 Shalom and praise the Lord, everyone. Thank you for joining class, all our online students. Thank you for joining class. Very good morning to some of you. I think it's very early in the morning for you all, but thank you for joining class. And also to our one and only in-person student, Jefina. And also welcome to our e-learning students who will be listening to this lecture later on. So last Tuesday, we began looking at Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence. And he identifies eight distinct learning styles or intelligences. And according to Howard Gardner, this theory of multiple intelligence, he says that individuals have varying degrees of proficiency in each of these eight intelligences. And he says that while everyone can possess all of these eight intelligences to some extent, of course, there is some specific combinations and strengths of these intelligences which vary from person to person. So we will all have, you know, we can excel in certain intelligences while we can have an average or lower proficiency in other intelligences, or we can demonstrate an average or lower proficiency in other intelligences. But it's important that, you know, we recognize what are these distinct learning styles or intelligences and nurture these diverse talents and strengths in individuals across all of these eight intelligences. So we began studying and looking at, you can put it up, we began studying and looking at the first one which was the linguistic intelligence. And then, yeah, we look at logical or mathematical intelligence. Today we'll study the musical intelligences, spatial, bodily, kinesthetic, interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences. So before we look at all of them, we would just pause for a word of prayer. So can I ask any one of you to please lead us in prayer, please? Anyone? Shall we pray? Dear Heavenly Father, I want to thank you this morning for giving us opportunity to witness these wonderful days to learn at your feet. Thank you for every so present here. Thank you, Allah, for the children. Thank you for the school management. Thank you for everyone in our family. Be that glorified by the name of Jesus. Lord, we commit the teaching, the lecture into your hands. Lord, open our mind, open our brain, open everything that we may receive your word with transcribing. Thank you, my Father. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, success. So we looked at linguistic intelligences. We also looked at logical and mathematical intelligence. Last class, we'll look at musical intelligence. So what comes to your mind when you think about musical intelligences? Okay, they love songs, okay? There is ability to compose songs and anything related to music, like poems, like among others. Okay, thank you, Loubega. More inclined to music, musical skills, more sensitive and skilled in the area of music, okay? Playing instruments, thank you, Divya. Yes, so in this intelligence, you know, it basically relates to people who are sensitive and skilled in the area of music. You know, they have a strong musical sense, a keen sense of rhythm, melody, and tone as well. And they enjoy listening to music, playing instruments, and singing, okay? So you can see people, you know, when they are working, their headsets will be on and they will be listening to music and they will also at the same time be working. I don't know if you've noticed young people or children, even when they are studying, you know, even if they're preparing for the exams, their headsets will be on, they'll be listening to music, and at the same time they are studying. Have you noticed people like that? Anyone here who does the same? Okay, Jefina says she does, she listens to music and studies the same time or, you know, does some research. Anyone else here listens to music at the same time, can study, can work, can do things? Yes, I do. Okay, so you, Jefina and Saksas, have more of musical intelligence, okay? Subashish as well. Oh, Divya as well, okay, that's nice. Okay, Abu Bakr, quite a lot of you. For me, I just can't listen to music and can't work simultaneously. I need perfect silence. There should be absolutely no noise. I love it when it's very quiet. Even when people are talking or, you know, there's some distraction of noise around the surrounding areas, it really distracts me. I just have to have perfect silence. And I have, I know children who also, you know, listen to music and, oh, Divya says, okay, you listen to instrumental music. I can listen to instrumental music and music when I'm, you know, going for my evening walks or, you know, when I'm doing some chore at home, but when I have to use my mind to think or study or write or work, I can't do two things at the same time. So I know children who even study, you know, they write research papers, they are doing their project or they're studying for the exams and, you know, their headsets are on and they're listening to music. I just can't comprehend how they can manage it, but that is how God has wired them and created them. We're also different, okay? Yeah, so this musical intelligence, those who have this kind of learning, they enjoy listening to music, you know, playing instruments, they love singing. So what do you think can be the suggested activities in a children's church or, you know, or in Sunday school for those who are musically inclined or have this kind of learning? What do you think we can do for them? Any thoughts? Okay, so Jeffina is saying, you know, narrate the story to songs. So we have various songs which narrate narratives of the Bible, also memory verse, yes? Yes, Lubega? I really think we can mix in some songs when we are preparing our lessons and we can also put in some musical instruments if they are there and guide them, bring somebody who is also good in music to make sure that he plays music when they are there because depending on the age of learners, for instance, like when they are toddlers between three to five years, once those things are around there, we can see them selecting them and then we get to know that this is their style of learning or this is their intelligence. We also need to make sure that there is a holistic way of teaching them to make sure that anybody who loves music can easily be identified. But once such things aren't there, it's narrative linear to know, not knowing anything about them loving music. Thank you. Yes. Thank you, Lubega. Anyone else? Okay, so Jeffina says you can have... Jeffina, why don't you put on your microphone and speak so that everyone can hear you? Yeah. Hope you can hear me faster. I just said that music can also be an object lesson because I've seen some sermons where they compare the six strings of guitar, kind of something to the word of God, which even excites me. And I'm very sure it will definitely excite the kid. And in recent days, there are even like standard comedians who play music in the background and they keep narrating some things. But I think we should be really musically talented for that. But even that excites some kind of music going in the background and they just make it very like a fantasy kind of, they just bring them into that world of stories, just getting their attention. And even that would be a good suggestion for the children. Yes. Thank you, Jeffina. Anyone else? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Excuse me. To me, music powers me a lot spiritually. When I'm walking, for example, if I'm in the office, if I'm in church office, I'm studying my Bible, I listen to the music, I quickly connect to Heaven and the Spirit. That also subject to the type of music someone listening to. For example, if I'm studying my world, if I'm studying the word of God, I'm listening to worship, not praises, because they're different between praises and worship. So once I'm listening to worship, before I'll be in Holy Spirit, music is like connecting me to the realm that I want to be. Yes, I was still studying the Bible. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. So yes, you can incorporate these ideas even when you are preaching. I know of a very famous preacher here in Bangalore City who used to... He's very good in poetry, rap, so he writes a lot of poetry, and he uses that in his message. And it really relates. It's really nice, and he sometimes uses it in rap style and has music in the background, or he can just read it out as poetry, but then he'll have some rhythm to it, which is really nice. So I think what you can do is, for children who are with musical intelligence, you can start with worship, you can end with worship, you can have memory verses, which are scripture and song. You can even have... After you narrate the story, you can get them to see the videos, or the videos will have a lot of music in the background as well. When you're having games, or some activity, you can just play some instrumental music in the background. If you want to, you can do that. You can also get them to enact the skits, or come in front, do some action songs, whatever, which can help children even memorize the memory verse. You can also get them to play some musical instruments, have games which are more musically inclined, like icebreakers, or you want to reinforce the lesson content, you can use music. But some of you are also pastors, so what you can do is, you can even use poetry, which has a certain rhythm. I like this poem, which I learned way back in school, but it has a nice rhythm. It's like 20 froggies went to school in the middle of school. 20 little coats of green, 20 west, all white and clean. We must be in time, set day, first we study, then we pray. You see the music, the rap style, so people who are musically inclined with this kind of learning style will listen, so you can use that even when you're preaching, or maybe you can just stop when you're preaching, or you're talking about a concept like forgiveness or compassion, the grace of God, the goodness of God, the mercy of God. You can just stop and have a song that talks about the goodness and the mercy of God, and like success says, the worship song will just immediately connect them to what you're saying to God's goodness or to his forgiveness, and the spirit of God can just move in a mighty way. So that's about musical intelligence. Any doubts? Anyone has before we move to the next one? Spatial intelligence. Okay. Anyone has any thoughts you'd like to share on this? Okay. Yes, Subeda. I literally feel like saying something on musical intelligence. My dad was, he started one of the big musical, musical agents in the Kampala in between 1980s and 1990s, but I don't know what happened. Only when I was 10, he stopped it, and then we started getting the beatings of our lives. When he would hear you going into music, you would get problems. I remember one time I called him on a speech day, and I was one of the people presenting instead of thanking me when we got home, I received the wonderful beatings. And then I decided not to sing again when I was with him, and I started the real hating beating because I would remember the time that I got that time. So, and I went to church, my mother is a pastor, and then they would force me to sing, and I one time refused, she wasn't at church, and the sister reported me and chased me out of home when singing started, and I had refused to take her to church. And the mom found me on the gate, and I asked, son, what's the problem? And I