Learning Styles: An Introduction

Children learn in a variety of ways and knowing the way your child learns can make it a lot easier to teach them – the different ways that people learn are called learning styles.

The simplest way of demonstrating is by using an example – if you get a new gadget; to learn how to use it do you:

• read the instructions?
• get someone else to tell you how to use it?
• or do you push and press the buttons until it all works?

These are all valid ways of learning how to do something and the method that you instinctively choose is your learning style.

Different learning styles require different approaches and techniques so if your child is struggling to grasp a concept it might be an idea to try using a different way of teaching it to help them learn.

There are three main learning styles:

• Visual learning - learning is by seeing
• Auditory learning – learning is by listening
• Kinaesthetic leaning - learning by doing

This series of posts will explain more about each type and suggest ideas to use the strength of the learning style to help children grasp concepts.

Be Sociable, Share!

•