Intelligences can be developed for years. At age five you may not be much of a reader, but if your mother finally lands the librarian job of her dreams, or your father purchases a beautiful house furnished (books and all) perhaps that would change. Events such as these are called "crystalizing experiences", as they put a certain intelligence in a positive light by striking an interest or simply have it's tools or ideas available. The same could go oppositely as well. If you had illiterate parents and your friends from the neighborhood laughed at a story they found you trying to write, you may not succeed in your literacy. When you are biologically endowed, have a personal life history, and cultural background of positive interaction or attainment of an intelligence, you are more likely to possess it.
In order to teach students who possess a certain intelligence, it would be helpful to have some sort of understanding of it yourself so that you can suggest project ideas, or find a part of a lesson which can connect to multiple students superior knowledges or abilities in particular. This isn't to say that you have to be a savant in every way, that would be impossible! The idea is to recognize your strengths and weaknesses, and figure out how to work with them so as to help your students. For instance, if you're very musical, write them a song about nouns or a particular character in a book. I know for me, I'm not very high in my bodily- kinesthetic area, but if I knew my students were, I could use my fellow teachers as resources for ideas of how to apply more physical things to my lessons.
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