Ways your child learns

Flowchart: Alternate Process: Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence (body smart) -- ability to control one's body movements and to handle objects skillfully     What are learning styles and why are they important?

            Learning styles are simply the way your child learns best.  Each child learns information differently; therefore, it is my responsibility to find out how each of my students learn best and provide activities and opportunities for them using these learning style.  This is also a great tool to use to keep my lessons and activities fun and exciting.  The more I can connect the information to them, the more they will learn and remember later.  This means that it is important for me to consider all of these learning styles when I plan my lessons and activities.  I incorporate lessons throughout the day the cover a range of these styles.

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Information from: http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index.html

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Flowchart: Alternate Process: Visual-Spatial Intelligence  (picture smart)   -- capacity to think in images and pictures, to visualize accurately and abstractly  

Flowchart: Alternate Process: Naturalist Intelligence (nature smart) -- ability to recognize and categorize plants, animals and other objects in nature    

Flowchart: Alternate Process: Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence (word smart) -- well-developed verbal skills and sensitivity to the sounds, meanings and rhythms of words  Flowchart: Alternate Process: Intrapersonal Intelligence (self smart) -- capacity to be self-aware and in tune with inner feelings, values, beliefs and thinking process   Flowchart: Alternate Process: Musical Intelligence (music smart) -- ability to produce and appreciate rhythm, pitch and timber     Flowchart: Alternate Process: Mathematical-Logical Intelligence (number/reasoning smart) -- ability to think conceptually and abstractly, and capacity to discern logical or numerical patterns     Flowchart: Alternate Process: Interpersonal Intelligence (people smart) -- capacity to detect and respond appropriately to the moods, motivations and desires of others.