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Long Fence and Home
The Right FitFinding the Perfect Fit for
Your Child’s Learning Style
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Introduction
Bridgeway Academy
www.bridgewayacademy.com
Homeschooling Help
www.homeschoolinghelp.com
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Areas Covered
• How are we
different?
• Learning Styles
• Selecting the
right curriculum
for each learning
style
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Experts have identified
three basic learning styles
• Auditory learners remember by
talking out loud. They like to have
things explained and may have
trouble with written instructions.
• Visual learners easily remember
visual details. They prefer to see
what they are learning and write
down instructions. May have
trouble following lectures.
• Kinesthetic or tactile learners
prefer activities that allow them to
touch the things they are learning
about. They also like to move
around when talking or listening.Source: Is there a "One Size Fits All" curriculum?; http://www.upsidedownschoolroom.com/learningstyles.shtml
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Talking
Do you:
• Talk sparingly but dislike
listening for too long?
• Enjoy listening but are impatient
to talk?
• Gesture and use expressive
movements?
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Spelling
Do you:
• Try to see the word?
• Sound out the word or use a
phonetic approach?
• Write the word down to find out
if it feels/looks right?
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Focus
Do you become distracted by:
• Untidiness or movement?
• Sounds or noises?
• Activity around you?
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Social
Do you:
• Prefer direct, face-to-face,
personal meetings?
• Prefer the telephone?
• Prefer to talk with people while
walking or participating in an
activity?
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Quick Test
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Moms are from Venus;
Kids are From Mars
Of those who took our survey:
• 19% are Auditory Learners
• 39% are Kinesthetic Learners
• 42% are Visual Learners
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Auditory Learners
• Talkers
• Listeners
• Multi-Taskers
• Extremely verbal
• Great at memorizing
• Commercials
• Stories
• Movies
• Drama productions
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Auditory Learners
• Learn well when
material is step by
step, following a
logical progression
from beginning to
end.
• Learning is
sequential
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Auditory Learners
• Well
developed
working
memory.
• Generally
excel in
phonemic
awareness
• Good readers
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Potential Struggles
• Note-taking
• Interpreting
graphs, charts,
etc.
• Can be
interruptors
• Patience
• Understanding
higher level
concepts and
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Teaching Strategies
for Auditory Learners
• Use questions
• Explain verbally, use audio
books, documentaries,
YouTube videos, Bridgeway
Learning Labs, etc.
• Create opportunities for
them to do the teaching
• Find ways to get them
working in groups—or have
them teach younger
siblings.• Ask for oral reports rather than written
• Incorporate music into your lessons
• Present new concepts sequentially or step by step
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Tips and Tools for Auditory
Learners
• Talk out loud when doing
math
• Listen to books
• Make recordings of what you
have learned
• Read out loud
• Explain what you have
learned to someone else
• Take a tour where you can
listen to a tour guide
• Use rhyme or mnemonic
devices to remember things
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Teaching Textbooks ACE
BJU Press DL Saxon
Chalkdust A+ Math
Dive CDs
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Sequential Spelling
Wordly Wise
BJU Press
Finding King Onomatopoeia
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE)
Audio Books (FOF CS Chronicles of Narnia, Little
Women, Secret Garden, etc.)
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Paradigm Science (Grades 7-12)
Apologia Science (Grades 1-12)
BJU Press (Grades 1-12)
Walch Power Basics (Grades 7-12)
Jonathan Parks Audio Series
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Story of the World (Grades K-8)
Paradigm (Grades 7-12)
Sonlight (Grades 1-12)
Ancient Civilizations and the Bible (Grades 6-12)
BJU Press (Grades 1-12)
Your Story Hour, Adventures in Odyssey
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This teaching style can hold
children back
What Happens if
your child
struggles with
auditory
learning?
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This teaching style can hold
children back
• Most classrooms rely on the
auditory style of learning, and
so do many parents
• Unfortunately, less than 20%
of all children are auditory
learners with 2% being boys and
8% girls.
• No wonder boys are diagnosed
with ADD/ADHD nine times
more often than girls!
Source: The Myth of the A.D.D. Child, by Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D., 1997; http://borntoexplore.org/whatisadd.htm Born to
Explore! The Other Side of ADD
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Visual Learners
• Love pictures
• Close their eyes to
memorize
• Observant
• Good at puzzles
• Can see the whole
picture
• Soak in information
based on their
surroundings
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Visual Learners
• Are global learners—
learn better when
they can start with
the whole
• Have an amazing
ability to make
connections
• They know more
than they show you
• Often perfectionists
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Visual Learners
• Are global learners—
learn better when
they can start with
the whole
• Have an amazing
ability to make
connections
• They know more
than they show you
• Often perfectionists
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Possible Struggles
• Often have hyper
sensitive senses.
• Often have a high
energy level and
need to move their
bodies in order to
learn
• Have high emotions,
which when aroused
can make it difficult
to think and learn
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Possible Struggles
• May struggle with
simple facts and
sequential
mastery learning.
• Time
Management
• Multiple choice
tests
• Auditory
processing and
communication
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Teaching Tips for the
Visual Learner
• Provide the big picture
first—then explain the
details
• Use a hands-on approach
to learning
• Make it challenging
• Use problem solving
assessments when possible
• Appeal to their love of
color
• Write things down & have
them write things down
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Teaching Tips for the
Visual Learner
• Let them see the answers
to what they are doing
• Use pictures
• Charts and graphs
• Color
• Timelines
• Give them time to form an
image as you teach
• Let them sit and soak in
the information around
them
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Tips and Tools for the
Visual Learner
• Draw out what you are
learning
• Write things down
• Use highlighters or
different color pens to
color code notes and study
sheets
• Doodle to stay focused
• To help listen to a lecture,
ask yourself, “What is the
main point?”
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Right Start BJU Press
Singapore Life of Fred
A+ Math Algebra Tiles
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Marie’s Words (SAT Prep)
All About Spelling
Write Source (Grades 1-12)
Write On! (Grades 3-8)
Teaching English Through Art
Finding King Onomatopoeia and Other Stories
Movies as Literature
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Science Detective (Critical Thinking Company)
Build it Yourself Series (Nomad Press) (3-6)
Paradigm Science (Grades 7-12)
Apologia Science (Grades 1-12)
Discover! Science (Grades 1-2)
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Story of the World (Grades K-8)
Walch Power Basics (Grades 7-12_
Paradigm (Grades 7-12)
Sonlight (Grades 1-12)
Steck Vaughn (Grades 1-12)
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Visual Learners
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Kinesthetic Learner
• Need their bodies to be in
action in order to learn
• Communicate with body
language
• Have quick reactions
• Learn well when engaging
emotions
• High energy level
• Sensitive to the world around
them
• Often seen as hyperactive
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Kinesthetic Learner
• Do better in academics
when they are also
involved in sports or
performing arts
• Often gifted athletes
• Often gifted musicians
• Seem to have an internal
compass
• Use their body when they
are angry
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Potential Struggles
• Sitting for a long time
• Following oral
instructions
• Spelling
• Handwriting
• Tests
• Essay questions or writing
assignments that require
them to complete it in
one sitting
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Teacting Tips for the
Kinesthetic Learner
“God put the wiggle in children-
-don’t you dare try to take it
out!”Henrietta Meers
•Math manipulatives
•Allow them to touch
•Frequent breaks
•Chores divided up--need variety
•Keep teaching time short and
sweet
•Dig in the dirt
•Make them a part of learning
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Teaching Tips for the
Kinesthetic Learner
• Allow them to move while they
learn
• Find ways to allow for group
work
• Use physical objects as much as
possible
• Flashcards
• Demonstrate
• Use LEGOs, K’Nex, play dough,
etc.