said, Aunt Rhoda has told me not to be in the house. What did you do this time? I said, no, I refused to sing. And my mother was like, okay, let's go, and they went out with Aunt Rhoda. Nobody ever told me to sing again. And when I was in like senior six, we tried our level best and he made a group with the other guys we were singing, and when we were in the competition in the Campala, we did not become number one. We were number two. Then I started again hating singing because my dad told me if you're not the first, you are the last. And he taught me like that when I was young. But when you're not number one, you're always the last. There is no any other number in life. So I really, when I'm listening to music, I can get like one week when I'm in with all my shoes in music, but once that week erupts, I will let tentatively hate singing. So what I'm saying is we should mind about our only problems we got in any career wouldn't influence the kids in that same way. Because if we do, because of our passions and our hate, we will end up losing one of our would-be heaven shakers in music. So anybody who is teaching me as a teacher and I know once you call it, you bring yourself into evangelism or when you bring yourself into the kingdom of God, you end up needing all those forms of intelligence because you're going to meet people who have them in one world or the other. So your individual bias would not be put into what you're teaching. That's what I have to say. Thank you. Yes. Thank you, Lubega, for sharing. I mean, really appreciate you sharing about your childhood days. Yeah, I think if you still love music, you're inclined to music and worship is a wonderful way that we can really connect to God and just kind of worship kind of, you know, gives us a breakthrough from the strongholds, the oppression that we're facing, the depression that we're going through, the forces of darkness that are coming against us. I believe that at those times when we really worship, it just kind of opens up and breaks all the strongholds and opens up for God's rule, rain, activity, His presence to just flow through and music and worship is so powerful so just pray that, you know, God would heal you of what has happened in the past and even as you have kind of noticed that, recognized it and seen how important it is to recognize that even when you, as you are in the teaching profession and minister to children who are musically inclined, but also for you, it would be good to have God just heal you of everything that has happened in the past, just let go heal and open up your heart to music and to worshiping God because that's just so powerful. I believe that worship is such a powerful way of, you know, just receiving breakthroughs. I have received many breakthroughs just listening to worship songs and we know the difference when we listen to worldly secular love songs and when we listen to worship the difference it makes. I know the difference because when I was in my younger days, before I was born again, listen to a lot of backstreet boys and all of those just love that music and some love songs and kind of depresses you sometimes, even when you are going through a challenging difficult time, but have noticed when you listen to worship at times when you're going through really distressing difficult times or feeling lonely or feeling down, worship just lifts you. Just like those words just can come like Reema words can just come like rain falling on your patched heart your broken heart can just heal and restore. So yeah, thank you for sharing that and we keep you in prayer. Yes, yes Divya. Thank you ma'am. Yeah, I just wanted to add one thing that I've noticed regarding the role of music especially it becomes very prominent during VBSS right like vacation Bible classes and in here during the summer holidays the kids will have VBS in many many places because we'll have Bible study groups church groups and all those so they'll have couple of VBSS and sometimes it so happens that two churches will be having the same theme for VBS so if it is the same theme then they get to hear those songs so many times and it becomes so much ingrained in their hearts because I remember last time it was on spiritual warfare the Ephesians 6 10 to 14 so they had the VBS theme that they had having a lot of songs based on that portion so kids completely memorize those verses because they have made those into songs and usually when they take part in the VBS these songs we do have access to these songs on YouTube and things like that so we sometimes keep playing them at home and throughout the year they would be listening to these songs and it really helps actually because even if they remember they do not remember what they learned during those five days they remember these songs and these songs bring out the basic truths concept very nicely so yeah it has a huge role to play yeah I just wanted to share that yes thank you for sharing I think that's really nice and I think some of you who are musically talented you can put a good song just take scripture and just add music to it and sing it and just put it on YouTube it will just benefit so many of them who find it difficult to memorize but musically inclined and they can just learn for me I can learn words in songs really quick and faster rather than memorizing scripture just like that so I remember once we had when I was in bible college we had somebody come and teach us how to write songs and I attended that seminar and actually in our group we were supposed all of us were put in groups and we had to sit and write songs so we used one of the songs and I remember we kind of never got that produced there was no YouTube and all in those days but I still