kinesthetic learning techniques

August 20, 2012

Click Here to Take our Quiz: Find Out if Your Child is a Kinesthetic learner!

While the left and right side of our brain represent auditory and visual learning styles, there is one more learner that needs to be recognized. Kinesthetic learners, also known as tactile learners, represent those children that need to touch, see and move when they learn. Traditional classrooms, driven by lecture and large class sizes can be especially challenging for these learners. When we understand their need to be physically engaged, we can make adjustments to better accommodate these learners. Click HERE to take our quiz and find out if your child is a Kinesthetic learner!

July 17, 2012

Multisensory Activities for Kids: Learning to Cook is So Much More than Fun!

After a late night reading stacks and stacks of books during our “sleepover,” my grandson and I were up early and in the kitchen to start our day, making and doing. Brayden, who is four years old, climbed on his special kitchen stool, while I got out the ingredients. Making breakfast quiche was going to be a great opportunity to measure, pour, mix and roll, all things that would thoroughly engage a curious preschooler. This multisensory activity is one that I often engaged my own children in as they grew, knowing the benefits go far beyond just having fun.

May 23, 2012

Kids and Creativity: Klutz Books for Hands-on Learning

A few days ago, I shared the hours and hours of summer fun my kids had with Klutz books. Today I want to share a bit about what makes these books so special, along with some favorite titles and where to find them.

April 11, 2012

New iPhone App: LetterReflex – Overcoming Letter Reversals

BinaryLabs introduce LetterReflex, an app for children ages 4+ featuring kinesthetic learning techniques to help kids tell the difference between b’s and d’s, p’s and q’s, as well as other commonly reversed letters and words. Letter reversals are to be expected by any young child learning the alphabet, the cause is a lack of directionality.

March 15, 2012

Children’s Learning Styles: What Does It Feel Like to be a Kinesthetic Learner

Author and physician Stephen Guffanti has modified a chapter from his book Does Your Child Really Have ADHD and helps you to understand what it feels like to be a kinesthetic learner:

When our daughter was 5, I developed for our home school the following physics lesson to teach her and a 6 year old friend Newton’s three laws of motion.

Now, in my talks to parents, I lead them through this activity so they can actually experience what it feels like to be a kinesthetic learner.

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