Linguistic/Verbal

Talent with words and language. Learning style may be written or auditory.

Strengths: Writing, reading, memorizing dates, thinking in words, telling stories

Preferences: Write, read, tell stories, talk, memorize, work at solving puzzles, learning languages.

Learns best through:  Hearing and seeing words, writing, taking notes, going to lectures, discussion.

Needs:  Books, tapes, paper diaries, writing tools, dialogue, discussion, debated, stories, etc.

Products: magazines, lab work, field trips, collections, dramatic reading, speeches, mnemonics, word games, films, interviews, debates, panel discussions, written or oral reports, explaining to others.

Logical-mathematical

Attracted to logic and reasoning. They are good at investigation and scientific processes. They learn best by logic.  They are good at strategy games, enjoy science experiences, categorizing, finding out how things work.

Strengths: Math, logic, problem-solving, reasoning, patterns

Preferences: Question, work with numbers, experiment, solve problems

Learns best through:  Working with relationships and patterns, classifying, categorizing, working with the abstract

Needs:  Things to think about and explore, science materials, manipulative, trips to the planetarium and science museum, etc.

Products: puzzles, calculators, games, patterns and their relationships, research, mathematical operations, categorizing facts and information, analogies, time lines, outlines, matrices, computer programming.

Spatial or Visual

Artistic, good at remembering images, great sense of direction and can read maps.  Learn best through images and visual aids.  They are good at solving visual puzzles, geometry problems, likes books with pictures, producing art.

Strengths :Maps, reading charts, drawing, mazes, puzzles, imagining things, visualization

Preferences: Draw, build, design, create, daydream, look at pictures

Learns best through:  Working with pictures and colors, visualizing, using the mind's eye, drawing

Needs:  LEGOs, video, movies, slides, art, imagination games, mazes, puzzles, illustrated book, trips to art museums, etc.

Products: Art, analogies, posters, charts, graphics, illustrations, demonstrations, computer graphics, maps, gaphs, cartoons, diagrams, graphic organizers.

Musical

They love music, appreciate rhythm and composition. They may compose, sing and/or play instrument(s). They are also able to recognize sounds, tones and rhythm, they have a "good ear" for music. They learn best through lectures and often use rhythm and music as a way to memorize things.

Strengths: Picking up sounds, remembering melodies, rhythms, singing

Preferences: Sing, play an instrument, listen to music, hum

Learns best through:  Rhythm, singing, melody, listening to music and melodies

Needs:  Sing-along time, trips to concerts, music playing at home and school, musical instruments, etc.

Products: Songs, raps, cheers jingles, poems, choral readings; rhythmic sounds and patterns, moving to the beat; using music in projects.

Bodily-kinesthetic

Enjoy movement in the form of sports or dance.  They have good motor skills and are very aware of their bodies. They may be good at building things. They learn best through movement and experimentation. Would rather touch or manipulate than just look. Prefers not to sit still for too long and may also like the outdoors.

Strengths: Athletics, dancing, crafts, using tools, acting

Preferences: Move around, touch and talk, body language

Learns best through:  Touching, moving, knowledge through bodily sensations, processing

Needs:  Role-play, drama, things to build, movement, sports and physical games, tactile experiences, hands-on learning, etc.

Products: Smulations, interviews, projects, creating things, making collections.

Interpersonal

 Good with people and thrive in social interactions. They are good at reading, empathize and understanding others. They are good at working with others and have many friends. They learn best through interaction (group work, class discussion) and dialogue.  They may enjoy helping and teaching others.

Strengths: Leading, organizing, understanding people, communicating, resolving conflicts, selling

Preferences: Talk to people, have friends, join groups

Learns best through:  Comparing, relating, sharing, interviewing, cooperating

Needs:  Friends, group games, social gatherings, community events, clubs, mentors/ apprenticeships, etc.

Products: video, film, jigsaw, e-mail, group activities, collages, comic strips, songs, poems, graphic organizers such as the Web and Venn diagrams.

Intrapersonal

Good at looking inward and figuring out their own feelings, motivations and goals. They are introspective and seek understanding. They are intuitive and typically introverted. They learn best independently and may enjoy journaling. May be perfectionist.

Strengths: Recognizing strengths and weaknesses, setting goals, understanding self

Preferences: Work alone, reflect pursue interests

Learns best through:  Working alone, having space, reflecting, doing self-paced projects

Needs:  Secret places, time alone, self-paced projects, choices, etc.

Products: problems to solve, setting goals, journals, reflections.

Naturalist

 Relate to our surroundings, particularly a sensitivity to and appreciation for nature. Gifted at nurturing and growing things as well as the ability to care for and interact with animals. They can easily distinguish patterns in nature.

Strengths: Understanding nature, making distinctions, identifying flora and fauna

Preferences: Be involved with nature, make distinctions

Learns best through:  Working in nature, exploring living things, learning about plants and natural events

Needs:  Order, same/different, connections to real life and science issues, patterns

Products: observing, collecting data or objects from the natural world, experiments, classifying information about plants and animals, using microscopes or telescopes, wildlife protection projects.

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