Learning styles

From Afehandbook

LEARNING STYLES:

A BEGINNING SAMPLE LIST OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES BY LEARNING STYLES - (collected by Nancy Winans)

for experiential / kinesthetic learners: (of course, actually do the thing you are learning about like churning butter, making a radio, etc.)

for science: garden, raise animals, do nature walks, dissect things, do experiments, build models (of dinosaurs, DNA, etc.) volunteer at the animal shelter or marine lab, county fair activities, do an internship, put together a rock or flower collection, touch objects, roll down a hill, do roller-coaster physics, etc.

for the arts: be in a band or choir, paint, throw clay, or weave, take photographs, make a collage, write poetry or myths, sew, dance, do any of these as you learn academics: bounce or throw a ball rhythmically, walk chant, sing a song to memorize, do a movement pattern as a mnemonic device, wind a silk scarf around your finger or hand as you listen, roll a ball under your foot, sit on a balance board or ball, swing, use your fingers to trace, use objects or manipulatives to stand for ideas, teach someone else, etc.

for math: use pattern blocks, unifix cubes, or zome blocks, bake, design and build, do 3-D puzzles, play games, do “finger math” program for learning math facts, use wind-up math facts cards, use collections of shells, small farm animals, etc. to sort and count, shop and use money, weigh things, measure your furniture and house, etc.

move your body: rhythmic activities, swing, do exercises, dance, gymnastics, fencing, tae kwon do, swimming, climbing, balancing, yoga, etc

for learning reading: use letter tiles, make clay words, trace over sandpaper lettters, trace in the air, trace over bumpy letters, have someone trace on your hand or back to make letters and words, hop forward for letters in a word or words in a sentence, do crossing midline activities (crawling, swimming, other)

for history: travel, go to museums, use globes, participate in re-enactments, visit ethnic restaurants or cultural fairs, act out skits or stories about what you are learning, make a diorama of a scene from a time or place in history (like ancient Egypt) make artifacts related to area of study (like a mini-kimono) etc.

for visual learners:

use visual dictionaries and encyclopedias

look at maps

view photographic collections

use books with timelines, charts, lists, and venn diagrams

watch video documentary series

use flash cards

make a math journal (draw pictures for each area of learning – ex: fractions)

create models and dioramas

make collage or posters

observe nature, people, architecture

take photographs to make a journal or use computer graphics to create books or charts on

     history or science

watch a play or demonstration,

use letter or word tiles to create sentences or poetry

read magazines

do computer or online classes

visit museums and art shows

make mind maps

take notes by drawing simple sketches or diagrams

pair images (like a pig) to phonemes (like the “oy” sound) for phonics work

make films, or slide shows on powerpoint

for auditory learners (this is the way most schools approach learning)

attend lectures and classes

read books, magazines, and newspapers

listen to books on tape

watch and listen to Teaching Company courses

get into small discussion or study groups

do or listen to storytelling

go to public lectures or tours

make sequential outlines

listen to historical recordings

use audiotapes of math facts songs

do an oral presentation

verbally rehearse or make an audiotape

explain to someone else

give dictation or make a tape recording

listen to music while doing other learning activity

go to concerts

write stories, poetry, journals, letters, plays, etc.

for logical / mathematical learners

write lists by category, etc.

categorize objects by size, use, features, etc.

do computer games or learning programs

do online courses

play board, card or logic and strategy games

look for patterns (color, shape, number, etc.)

do sequential workbooks

use topo maps

do statistics with baseball cards

do logic books

make timelines, venn diagrams, mind maps

read or look through science encyclopedias

use pattern blocks or objects to learn math

do secret codes or puzzles

learn Greek or Latin roots for vocabulary and spelling

diagram sentences or do grammar books

do science experiments

do polls and use columns or graphs to tabulate

learn to read music