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Choosing a homeschooling style for your children

How well your children do academically has a lot to do with their learning style. It has a big impact on the way the child perceives information and interprets experiences. If you wish to teach your little one as per their learning style, then this blog provides great insight on various patterns, characteristics defining every style, and the best ways through which you can make learning fun.

In essence, experts believe there are three styles of learning-- kinesthetic, auditory, and visual. 

Auditory Learners:
Those children who learn and understand information through hearing are auditory learners. Such homeschooling children should be made to listen to stories, directions, and music to be able to learn. You will have to give them spoken directions to make them perform a specific task.

A great way to make an auditory learner understand a certain topic is by getting them to repeat what they are learning out loud or through discussions. They may have to read aloud to be able to understand what they are reading. 

Kinesthetic Learners:
Children who love getting involved and doing things are kinesthetic learners. They like hands on things such as, drawing, painting, building, dancing, reading, doing science experiments, writing, helping clean or cook, etc. Basically, they learn by ‘doing’. The best way to teach a homeschooled kinesthetic learner is to get them to do a lot of hands-on activities.

Visual Learners:
Those children who have to first see something to understand it are visual learners. They pick up concepts and information by looking at pictures or by watching someone show them how to perform a certain task or do a certain thing. These students also pick up concepts quickly by watching videos. They might also do well with flash cards and color-coded charts.
One must understand that different children have different styles of learning and some do not fit into any specific style. Some tend to develop their style preference early, while others are not able to develop a dominant style of learning until much later. Normally, from preschoolers through 3rd grade, children like to learn through activity and doing things. They like making a mess, creating things, moving around, talking and singing. Therefore, it is safe to assume that, for a very young child, “kinesthetic learner” category is the best fit. However, with age, children they acquire dominant styles or one or two less pronounced styles of learning, according to their personalities.

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