Learning Styles: Visual

One more learning style for you…visual. That is not to say that kinetic, auditory, and visual are the only learning styles, but they are good examples of three of the major styles.
So, visual learners. They learn by seeing. Often the more colorful and animated a lesson is, the better. Some researchers think that our children are having more visual pathways formed in their brains at an early age because of the amount of input our children receive.
Consider a child from the era when public schools were being created. There was no television, no internet, no video games, and no smart phones. Books and a black board were the height of visual stimulation in those classrooms. Today, children have all of that visual stimulation, much of it before they can even read.
We know that language pathways in the brain form early, usually before the age of three, and other pathways are not an exception to this rule. If you wire a child’s brain to rapid visual input, then it would follow that that might be how they learn best.
Visual learners think more in pictures than in words, they may dream in color, they are better at multi-tasking than some other styles of learners. Where they do not excel is in linear tasks, or multi-step tasks. Don’t be surprised if your visual learner doesn’t do well in long division, or even math in general.
After describing three of the main types of learning styles, you may not see a clear picture of your child. This is because many children are combination learners.You may even see that your child learns one subject visually, another kinesthetically, and a third by an auditory method. Being familiar with different learning styles means that you have tools in your tool box to help your child learn in a manner that works for them.