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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

The Kinesthetic Learner

Often times when I am giving advice on curriculum hunting, I recommend learning and knowing your child's learning style. This helps in finding the right curriculum that works for your child and it also helps your direction of teaching. The next few posts will concentrate on learning styles to help you distinguish what style of learner you have.


The Kinesthetic Learner

The kinesthetic learner best understands information through a tactile, physical touch learning approach. The kinesthetic learner is a hands-on learner and learns best figuring things out by using their hands to manipulate or touch the material and work it out. They learn best when they can move around and engage in group learning. Often times the kinesthetic learner may feel like their way of learning isn't good because they can not sit still and do the work. The kinesthetic learner may also have a multi-sensory learning ability that will include learning using the auditory and visual study techniques. 

 
The kinesthetic learner will experience one or all of the following characteristics:

  • Move around a lot and have a hard time sitting still
  • Like to touch people they’re talking to
  • Express their feelings physically, such as hugging and hitting
  • Move their hands when they talk
  • Dress for comfort, instead of style
     
  • Tap their pencil or foot while doing schoolwork
  • Enjoy physical activities
  • Take frequent breaks when studying
  • Do not spend a lot of time reading
  • Have difficulty spelling correctly
  • Like to solve problems by physically working through them
  • Like to try new things

  • Are coordinated and agile
  • Are considered hyperactive
  • Lie on the floor or bed when studying
  • Enjoy touching things
  • Excel in athletics and the performing arts


 Tips and Learning help aids

Below are some great help aids for the kinesthetic learner:

  • Using Models and Modeling clay
  • Number lines, Wooden numbers and Letters
  • Sandpaper or carpet (Children can use their finger to trace letters and draw shapes on textured surfaces to help retain the information.)
  • Drawing materials, Felt boards
  • Working Puzzles
  • For younger children using an abacus (a manual math tool with horizontal rods and moveable beads
  • Computers
  • Using Globes, Maps, Blocks and Cubes
  • A geoboard with rubber bands (a square board with pegs used to teach shapes and geometric concepts)
There are great ways to incorporate hands-on learning in with school. Incorporating experiments, projects and games. Go to Interacting Museums and take other field trips.
For example in a lot of states there are working farms that open up to the public and allow school field trips. There are outdoor Pioneer Museums that allow exploring and interacting with animals, pioneer buildings with history lessons, blacksmith lessons and many different kinds of festivals. Watch the upcoming holidays for exploring events themed around the holiday. 

For instance a lot of things happen around Presidents day in a lot of states. Things like the beginning of Civil War days which will bring Civil War reenactments and festivals that high light parts of history around that time frame. If you look around your state you find all kinds of interavtive fun.


   

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