remember the song I lift up my eyes to you who's throne is in heaven and as the eyes of a slave looks to the hands of the master and as the eyes of a slave looks to the hands of the mistress so our eyes look up to the Lord our God till he shows us his mercy have mercy on us have mercy on us so you don't have mercy on us oh Lord so basically we just took out these lines from a Psalm and we just wrote the song it's like now more than I think 20 24 years since 20 plus years since we wrote this song and I still remember this so when I'm praying sometimes I can use the scripture in song which I learned because it's basically we just pulled it out of a Psalm and we just added music to it we hardly had around less than 45 minutes and we did this so those of you who are musics skilled and inclined you know you can do this and you know memory verses familiar scripture passages like Divya was saying in Ephesians chapter 6 and other scripture passages Psalm 1, Psalm 121 put it into music so you know children can learn and we don't know how long we're going to have the scripture in our hands but just learning all of this through song can you know just help children to remember it and you know memorize scripture well yes anyone else has anything more to add before we move on okay we move on to the next one spatial intelligence okay so spatial intelligence what do you understand by spatial intelligence it's already up on the screen no worries so spatial intelligence is basically the ability for a person to understand and work with things which you see in your mind or in the world around you you know it means being good at perceiving shapes, patterns and how things fit in together in a specific space so you know for people who have spatial intelligence you just give them a chart paper or a canvas sheet or you know some craft materials and they can just you know create something out of what you have just material that you've given to them or you can just put them in an in an empty room and you know they will visualize how things should be in that room or if you get them to you know enact a skit there will be people who will be able to do the props very well so basically they're good at perceiving shapes, patterns and how things fit together in space they can also easily imagine what something would look like from different angles how different you know pieces fit together and you know so they might be very good at drawing maps you know finding locations solving problems or puzzles and also creating things craft art and craft that will be very good they will be good at you know excellent or excel in tasks like doing puzzles mazes you know creating the diagrams and just basically designing or organizing physical spaces okay so what are some of the activities that we can suggest or think of for people with spatial intelligence any thoughts, ideas how can you incorporate this in your teaching lesson the lesson that you're teaching or in the activities that you're doing like creating puzzles okay yeah you can give them puzzles related to the you know a text that you're teaching them the concept that you're teaching them the topic or you can even get them to solve the puzzle to find out what the memory versus that also is very interesting for them anything else Imagination Composition Imagination Composition Imagination Composition I can give an example like the issue of David and Goliath there is a way we can tell them how do we so and so prepared for this and so doing they will start imitating thinking of what might happen and what did not happen and what did they do you're helping them to go yes you're right problem solving so you can give them ask them questions what do you think David would have done what do you think he should have done what do you think Bartimir should have done when nobody was taking him to Jesus they didn't sense the need for him to go to Jesus what do you think Zacchus should have done when he shot he couldn't see Jesus problem solving how they can what they should do how things can be done okay yes we can also use visual aids you know use maps so suppose you're talking about the Israelite journey to the wilderness from where they went where they stopped these children with this learning styles will be interested in the maps that you show them so you can highlight the route you can show them Paul's missionary journey to Jesus from which town he went to which town and all of that if you're talking about Jericho you can show them in the map so they'll be very very interested they're also interested in diagrams and pictures so you can show them nowadays we have laptops we have LCD projectors we can just project it on the screen diagrams and pictures and charts you can use charts to illustrate stories Bible stories concepts locations you know you can also you know incorporate models building get them to build models of biblical structures for example Noah's Ark you know the tower of Babel so you can say so who would like to suggest how Noah's Ark really looked you know with all those dimensions so they will come up quickly and draw or the tower of Babel how do you think it looked or you know we're talking about the tabernacle you can just get them to draw it you know they're also good at puzzle solving so puzzles related to biblical themes you can encourage them to solve them they'll be very very interested also you can encourage these students to express their understanding of biblical concepts art and craft projects basically provide them some material for drawing painting you know craft work and they will be you know they'll come up with creative ideas with visual representations of the stories or the ideas that you have told them so you're going