Today we recognize that intelligence comes in multiple forms. The problem-solving skill allows one to approach a situation in which a goal is to be obtained and to locate the appropriate route to that goal. It involves a symbol system which generates within that intelligence. The creation of the cultural product is crucial to capturing and transmitting knowledge or expressing one's views or feelings. We are not limited to only one intelligence, but usually have some aspects of all.
Some people are particularly strong in one area.
These are doorways through which the arts have accessed children and adults for hundreds of years. The expressive arts encourage students to learn and create from a position of personal power. The expressive arts embrace the multiple intelligences, thereby providing an opportunity for every students to be successful regardless of their reading or writing level. Through the expressive arts, education becomes a dialogue that pleases the ear with its rhythm, touches the heart with its sentiment, and speak to the mind with its reason. The expressive arts facilitate language development, reading comprehension, and communication skills.