Learning Styles: Kinetic

Did you know that there were different learning styles? One of the ways to make your homeschool more successful is to teach to you child in a learning style that will be most effective for their learning styles.
If your child is a kinetic learner, he or she is very active physically. She enjoys learning through touch, and is very aware of textures. He probably learns better when he is allowed to do something physical while learning.
For children who are kinetic learners, math manipulatives are probably a good idea. Writing and drawing are also physical activities so letting your kinetic learner write spelling words on the white board with a marker is probably better than asking the child to spell the words out loud.
Consider letting your child bounce a ball while practicing multiplication tables. A friend of mine made small bean bags for her kinetic learner. Some were filled with rice, some with beans, some with small beads, some with sand, and the fabrics were silky, furry, rough, smooth. She let her child hold them, toss them, and play with them while they were doing school work. She reported that her son’s scores on almost everything improved. This is just anecdotal but might be worth a try if you have a kinetic learner.