to have game activities you know based on what you're teaching them the concept that you're teaching them the narrative that you're telling them also you can use storytelling techniques for this spatial intelligence that appeal to visual learners such as you know vivid descriptions you can give them about the entire story like I narrated last week you know about how this teacher narrated to us about the five loaves and the two fishes you can you know have dramatic retellings you can have multimedia presentations you can incorporate videos slideshows that depict biblical narratives and visually compelling which will help these kind of learners spatial intelligence okay we'll move on to the next one before we move on to the next one anyone has any questions anything you'd like to share say no okay the next one is bodily kinesthetic intelligence okay so when you think of bodily kinesthetic intelligence what comes to your mind any thoughts bodily kinesthetic intelligence any thoughts any ideas exercise yes they love games sports activities yes Divya yeah I was about to say sports activities okay what else it's just for sports activities anything else they like dance choreography yes basically physical activities you know so this intelligence relates to the ability to control one's body movements and handle objects skillfully so these are children or people who learn by doing things okay they're constantly moving around constantly doing things constantly fidgeting with their hands so basically the ability to control one's body movements in handling objects skillfully you know people with this kind of intelligence that is bodily kinesthetic they're physically coordinated so when you have an activity you want somebody to do something you know they'll be the first ones to jump up okay so if you you're holding a picture they would want to come in hold it up for you help you to hold it or if you're doing a demonstration or an object lesson they would come quickly near your table and they would you would not even ask them for help they would just kind of take it and give it to you know or if you're doing group discussions they'll be the first one to jump up and stand up for games or activity you know they'll be the excited ones so they're physically coordinated they enjoy sports they enjoy physical activities because they basically learn through movement and touch okay so if you say who can you know who's the tallest and shortest in the class they will stand up and you know who wants to be a Lazarus who wants to act like David who wants to act like a Goliath you know they'll be the first ones to jump up and do all of these activities okay so what do you think are the suggested activities that we can do for bodily kind aesthetic intelligence or how can we incorporate them in our teaching methodology in our lesson plan what are the things that we need to plan for this kind of intelligence any thoughts use of role play in lessons yes thank you role play in lessons yes you can get them to help out in the object lesson or if you're having an attention getter you can get them involved if the attention getter is some a small skit you can get them tell them in advance they will all they'll just be ready to do these attention getters these small skits you can ask them to even enact a narrative that you are have just narrated to them or if you can you know you want them to do role plays then they're very very good okay also you know dance choreography you know models experiments everything that you know these kind of children will be very very excited you would also can give them a lot of you know role play activities that we said also engage them you know in doing skits and using props costumes gestures you know that they'll be very very excited doing provide opportunities for students to create crafts or artwork related to the lessons the team can also be you know building models for biblical structures games of course they will love games you know also encourage them to participate in dramatic performance and skits based on biblical narratives where they can you know physically embody the character the events of the story which will help you know understanding or you know the character portraying the character to the rest of them in the class and also help in the retention of the material or the content that you have taught them okay you can also use demonstrations to help these kind of learners but this kind of intelligence you know and use visuals to explain abstract concepts and also you can help get that help to demonstrate you know concepts of forgiveness through role-playing activity you can also incorporate music movements in your lesson and these ones will be very excited to do all the actions you know and you know you just get that up in front and you just say okay I'm teaching you a new song okay you listen to it and you are you are responsible for you know doing the choreography and the actions and you'll just find them immediately on the spot you know doing it and they'll just love that. You can also take them out for field trips and outdoor activities which they will really like you know which will help them connect what you have taught with the real world in the real world context and also will help them to engage their senses through hands on experiences because they love to do they're not just listeners they're not just quietly sitting and listening but they love to do what they have learned they want to put it into action okay anything else you can think of for bodily kinesthetic intelligence okay we'll move on to the next one interpersonal intelligence what comes to your mind when we think of interpersonal intelligence interpersonal itself suggests it means how a person does know how to take him or herself within himself it's all about a person within him or herself how he manages these things within him or herself especially when it comes to emotions how to get into use with his or her experiences and all the education he gets around how he interprets and how he reacts on that thank you okay thank you Lou Baker anyone else interpersonal I mean the word itself suggests any thoughts no I didn't say intra I said interpersonal interpersonal I would personally rate it we'd like to have others okay thank you Lou Baker yes so this basically this intelligence involves understanding and interacting effectively with others around them so individuals you know with the interpersonal intelligence are good at understanding people's emotions they can be they can easily motivate others you know they can understand other people's intentions very well okay and they are people who excel in group activities because they basically enjoy working along with others they're skilled in communication they're very friendly they empathize with others and so that really connects them with the people so group activities you know getting them to organize things getting them to help others would be really very good because they will enjoy it so what you think can be suggested activities for this kind of learners or how you can incorporate this kind of intelligence or these kind of learners in your teaching any thoughts you can have a group projects you know where they play cooperative games where they play with everybody else you can also have role playing scenarios role plays where you know they will be able to empathize you know portray what each person will feel what they're going through through their actions through their words you can also you know organize kids where the children will act out scenarios where they're able to communicate what the person is going through you know and help the audience kind of understand the different perspectives or the different dimensions of the emotions of what is happening really in that scenario and so these kind of learners they will love group discussions where you know they will share their thoughts they will share their perspectives their insights on the lesson material you know and they will also engage in a meaningful dialogue an exchanging of ideas with the people in the group so they'll be the ones who are really talking and sharing content and sharing their thoughts and sharing their perspectives and ideas you know you can also get them to you know pray for those who are going through challenges in the class because interpersonal right so suppose some people are going through some problems difficulties or you want them to just pray you can these interpersonal kind of learners will remember to pray because they empathize with the people they understand also if you are finding some some child very challenging in the class and they are basically teenagers and they open up to their own peer group you can get this interpersonal kind of learners to relate more talk with them find out what is really happening with the other child if you have some new child in your class who's come then you can put in a word to these interpersonal intelligent learners to befriend them, to talk to them to get to know them, to make them feel more welcomed in the class and also build a friendship and a rapport with them they will do a great job at that also give them tasks which will involve problem solving which will really help so suppose the class is not agreeing on something so you can have these people to discuss with the rest of them and come up with problem with ideas so this could involve a group project problem solving challenges interactive games you can have for them which will require teamwork and communication they will also be very very good also they will be good at role playing activities, kits where they take on different roles and interact with each other as characters in the Bible story you know and this allows them to explore the dynamics of the social dynamics and also practice empathy and understanding also these kind of learners will be very good for community outreach basically if you want to take them for to orphanages, to old age homes where they can help they can pray for they can minister this kind of learners will do a great job and also they will once will motivate and encourage others to you know to empathize to minister effectively so if you're taking children for outreach make sure that in you put them into groups that is what we do when we take our children for outreach you know whether it's to old age home or whether to orphanage put them into groups and we say hey when we go to the orphanage these are the people you are going to minister to so we give them the names in advance we share their needs what is the needs we get the needs from the people who run the home and we say this is the need of this person so suppose my group is going to minister to somebody called Kamala then we say this is Kamala's needs this is what she's going through so the children pray and then when they go there they find out who Kamala is and they go and minister and they bring exactly and speaking into her life so what you can do is you can have in the various groups you can have these interpersonal learners they will be able to empathize sympathize and they will just be wonderfully wonderfully they'll just reach out and minister to the people that you are going to minister to because they foster a sense of empathy, compassion and we'll also able to address the real world issues that is happening around them we'll stop here we'll go for a break and then we'll come back and continue thank you everyone