2 – parents become work or education ready 8 - parents advocate for self and child
K – Parents recognize their own intelligence/strengths
Parents are able to identify their child’s intelligence/strengths S – Parents are able to teach in the way their child is smart
A – Parents understand that their child may not be the same kind of smart as they are but that their child has his/her own kind of smart and that each type of intelligence is equally valuable

A. PARENT LEARNING

Opening Activity

• Welcome
• Penny Toss. Give each parent 10 pennies and ask each person in the group to share something that they have never done (e.g. go to Disneyland). Anyone in the group who has not done that activity must toss one of their pennies into the centre of the group. The idea is to see who can last the longest. Discussion: What is something you learned about someone in this group? Why is it important to know something about the people you work with?

Review

• Review Factors that Affect Learning
• Parent as a Role Model – Key message #3

Introduce Topics
Multiple Intelligences

Multiple Intelligences
Multiple Intelligences means that people are smart in different ways. According to Howard Gardner, we are all smart. In the past, children were thought of as “smart” if they could read, write and do math. We now recognize that there are nine different multiple intelligences. You need to ask yourself, “How are you smart?” not “How smart are you?”

Recognizing and valuing children’s many forms of intelligence will enable them to reach their potential in many areas of learning throughout their lives. If they are struggling with a concept, providing them with the opportunity to learn in their preferred methods of learning or their strengths, may help them to learn the difficult concept. If they have been provided with and have tried out various ways of learning, they will have confidence to take learning risks throughout their lives. They will find that they are naturally better at some things than others.