ANIMALS

Children have to work in groups of 4 to create a peculiar animal. They will draw their own animal with colours and a piece of paper. Then they have to shape it with modelling clay.

Finally, all the groups show and explain their classmates their peculiar animal.

 

- BODILY

 

ANIMALS MASKS

Children have to create animal masks using cardboards, papers, crayons, etc. When the masks are finished, the children will dance with their own animal mask, and they can acting out each animal’s sound and/or action (a kangaroo can jumping, a tiger can running, etc.)

 

- LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL

REMEMBER THE ORDER

The animals in Brown’s Bear book appear in a particular sequence. Children have  to remember the order of appearance of each animal. Then, they can playing in pairs saying an animal, and the partner have to say what animals appear in the book later.

 

 

- VERBAL-LINGUISTIC

 

DREAMING CHILD…WHAT DO YOU SEE?

After reading all the Brown Bear’s book, reread the last line in Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?: “Dreaming Child, Dreaming Child, what do you see?” Ask the children what they see in their dreams. Continue the book by having each child complete the sentence: I see ________.

 

 

 

- NATURALIST

 

CREATE OUR OWN BOOK

Children have to create their own version about book zoo animals. They describe other animals found at a zoo (giraffe, gorilla, tiger…). Children can work in pairs or individually. Distribute a piece of paper to each group for draw an animal of the zoo. When each group have chosen an animal and they have  worked at it, the teacher board all the works and we will have our own animals' book!