BODILY KINESTHETIC INTELLIGENCE

Howard Gardner and his theory

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence• "Expertise in using one's

whole body to express ideas and feelings and facility in using one's hands to produce or transform things. This intelligence includes specific physical skills such as coordination, balance, dexterity, strength, flexibility, and speed, as well as proprioceptive, tactile, and haptic capacities."

Qualities of the Bodily Kinesthetically Blessed• Control of one’s own bodily motions• Capacity to handle objects skillfully• Sense of timing• A clear sense of the goal of physical action• Ability to train responses so they seem like reflexes• High degree of fine-motor control• Gift for using whole body motions

Qualities, continued . . .

• Coordination

• Balance

• Strength

• Dexterity

• Flexibility

• Speed

• Agility

• "A sound mind in a sound body. Mens sana in corpore sano."

Who are these people?• Dancer• Mime• Athlete• Inventor• Actor• Architect• Clothes

designer• Craftsperson• Sculptor• Mechanic• Acrobat

More Occupations . . .• Surgeon• Artisan• Choreographer• Sign Language Teacher• Sign Language

Interpreter• Teacher• Model• Aerobics instructor• Carpenter• Clown• Coach

More Occupations (good grief!!)

• Commercial artist• Construction• Drama coach• Engineer• Equestrian• Farmer• Forest ranger• Inventor• Jeweler• Jockey• Juggler

And even more . . . • Magician• Mason• Massage therapist• Physical Therapist• Occupational

Therapist• PE teacher• Pianist• Rodeo rider• Stunt person• Swimming coach

Vaslav Nijinsky

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Jim Abbott

Marlee Matlin

Jim Carrey

Bruce Lee

Joe Montana

Babe Ruth

Auguste Rodin

Tiger Woods

Michael Jordan

David Copperfield

Marcel Marceau

Charlie Chaplin

Harry Houdini

Chris Farley

Harry Potter