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Audial, visual or kinesthetic: how to achieve academic success
By the way people perceive information, they can be conditionally divided into audials, visuals and kinesthetics. And these features are manifested in childhood. Why do you need to know which category your baby belongs to? The child will understand and listen to the words of the parent, educator, teacher, if the information is communicated in “his language”.
Knowing what type of perception your child is, you can make sure that the child learns new things faster and better. Agree, it’s worth it to understand the issue. So how do audials, visuals, and kinesthetics differ from each other? How do you create an ideal work environment for each of them? Let’s tell you now.
Visuals are children who comprehend the world with their eyes. They perceive and remember what they saw better. If the information can not only be heard, but also examined, then their memory will perceive such material much more favorably. Such children really like to look at various images, they begin to be interested in letters from an early age.
By speech, you can also determine the visual – they often use words such as “look”, “see”, “apparently”, the names of colors. Visuals are very attentive to others, they will be the first to notice changes in a room or in a picture, pay attention to new things of classmates. Such children do not tolerate close contact and do not like to be blocked from view. They think in images, so they often have artistic talent; they draw, mold, and design well. According to psychologists, visuals are about 60%.
How to create a good learning environment for a visual child?
- Visuals need a lot of space and time to learn. Therefore, a large table is needed, as well as various stickers, markers, pencils, bookmarks, and more.
- A magnetic board or a board for drawing with chalk will be a good assistant in learning.
- Educational posters will come in handy. Let the child hang them on the walls himself.
- Encyclopedias and textbooks, which contain a lot of illustrations, tables and graphs, will come to your liking.
I hear, therefore, I understand
The proverb “flew into one ear, flew into the other” is definitely not about these children. What they have heard will linger in their memory for a long time and will be carefully considered. The audial child is assiduous, attentive, loves to talk and listen. For such children, communication is of great importance in development, therefore, they simply need the attention of parents, educators, and teachers.
It is easier for audials to study in small groups, when the teacher can devote enough time to each student. The truth is born in the discussion, because audials can be very persistent and even a little annoying: when they come home from school, they tell their parents in detail what happened during the day. And they like to solve problems, discussing its solution. Also audials are very attentive to details and tend to lyrical digressions.
How to create a good learning environment for an audial child?
- Create a calm atmosphere for your child to study, a separate space, no loud extraneous sounds (buy all family members headphones and so watch TV, after all).
- Ask your child to explain to you out loud what he understood or learned (not by force, of course, but because of your sincere curiosity).
- Download audiobooks and audio courses for your child.
- Teach your child to concentrate on doing something to speak out loud (if at home), in a whisper, or mentally (if at school).
Such a kid is a practitioner: he seeks to study the world around him from all sides, sniffing, feeling and even tasting. He likes to take his toys apart. Little kinesthetics prefer outdoor games, but they consider reading to be boring. It is these children who begin to write before they read, which is why they should be taught to read through writing. Kinesthetics are actively engaged in gathering wherever they go (shells, pebbles, bugs, etc.).
During a conversation, kinesthetics often fiddle with something in their hands. Such a child is very restless, after a few minutes he starts fidgeting, tapping his fingers, gnawing at a pen or pencil, and pulling at his hair.
Kinesthetic children love to be outdoors, go to museums and exhibitions. To such children, in order to understand the structure of the toad, it is better to see it in a section in formaldehyde, and they will be helped to imagine the structure of the solar system by self-made dummy balls.
How to create a good learning environment for a kinesthetic child?
- For fruitful activities, the child needs practical materials – volumetric toys, animal figures, a set of stones and minerals, a globe, etc.
- Visit various exhibitions, museums, contact zoos with your children.
- Download documentaries for your child, give access to educational TV programs.
- Do not force the kid to sit for a long time on the task, as he quickly accumulates fatigue, and his attention is scattered, so often alternate physical and mental stress.