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Learning Styles

A method of learning

Everyone has a learning style. A person's learning style has nothing to do with her/his intelligence or how much she/he knows. There is absolutely no right or wrong learning style. Some people learn best by seeing information; some learn best by hearing it and others by touching and moving objects. Some people even discover that they have more than one learning style!

You'll find our lessons will be labeled for different learning styles with some, naturally, touching on more than one. Once you find out your child's learning style, you will want to adapt your lessons, whenever possible, to fit his/her strengths.

The importance of understanding your child's learning style

It is possible that the learning style will be the same as yours, but it could also be very different. When planning a lesson, take into account your child's preferred method of learning, not yours. It might make more sense to you to teach lessons in the learning style that corresponds to yours, but you're not the one needing to learn the new skill or concept. Adjusting your lessons to use your child's learning style is to his/her advantage.

What type of learner is your child? Let's find out!

Take the assessment. PDF file Consider taking the assessment before reading further. Below explains the learning styles and is repeated in the assessment file.

learning style auditory Auditory Learning Style:

If you have an auditory learning style, you learn best when you hear information. You can easily remember information you hear from the radio.

Here are some suggested ways to use this learning style to your advantage:

  • Use a tape recorder during long talks or lectures.
  • Participate in discussions.
  • Make speeches and presentations.
  • Read text out loud.
  • Create musical jingles to aid in memorization.
  • Discuss your ideas with others.
  • Tell someone your thoughts or story ideas as he writes them down or records them.
  • Use verbal analogies and story telling to explain a point.
  • Talk yourself through the steps for tricky math problems.

Learning style kinesthetic Learning Style Hands onKinesthetic/ Tactile Learning Style:

If you have a kinesthetic learning style, you learn best through movement.  You understand and remember things better if you can manipulate something.

Here are some suggested ways to use this learning style to your advantage:

  • Take frequent study breaks.
  • Move around to learn new things (walk around as you are reciting some information, shape a piece of play dough into your spelling words…). Any kind of movement helps it stick in the brain.
  • Work while standing up.
  • Chew gum while working.
  • Use bright colors to highlight reading material.
  • Dress up your work space with posters.
  • Listen to music as you study.
  • Skim through reading material to get a rough idea what it is about before setting down to read it in detail.

learning style visualVisual Learning Style:

If you have a visual learning style, you learn best when you see the information. When you look at something you have a better chance of understanding it and remembering it.

Here are some suggested ways to use this learning style to your advantage:

  • Use visual materials such as pictures, charts, maps and graphs to enhance your understanding whenever possible.
  • Have a clear view of the speaker when he is talking so you can see his body language and facial expressions.
  • Use color high lighters so you can see the important points that need to be remembered.
  • Take notes or ask for any available handouts.
  • Write a story and illustrate it about the topic you are learning.
  • Use multi-media whenever possible: computer, video, book, etc.
  • Study in a quiet place away from verbal disturbances.
  • Visualize information as a picture to aid in memorization.
  • Illustrate your ideas as a picture or mind map when writing down notes.
    Links for information on mind maps: