Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id MAA16840; Sun, 9 May 1999 12:59:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 12:59:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199905091707.NAA24922@oxford.megalink.net> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "The Cornwell's" <cornwell@megalink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:92] Playdough X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Status: OR Mary, You may not need to be that creative. A person with strong spatial intelligence will naturally gravitate toward playdough, crayons, legos, potato chips, tape measures, boxes or beads (maybe not all but certainly some). Try bringing unorthodox materials into class that might stimulate a variety of intelligences (a tape player, video camera, musical instrument, pictures, crackers, ear of corn, live animal, whatever) and see what happens. Say, "show me what you know about.... Use anything in the room you want." You could even come right out and ask, "What does this have to do with math? (or English or the price of apples). You might be surpirsed at the answers. Your students probably already possess the creativity. You'll just need enough knowledge of the subject matter to provide a rough sense of direction. Some of my favorite lessons have happened when I've brought interesting materials into class with only a rough idea of how they might be useful. Betsy Cornwell
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