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• Solve mazes.
• Play bridge or other card games.

Linguistic Intelligence

• Do crossword puzzles.
• Join a club associated with your hobby.

• Write down your memories or the memories of your
ancestors, or dictate them into a recorder.

• Invite friends over for dinner and play board games (the
more the board games require you to talk, the better).

• Play Scrabble™ or Scribbage™ or Password™ or Boggle™.

Kinesthetic Intelligence

• Turn on the radio and dance around the house.
• Exercise in a class or with a tape.
• Take an advanced exercise class.
• Learn tai chi.
• Take up a hobby that requires detailed use of the hands,
such as needlepoint.
• Make a tall-ships model.

• Play charades.

M Personal Intelligence

• Join a club.

• Volunteer at a local school.
• Write a family history.
• Plan a family reunion.

• Keep a diary.
• Plan a self-improvement program.