Kids Learning Styles

Do you know your kids learning styles? Free learning styles quiz to find out what they are and how to best meet those needs.


What is a learning style?

It is simply a way to explain a student's preferred method of learning and development.

Knowing different types of learning styles can drastically improve your teaching.

Identifying particular learning styles children display is not meant to pigeon-hole them.

Most people possess traits of several different styles.


However, there is always a dominant one or two, that should be factored in as to how we are best teaching children.

Brain research and learning supports teaching to kids learning styles.

The learning styles chart below shows the most commonly recognized kids learning styles.

7 Learning Styles

It makes sense that if we tap into our kids' learning styles, we will naturally make them more responsive to learning. After all, learning and pleasure go hand-in-hand. The brain becomes more receptive, confidence grows, and achievement rises.

Learning Styles in the Classroom

When these three types of learning styles are purposefully blended into daily lessons, you will see most of your students achieve beyond your expectations. There is no one perfect way for everyone to learn, and you may have some students who require other learning styles activities, but these three are critical. Here is a quick learning styles assessment you can use with your students. The questions are designed to be a learning style indicator for the teacher to use to better understand the students and to aid in lesson planning.

Get your easy to use kids learning styles assessment now: Learning Styles Quiz.

Once your students have taken the quiz and you have calculated their results, it is time for you to start thinking about how you can use what you know in your lesson plans. You should also use Blooms Taxonomy to best prepare for mastery learning.

Learning Styles Activities

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Visual Learning Style

Auditory Learning Style

Kinesthetic Learning Style

Educators should always be furthering their knowledge about how to best teach students, including their kids' learning styles. One excellent book is Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom. A must read for every teacher.

Other excellent books for your professional library are The Way They Learn, So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences, and Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential.

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