They enjoy making use of the language itself. It helps them to understand and remember information better when they read or write it themselves. Verbal Learners are linguistic or speaking learners.When reading, it would help this learner to read out loud. They do best with: music, rhymes spoken out loud, chants, repeating a story (to themselves or others), audio books, lectures, listening and even some speaking.These learners may struggle if their study space is too quiet or too loud. It helps them when there are sounds and hearing the information, especially if it has a beat or a rhythm to it. Auditory (Aural) Learners are listening learners.
They do best with: exercise, drawing, role playing, puzzles, dancing, brain breaks, sitting on a wobble chair/yoga ball while working on activities, experiments, building models, yard games, reading while using their finger to track, etc.
These learners may struggle if they have to be still for too long. They need physical interaction with things. It helps them when they move their body or are “hands on” and touching/handling things.
Physical (Kinesthetic) Learners are tactile and/or movement learners. They do best with: pictures, photographs, charts, graphs, tables, visual aids, flashcards (maybe), metaphors that encourage visualizing, storytelling that requires them to imagine what is happening, drawing illustrations, watching how something is done, videos, etc. These learners may struggle if they have to be listening for a long period of time. They can picture in their heads or imagine. When information is visually organized and/or visually easy to take in (color coded, categories, etc). It helps them when information is visually presented to them. Let’s break these learning styles down a bit. Here’s another one, if my child is a visual learner and is also a social learner, I can know my child would enjoy speaking to others while utilizing visual aids. For example, if my child is an auditory learner and is also a logical learner, I can know they would enjoy hearing stories or songs of actual events/things as opposed to fables. The first four show ways in which you receive, retain and reimagine/recite/reenact information. In my opinion, the first four matter most. He is now showing signs of more auditory. Click the link below to see how you can help your child flourish and then keep reading here for more info!Īlso, these learning styles can change at anytime! My son was (and still is a little bit of) a kinesthetic learner. They could be a mix! And it’s worth checking out. They are growing bodies and minds and need to stretch those muscles and get the blood flowing to their brains! So just because your child exhibits some traits (or maybe even typically developmentally appropriate actions) of one learning style, does not necessarily mean they are that learning style for sure. Kids, in general, NEED movement regardless of what type of learner they are. Kids included! Just because a kid runs around a lot, does not mean he is a kinesthetic learner. They may be a majority of one or even all four main ones! But it’s likely, if they are human, they will resonate with more than one. Now, it needs to be said that it is almost guaranteed that no one is just one learning style. Here’s a list of the ones most referenced: Visual, Auditory, Physical (Kinesthetic), Verbal, Logical, Social, Solitary, Natural….and so on. Depending on where you go and who you talk to, the number of learning styles differ. So what are the different learning styles and how can we use them to our advantage? Well there are actually is not an exact answer to that. They have no choice but to learn their own way. The same applies to children! They are so instinctual and go with what they know subconsciously. It is so very important to teach to your child’s learning style! It is no surprise that we all absorb information differently.
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