Learning Style Modality -
Beyond Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic
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Modality is usually described as visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. This is only part of the story.
Let's take a look…
Big Sister learned to read easily with the workbook phonics program and rarely misses a question in her math workbook.
Little Sister is struggling through the same phonics program and refuses to use the math workbook. Both girls scored as having visual learning styles on a free online learning styles test. What's going on???
Distinctions Within Each Modality Make The Difference Between Struggling Or Succeeding
The Big Sister is a visual-print learner and the Little Sister is a visual-picture learner.
Even though they are both visual in nature, the same type of visual curriculum will not work for both of them. Little Sister would succeed using a phonics computer program and a manipulative rich math program.
Read through the following modalities and think about how each child would learn the multiplication facts…
Auditory Listening - Learns best through information presented verbally. Use lectures, audiotapes, books on tape, music, read aloud to, and songs.
Auditory Talk - Learns best through speaking aloud and discussing. Use oral presentations, narration, singing, reading aloud, and discussing with others.
Kinesthetic/Tactile - Learns best through movement and touch. Use hands-on activities, drawing, doodling, live demonstrations, building, textured materials, manipulatives and whole body movement activities.
Visual Picture - Thinks in pictures and translates incoming information into pictures. Use graphic presentations such as videos, computers, drawings, web mapping, timelines, stories, charts and diagrams.
Visual Print - Thinks in words. Use workbooks, reading, writing, highlighting printed material, and taking notes.
What did you come up with?
- Set to the facts to music
- Repeat the facts out loud
- Jump on top of the correct answer
- Use stories involving the fact family
- Traditional flashcards
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- Take the online Learning Styles Profile to find out your child's learning style.
- Customize your homeschool curriculum package.
- Choose a homeschooling method that works best with your child's learning style. Then plug your curriculum resources into the course of study for your homeschooling method.
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