Nobody likes taking tests, especially visual kids. Standardized tests are right around the corner, for kids third grade and up. While we can’t really study for those types of tests, there are ways to make testing less intimidating for your visual kid.
Schools are focused on teaching left-brain auditory learners and our right-brain visual kids are not getting what they need to succeed. My book, Being Visual, helps parents better understand their visual tactile child and shares specifics strategies to increase their success in school.
I recently watched a few episodes of the new Netflix series, Tidying Up, with Marie Kondo. I’m loving it while feeling overwhelmed by it. Her methods have the family literally touch and sort through EVERYTHING in their home. Watching them do a whole house might make organizing your kid’s room look possible.
As your kids get older, they work more independently, so you may not think talking with the teachers is important, but because they work more independently, finding out what’s happening is even more important, especially for visual and ADD students.
It’s conference time at many of our schools and I want to encourage you to think of them in a new way, especially if you have a visual learner or child with ADD or ADHD. The teacher’s feedback on how your child is doing in the classroom is very important to hear, but there also needs to be a conversation on who your child is as a visual learner.
If your child is struggling with focus, testing and some academic work, there is no understanding, no work around, no assistance for them as visual learners. But if your child is unfocused, distracted, struggling academically, and diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, help is available in the form of a 504 learning plan.
If your child has been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, you’ve already put some new things in place and their grades or behavior still hasn’t improved, you might be thinking…. NOW WHAT?!? If you have a child with ADD chances are they are also visual learners.
In an effort to better understand why visual kids struggle in the language heavy classrooms, I have complied a list that compares – How Visual Learners Think and The Way Schools Teach.
Many families turn to extra curricular activities to provide what their kids need more of. After school enrichment programs can give these learners the things they’re missing out on during regular school hours. But how do you choose the right one for your child?
Is your creative, intelligent, vibrant child struggling in school? Did you have a similar experience when you were in school? You or your child may be visual learners.
