Children are born with different kinds of
learning styles. The education experts suggested that the learning styles are
grouped into auditory, visual and kinaesthetic. The experts said that 80
percent of what we learn is through our vision. Children of this style are
drawn to paintings, craft and other arts. They also have a wonderful sense of
imagination and are known to be very creative (Fiona Baker, n.d.). Visual
learners learn more through matured and developed reading skills from books,
and visual materials like flashcards.
Here at Letzhop, we teach children to learn
through watching videos of topic related and content-based in order to help
them to read and understand reading better. It is believed that visual and
auditory learning styles to be the most dominant and many traditional
classrooms are geared with such styles and suitable to cater to our visual
learners (Fiona Baker, n.d.). As a teacher, we agree that for the children
learning to make sense, they need to be able to see, visualise and illustrate
their knowledge skills and concepts. We see our children here improve day by
day. Visual and auditory learning styles motivate the children to enjoy reading
and recognizing the letters or words. Visual learners will eventually get
motivated to read more with stimulating reading skills games prepared by the
teachers.
A sample of a game reading activity we did with
our children at Letzhop, bring a hat (like a magician hat) into the class and
hide as many words flashcards related to the story or topic learned during the
day. The teacher says the word, “abracadabra!” and take out one card, show the
card to the children and invite them to say the word aloud. This leads the
children to read and the activity is later repeated, but teacher picks one of
the children to say the magic word and pick a card from the hat. Let the child
leads the class and this activity will encourage others to read along. The
flashcards used as the visual materials attract the children’s interest and
something for them to look forward to every time it is reading class!
Better learning is acquired by the children at
Letzhop via matured and developed reading skills and attractive learning materials
like flashcards. However, it is still important to acknowledge the children’s
best learning behaviours, whether they are visual, auditory or kinaesthetic
learners. When parents or teachers know their children’s best way to learn,
learning would be easier and more effective for the child.
Authored by,
Teacher Ila & Teacher Anem
LETZHOP Bandar Baru Bangi
Reference:
Baker, F. (n.d.). Mum's School Zone. Retrieved August 22, 2014,
from kidspot: http://www.kidspot.com.au/schoolzone/Learning-Learning-styles-Visual-learning-style-in-children+4086+391+article.htm
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