In the spirit of Harvard developmental psychologist, Howard Gardner, Summer Reading at St. Paul School seeks to engage all styles of learners!
Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences celebrates the fact that we all learn in many different ways. When students are given the opportunity to learn and create using the avenues that come naturally to them, they will thrive and grow to love learning in all of its forms.
Multiple Intelligence theory identifies 8 distinct intelligences. These are: visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist, linguistic, and logical-mathematical.
Using these intelligences as a guide, we have developed a menu of choices (below) that each student can use to pick a project that will demonstrate internalization and mastery of a summer reading book.
Here’s how it all works: