Researchers have found that many children have learning styles that are incompatible with traditional classroom environments. In today's budget-crunched schools, for example, a child who learns by physically doing may seem like a distraction to the classroom. Special gifts may also slip by unnoticed in the unbending structure often found in traditional schools. Musical abilities may seem less important than math skills, for example. With obstacles like these, it takes an involved parent to help a child reach his full potential.
Most children learn through their senses.
Even as babies, they experience the world through taste, touch, smell and observation. Your child's preference may change over time or even day to day. While no one fits neatly into any one category, identifying your child's dominant learning style can dramatically improve his ability to learn both in and out of the classroom. Even family relationships may improve as you begin to understand your child's way of thinking. Determining Your Child's Learning Style Using the checklists below, you can identify your child's dominant learning style.