Goals in Plain English

[Charity]

You will find that many people have a lot to say about what kind of learner your child is. The catchphrases such as kinesthetic, visual, auditory, etc....
I think most kids are a combination of them all. Here is a list of some examples of each.

TYPES OF LEARNERS

VISUAL LEARNERS

1. Tune out when you talk a lot

2. Observe rather than talk or act

3. Organized in approach to task/ learning environment is neat

4. Likes to read

5. Usually good spellers

6. Memorize by seeing graphics and pictures

7. Not too distractible

8. Find verbal instructions difficult

9. Have good handwriting

10. Use advanced planning

11. Remembers faces

12. Quiet by nature

13. Meticulous, neat in appearance

THERAPY IDEAS

-Use notebooks

-Color coded cards

-Use study cards

-Review Charts/graphs in textbooks

-Demonstrate what I know

-Watch lips move in front of mirror

-Use mnemonics

-Magna Doodle

-Write words in the air



AUDITORY LEARNERS

1. Talk to themselves out loud

2. Like talking

3. Easily distracted

4. More difficulty with written directions

5. Likes to be read to

6. Memorizes by steps in a sequence

7. Enjoys music

8. Good at remembering names

9. Easily distracted by noises

10. Hums or sings

11. Outgoing by nature

12. Enjoys listening activities

THERAPY IDEAS

- Make a tape of lesson, study guides or notes

- Listen to quiet, soft music in background-not popular music

- Speak/listen to others

- Make up rhymes or poems

- Read aloud

- Repeat things orally

- Make lists-number the things I need to know

- Listen carefully

- Sound out words

- Make mnemonics

- Read notes out loud

- Write words in air-say out loud



KINESTHETIC LEARNERS

1. Like physical rewards, like to touch

2. Likes to touch people when talking to them

3. Taps pencil or foot while studying

4. In motion most of the time

5. Enjoys doing activities

6. Reading is not a priority

7. Poor speller

8. Likes to solve problems by physically working through them

9. Will try new things

10. Outgoing by nature- express emotions through physical means

11. Uses hands while talking

12. Dresses for comfort

13. Enjoys handling objects

THERAPY IDEAS

-Pace/walk as I study

-Act out the lesson/story

- Write answers in the air

- Practice by repeated motion

- Dry erase board

- Magna Doodle

- Shaving cream

- Make study cards

- Write lists repeatedly

- Make mnemonics

-Use a timer and take breaks during long periods of time

-Watch lips in mirror

[Charity]

So, what is the main goal in the long run? That is very easy. You want your child to learn to learn, To become an independent learner. In the early years of teaching children, they require a good bit of time just learning all the basics. How to read, write, do simple math, and so forth.
By the time your student is a teen, they are likely to be ready for a more "I can do it myself" approach. We used Abeka curriculum in grades 1-7. This was very good for a basic platform of lifetime learning. After they hit about age 13, you can go with SOT or AOP, others like this.
Even now, we use a combination of them all. The main thing your child should understand that no matter how old they are, they never stop learning. A little saying we use around our house is this: "The secret to being a genius is to never forget what you learn".