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In a message dated 3/17/03 6:01:45 AM, dcannon@... writes:

<< We are
in the country and I am amazed at how much a kid who "hangs out
outside" picks up on that. We have a couple of acceptable
"track" books. Poop has just sorta come naturally. LOL. The
microscope is a fun toy. >>

I think some people could live there and not notice a thing.

Gardner's "seven intelligences" was expanded to eight with the addition of
something which would include what you've described about tracks and other
signs.

And then they (whoever "they" are <g>) added something about spirituality.

(Going to look... time passes for me but not much for you...)
[from here down isn't me, just quotes pulled from multiple intelligence sites:


Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart")

Naturalist intelligence allows people to distinguish among, classify, and use
features of the environment. Farmers, gardeners, botanists, geologists,
florists, and archaeologists all exhibit this intelligence, as do students
who can name and describe the features of every make of car around them.

In a recent article, "Are there additional intelligences?" Gardner examined
two more candidate intelligences, naturalist, and spiritual, but ended up
rejecting spiritual--at least for now--because it does not meet the eight
criteria named earlier. He is still amassing evidence for other suggested
intelligences. For example, existential intelligence--manifest in somebody
who is concerned with fundamental questions of existence--does not, as yet,
seem to meet all criteria. If decisions about intelligences are to be taken
seriously, Gardner believes, they must depend upon examination of the
available data. So at this point, one might say that the existential
intelligence is the "half" in the 8-1/2 intelligences.

Nora or Devereaux Cannon

That's an interesting perspective on it - I'm not sure what I
make' over all' of the "intelligences" concept. Like a lot of
labels it helps me think about angles on a question that might
otherwise escape me. I'll have to ponder it with this child.

It is certainly true that I have seen her from the time she could
walk doing things with the natural world that were not just
precocious, but astounding. She catches birds in her bare hands
without hurting them as if they were beads from a Mardis Gras
parade. Already (we are 3 weeks before typical last frost date)
I have had my first tick from a "come see" trip to a pet rotting
log; the 6 half shelves around the kitchen window are looking
back at me through the walls of netting covered Mason jars.

----- Original Message -----
From: <SandraDodd@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:21 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Naturalist intelligence (was
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|
| In a message dated 3/17/03 6:01:45 AM, dcannon@... writes:
|
| << We are
| in the country and I am amazed at how much a kid who "hangs out
| outside" picks up on that. We have a couple of acceptable
| "track" books. Poop has just sorta come naturally. LOL. The
| microscope is a fun toy. >>
|
| I think some people could live there and not notice a thing.
|
| Gardner's "seven intelligences" was expanded to eight with the
addition of
| something which would include what you've described about
tracks and other
| signs.
|
| And then they (whoever "they" are <g>) added something about
spirituality.
|
| (Going to look... time passes for me but not much for you...)
| [from here down isn't me, just quotes pulled from multiple
intelligence sites:
|
|
| Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart")
|
| Naturalist intelligence allows people to distinguish among,
classify, and use
| features of the environment. Farmers, gardeners, botanists,
geologists,
| florists, and archaeologists all exhibit this intelligence, as
do students
| who can name and describe the features of every make of car
around them.
|
| In a recent article, "Are there additional intelligences?"
Gardner examined
| two more candidate intelligences, naturalist, and spiritual,
but ended up
| rejecting spiritual--at least for now--because it does not meet
the eight
| criteria named earlier. He is still amassing evidence for other
suggested
| intelligences. For example, existential intelligence--manifest
in somebody
| who is concerned with fundamental questions of existence--does
not, as yet,
| seem to meet all criteria. If decisions about intelligences are
to be taken
| seriously, Gardner believes, they must depend upon examination
of the
| available data. So at this point, one might say that the
existential
| intelligence is the "half" in the 8-1/2 intelligences.
|
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In a message dated 3/17/03 7:43:27 PM, dcannon@... writes:

<< It is certainly true that I have seen her from the time she could
walk doing things with the natural world that were not just
precocious, but astounding. She catches birds in her bare hands
without hurting them as if they were beads from a Mardis Gras
parade. >>

Well don't just watch her. Watch other kids stumble through spider webs
without noticing, not knowing a bird's nest from a pile of trash swirled into
the corner by the wind, etc.

Sandra