This is the 5th post in the series I am doing on the Multiple Intelligences or 8 Great Smarts. You can find the first four posts here: Nature-Smart Kid ,Word-Smart Kid, Logic-Smart Kid, and Picture-Smart Kid
For an overview of ALL the multiple intelligences, make sure to check out this post: Multiple Intelligences: Discovering the Way Your Child is Smart.
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This post is all about the music-smart kid. I especially enjoyed learning more about this “smart” as we have a few people in our family who have this as one of their top smarts!
What A Music-Smart Kid Looks Like:
- Thinks with rhythm and melodies
- They make music when they’re excited.
- They recognize music in everyday sounds.
- Likes to compose or make up their own jingles.
- Taps their fingers to the beat of the song.
- Can play one or more instruments.
- Likes to have music playing in the background.
- Might be interested in many different types of music.
- May do well with memorizing of vocabulary words or math facts.
Possible Careers for a Music-Smart Kid:
- Composer
- Music teacher
- Worship pastor
- Music therapist
- Advertiser
- Piano tuner
- Sound engineer
- Website/video designer
How You Can Nurture Music-Smart Kids:
- Invest in music lessons.
- Have them play/sing for nursing home residents or at church.
- Don’t overly critique their practicing or performances.
- Attend their performances.
- Go to concerts with them.
- Play and talk about a variety of music styles.
- Play music in the background.
- Buy soundtracks to their favorite movies.
- Tie into history by playing music from whatever time in history you’re learning about.
- Listen to music with them and ask why they like the music they do.
- If they tend towards perfectionism, help them understand that mistakes are part of the process.
Games/Resources for Music-Smart Kids:
