Nurturing the Genius via the Use of MI
Children are intelligent in different ways, and they learn best in different ways too. EdnoLand celebrates this intellectual diversity and is dedicated to helping each child realise his or her maximum potential.

EdnoLand's teaching repertoire encompasses all the eight intelligences of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. This is to ensure that the content is accessible to all children, giving them equal opportunities to learn and excel.

Beyond the computer lab, EdnoLand offers MI resources and project packs, developed based on Howard Gardner's Theory of MI. These are specially designed to develop your pre-schooler in multiple ways.

Theory of Multiple Intelligences
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) put forward by Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University provides a solid backing to educators from all over the world that human intelligences can be nurtured and improved. This theory debunks the myth that one's intelligence is fixed at birth. Teachers are therefore given the task of educating our future generations and developing their intelligences.

The MI Theory tells us that our intelligences are multifaceted. There are at least eight types of intelligences in us: Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Musical, Naturalist and Spatial. Each of us possesses all of these intelligences but to varying degrees. These intelligences do not work in isolation but in concert.to varying degrees. These intelligences do not work in isolation but in concert.

Educators have found that the different types of intelligences are synergistic: when one changes, others may be affected. In fact, one can harness the strength of one intelligence to awaken the weaker ones.

The traditional approach of education favours heavily the linguistic and logical-mathematical learners, and labels children of other intelligences learning disabled when in fact they are just learning different!

Gardner strongly advocates changes in curriculum design and delivery so that all the intelligences are addressed and children who are stronger in intelligences other than linguistic and logical-mathematical are not disadvantaged or ignored.

Every child is an individual. His background, exposure, experiences, aptitude and needs are unique, and educators must treat each and every one differently.

With this new understanding in mind, kindergartens and teachers cannot continue to adopt a "one-size-fits-all" mindset in education. Kindergartens are not teaching factories and teachers are not teaching machines. They should not and cannot churn out children with identical abilities.

The 8 Intelligences
Every child has a unique pattern of intelligences. These intelligences do not just include the ability to get better grades, but also many real-life skills that will help the child be more perceptive and creative, communicate better, and have a fuller appreciation of the world around.

In order to more successfully nurture the best in each child, we need to have a fuller understanding of the eight intelligences thus far identified by the Theory of Multiple intelligences:

• Bodily-Kinesthetic
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Linguistic
• Logical-Mathematical
• Musical
• Naturalist
• Spatial