Of all my children Laura is definitely the most musical learner of the bunch. I think she was born singing – okay it was screeching at that young age – but she really has an ear for music and rhythms and tones and sounds. When she was younger she would watch her older sisters play the […]
Learning Styles: Naturalistic Learners
Animals, plants, bugs, rocks, showing an interest in these things or science in general shows an aptitude for being a naturalistic learner. Both daughters Abby and Debbie are this type of learner but in different ways. Abby enjoys mostly animals and bugs, while Debbie gravitates towards all types of plants and vegetation. They much rather prefer being outside […]
Learning Styles: Visual Spatial Learners
What are visual spatial learners? See this girl? She is a natural born artist. Constantly doodling on her papers, is drawn to colors, can SEE more than just green, yellow, blue, and red, she loves pictures! When she was little and we would read books to her, she really didn’t care about what the book […]
Learning Styles: Kinesthetic, Tactile Learners
My second daughter, Marie, is a highly tactile learner just like her father. She learns best when there are things to touch and feel, when she can move her body (she is also a musical learner but that is for another post). We first became aware of this while trying to teach her math. She […]
Learning Styles: Linguistic, Read, Write Learners
I think that linguistic learners have it the easiest in that our world deals with words – whether in speaking, reading, or writing. Because of this many linguistic learners are considered to be the ‘gifted’ ones because they do so well in this environment. Hopefully in this journey through each of the multiple intelligences we’ll […]
Learning Styles: Multiple Intelligences
Today we are going beyond the basic learning styles of Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic/Tactile (VARK). Most of us don’t fall strictly into one of those categories – and neither do our children. There are also several other factors that are not taken into account with the VARK learning styles – art, music, nature being […]
Learning Styles: The Basics
There’s one lesson I learned right away when we first began homeschooling – not everyone learns the same way. And that’s okay! We all have different learning styles. Knowing what they are can really help us as parents as we try to teach our children. What type of learner are you? What type of learner […]
Keeping Your Child Motivated When Homeschooling
Motivation. The lack thereof can hit either the student or the teacher. What do you do? School needs to be done. I’ve written before about teacher burnout {lack of motivation}. Today I’ll offer some ideas to tackle lack of motivation in children. I am assuming you are already doing the obvious of praying for guidance.Alternate […]