Not all children learn in the same way – each child has his or her own style. Most anyone who has taught at least two children can attest to that. It creates a challenge for the teacher to adapt to each child’s learning style. Whether we educate our children at home, or whether we are helping them to navigate a traditional school experience, we must find a point of entry with each child and use his unique gifts and strengths to advantage. In subsequent articles, we will cover the four main learning styles – auditory, logical, visual, and kinetic – along with each style’s characteristics; and some suggestions towards working with each style. Often, we find that a child has traits from more than one style. However, one style generally will tend to predominate.
Take the time to discover your child's strengths.
Large families, adoptive families, and blended families will frequently have children with vastly different learning styles. Rather than viewing this as an insurmountable challenge, we can try to see the beautiful opportunity we have to both build on strengths, and to stretch our children’s ranges as we mix approaches and activities. In the process we, too, will find ourselves stretching beyond our own limitations, making discoveries, renewing our curiosity.
We hope that you will find that by utilizing the tips for each learning style, your child’s reception, assimilation, and utilization of his new-found knowledge and experiences will be greatly enhanced and that his desire to learn will grow joyfully as a result.
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