Learning is one of the important aspects in life that children must do in order to grow and develop properly. Therefore, it is also important for parents to pay attention to the quality and quantity of education they provide and receive by their children.
Even so, every child has their own learning style according to their interests and personality. So it is important for parents to provide education that suits the personality and needs of their children. so What are the learning styles of children that you need to know? In general, there are many learning models or learning methodologies that we can apply into children's education. In this case, I will review children's learning methods which are divided into 3 types.
Auditory learning method. (listening)
Auditory learning style is a learning method that relies on hearing to understand and remember it. Good hearing is an important asset to be able to access all types of sounds and words spoken. Children who learn by listening method, or children who have good hearing and can understand what they hear well so that they can absorb information optimally and can easily understand the explanations given to them in a spoken way.
Before knowing your child has good auditory, you better find out and see the signs that your child has good auditory, the sign in question are:
- Children are very quick to remember words from stories and songs.
- He is able to repeat phrases and comments he overhears.
- Enjoys listening to music while humming or singing.
- Happy to be invited to a discussion or asked to talk and explain something.
Kinesthetic learning method (learning by moving)
Kinesthetic learning style requires the individual concerned to move or touch something that provides certain information so that he can remember it. Someone with a kinesthetic learning style places the hand as the main recipient of information so that they can continue to remember it.
Just by holding it, he could absorb the information without having to read the explanation. This modality accesses all types of motion and emotion that are created or remembered, such as movement, coordination, rhythm, emotional response, and physical comfort.
Kinesthetically superior children are very happy to move while learning. No wonder this child always learns by involving movements, such as dancing, role playing, sports, playing musical instruments, and so on.
Visual Learning Style
visual learning- source
The third learning style is the visual learning style. This style or method focuses on vision. When learning new things, usually this type needs to see things visually to make it easier to understand and understand. In addition, visual types are also more comfortable learning by using colors, lines, and shapes. That is why, people who have a visual type usually have a deep understanding of artistic values such as color combinations and others.
CONCLUSION
Those are three styles or learning methods that we can apply to our children, especially early childhood. Well, before applying one of the three styles, we better do a little research about what advantages are found in our children, what styles are suitable for us to apply to children so that the style that we will later apply is suitable and in accordance with the needs of the children.