Do the natures manifest themselves only in older kids or are they evident even in primary school kids?
Vidya S, New Delhi A. I think Multiple Intelligences manifest themselves early on. They start to become evident around 5-6 years old, and often earlier. With respect to Multiple Natures, I think it takes a bit longer than that. I feel that you can start seeing MN tendencies closer to 8-10 years of age. There’s no hard and fast rule to this, but it is just an observation. I also think it depends quite a bit from individual to individual. ————————————————————————————————– Q. How do you help a child recognise his actual potential and gravitate towards it? This is because sometimes children are blinded by exterior influences. Sunena M, Trisur A. I think the best way is by discussing MI and MN with them actively. You can make it into a game or just into a fun type of conversation where you try to identify which MI and MN someone is displaying. This can be with respect to family members, characters in a cartoon show, actors in
