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  Learning Style Assessment

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Knowing your child's learning style is a foundational step in choosing both a curriculum and teaching approach. This important information can help you choose a curriculum that teaches to your child's strengths,  saving you money and heartache.  

Knowing your child's learning style better enables you to loosen the grip of any residual public school indoctrination you might unconsciously be carrying. This can grant you real freedom to begin to think outside the box concerning educational resources and teaching methods. 

Accommodating your children’s learning styles isn't a matter of indulgence or "pampering."  Allowing a kinesthetic/visual child for instance,  to learn his math through playing board games and computer software (instead of through a textbook), isn't just a more entertaining way for him to learn. It provides him the optimal learning experience based on  his particular strengths. The ability to teach in this way is one of the reasons home education is both a very effective and enjoyable educational option. 

"A wise teacher makes learning a joy." (Proverbs 15:2 NLT)

Home based learning is not just about lesson plans and textbooks. It's about providing your child with his most favorable learning experiences. (see Ephesians 6:4)

Many books have been written on the subject of learning styles. Some of the better known are:

  • The Way They Learn by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias

  • Every Child Can Succeed: Making the Most of Your Child's Learning Style by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias 

  • 7 Kinds of Smart: Identifying and Developing Your Many Intelligences by Thomas Armstrong

  • Discover Your Child's Learning Style: Children Learn in Unique Ways--Here's the Key to Every Child's Learning Success by Mariaemma Willis, Victoria Kindle-Hodson
Our Assessment Method  One Assessment Method  
One of our favorite books on learning styles is, "Discover Your Child's Learning Style" by Mariaemma Willis and Victoria Kindle-Hodson. The authors' methods  take into account a child's talents, interests, learning environment, and temperament, as well as the more familiar aspects of learning styles. They write, "The purpose of this book is to provide tools to help you keep that eagerness and ability to learn alive in your child." 

We have found that this book is an excellent tool for parents. We purchased two copies for our school library. You can try obtaining a copy through your city or county library. The  information below might help you if you need to ask for an Interlibrary loan of the book. You can also read an article written by the authors for a better understanding of their assessment methods.

Discover Your Childs Learning Style: Children Learn In Unique Ways--Here's The Key To Every Childs Learning Success
By: Willis, Mariaemma and Kindle-Hodson, Victoria
Published: August 1999
Prima Publishing
ISBN: 0761520139

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6

 

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