Thus, we have the textbook and lecture style of teaching that is used in classroom learning situations. For the tactile learner, the sense of touch is extremely important to the learning process. For the kinesthetic learner, it's a little different. In order for this style of learner to take in information and process it, he needs to be moving. Attending style or the way you pay attention to external and internal stimuli varies amongst individuals just as perceptual and cognitive styles vary.
Some children focus on a single task or activity and ignore everything else.
Others seem to flit from task to task or toy to toy without seeming to pay attention to anything for more than a few seconds. It would be a mistake to think that only the child who stays with one task is learning effectively. One learns in greater depth. The other learns in greater breadth. Selective attention in children is a problem that almost every parent has encountered.