Every child is a unique individual, learning and exploring the world at their own pace. Understanding these distinct learning styles is crucial in creating a supportive and effective educational environment. In Greeley, our early childhood education program is dedicated to fostering intellectual growth by tailoring our approach to meet the individual needs of each child.

This article will delve into three primary learning styles – visual, auditory, and kinesthetic – and provide practical strategies for parents dedicated to nurturing the young minds of their children.

Three Primary Learning Styles

1. Visual

• These are the children who absorb the most information from what they see by reading, watching informative media, or simply observing any external phenomena. This is the most predominant learning style, often benefiting from study habits such as note taking, reading visual charts, examining colors (early age), and reading maps. Later on, they might become the most avid readers and writers. Sometimes, children in this category learn very well by playing educational games like Scrabble, Q-bitz, or Oregon Trail, all of which require visual analysis.
  • Our Pro Teaching Tip: It’s crucial to keep visually oriented learners close to the front of the classroom where they can see better. This is most essential if they have any visual acuity difficulties. It’s also wise to facilitate a clean surrounding since too many nearby distractions might hinder their ability to focus on schoolwork.

2. Auditory

• Is your child more of a listener? They might excel at identifying and distinguishing sounds faster than average. While they don’t dismiss other forms of learning, auditory-adept children have the potential to become terrific speakers and communicators when they reach adulthood.
  • Our Pro Teaching Tip: Obviously, you should eliminate anything that would impede proper hearing. This is one of many reasons teachers must insist upon a quiet learning environment, free from too much chatter and cacophony. Auditory learners do well when given audio tapes or podcasts to enjoy. They also make effective use of mnemonic devices or by repeating clever rhymes and songs for academic purposes

3. Kinesthetic

• There are many wonderful career opportunities for children who thrive at “hands on” activities. Kinesthetic learners love to touch everything around them and could someday become archaeologists, surgeons, EMTs, occupational therapists, mechanics, engineers, and beyond. These are also the children who enjoy cooking, building models, and other physical activities.
  • Our Pro Teaching Tip: Here, you’ll have an abundance of ways to nurture kinesthetic development. Everything from coloring and tracing to building sand castles or manipulating play-doh will help energize children in this category. The only challenge may involve maintaining their focus on specific tasks rather than allowing too much room for fidgeting or horse play. Also, there’s plenty of overlap between this and the other two styles since many kinesthetic learners also enjoy reading, writing, and listening exercises.

ABC Child Development Center: New Learning Opportunities for Every Style

This is always a fun topic with much more to uncover. We encourage parents to identify their child’s learning style as soon as possible to direct the best possible curriculum toward them.
We also invite you to delve deeper into this topic by partnering with the ABC Child Development Center. Our schools and child-care sites offer the best private education anywhere around Windsor, CO. If you’d like to learn more, please call us anytime at 970-352-2222.