• Role playing
• Use multiple choice tests, short
answers and fill in the blanks.
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Tips and Tools for the
Kinesthetic Learner
• Keep a rubber band handy
• Get active when studying—
bounce a ball, throw a ball
back and forth with study
buddies, work your core
• Underline, highlight or take
notes while you read
• When feeling overly unfocused,
use breathing and relaxation to
get back on track
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Math U See Horizons Math
A+ Math Life of Fred
Saxon Math Right Start
Discovery Math
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Marie’s Words (SAT Prep)
Write Source (Grades 1-12)
Write On! (Grades 3-8)
Zoo Phonics (Grades K-2)
BJU Press (Grades K-12)
Learning Language Arts Through Literature
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Science Through Children’s Literature (Grades K-7)
Build it Yourself Series (Nomad Press) (3-6)
The Private Eye (Grades K-12)
Apologia Science (Grades 1-12)
Discover! Science (Grades 1-2)
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Story of the World (Grades K-8)
Walch Hands on Culture Series (Grades 5-9)
Sonlight (Grades 1-12)
Steck Vaughn (Grades 1-12)
Chatham Hill Games (Grades 3+)
Build it Yourself Series (Grades 3-8)
The American History Detective (Grades 3-8)
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“Tell me and I will forget,
Teach me and I may
remember, involve me and I
will learn.”
Benjamin Franklin
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What do you do when the struggle is
about more than just learning style?
• Confuses or reverses letters or words
• Poor reading comprehension
• Poor handwriting skills
• Avoids reading and writing
• Does little or no voluntary reading?
• Poor enunciation of sounds
• Fails spelling and other reading-related work
• Unable to perceive sounds, letters or words
correctly
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What do you do when the struggle is
about more than just learning style?
• Does not complete tasks
• Emotional, easily upset about schoolwork
• Frustration, negative experiences with
independent schoolwork
• Easily distracted, impulsive or overactive
• Fails to understand or remember instructions
or assignments
• Very poor self-esteem
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Two more factors:
Brain Dominance
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Left Brain
• Taxon Memory
• Telephone numbers
• Names
• Lists
• Math facts
• Must be rehearsed
Short Term
Memory
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Brain Dominance
• Lef
t
Bra
in
Do
mi
na
nce
• Tends to approach
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Left Brain Dominance
• Organize
d
• Think
linearly
• Love
writing
• Love
talking
• Love
details
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Left Brain Dominance
• Very
schedul
ed
• Resear
ch and
develo
pment
• Watchi
ng the
clock
•
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Right Brain
• Spatial
• Colors
• Feelings
• Story-telling
• Hands-on
Long Term
Memory
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Brain Dominance
• R
i
g
h
t
B
r
a
i
n
D
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Right Brain Dominance
• Extremely
impulsive
• Very
creative
• Love
drawing
• Oblivious
to details
• Extremely
distractibl
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Right Brain Dominance
If you don’t allow for
the creativity then
you are stifling that
child at his or her
learning level.
• What if you are a
left brain
dominant Mom?
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In many years of observation I have never met a stupid child but I have met many stupid and debilitating, and yes, even
brain-damaging, systems of education. As we have discovered, a child can learn
almost anything and pass the standard if she is dancing, tasting,
touching, hearing, seeing, and feeling information. She can delight in doing so because she is using much more
of her mind-brain-body system than conventional teaching generally permits.
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So much of the failure in school and home stems directly from boredom, which itself stems directly from the larger failure to stimulate and not repress all those wonder areas in the child's brain and soul that could give him so many more ways of responding to her world
Jean Houston, co-director of the Foundation for Mind Research
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Contact Information
• Bridgeway Academy
www.bridgewayacademy.
com
• Curriculum Express
www.curriculumexpress.c
om
• Homeschooling Help
www.homeschoolinghelp.
com
• Essential Learning
Systems
www.LDHope.com58