An educational approach for every type of learning.

Hey, some people like their peas on one side of the plate, some like them next to their carrots and others do not like them at all.. It is fine... We all like our individual approach to how we eat, how we think and how we learn... Here is a little something that Kindermusik International cooked up on learning...enjoy.

You are special!  I am special! 

We are all uniquely different individuals driven by different aspirations, goals and learning styles.  The same can be said of our Kindermusik parents and students.  How well do you know yourself?  How do you best learn new information?  How do you turn that information around to share with families?

Here is a list of the three most widely accepted learning styles.  Do you recognize yourself in any of the three?

A Visual Learner: Someone who attains new information through their eyes via graphs, photos and video.  A visually engaging learning environment is as important as the information being presented for this type of learner.  Writing down new information may help the visual learner re-access new information later.  Visual learners may exhibit intense focus with their eyes.

An Auditory Learner: This type of learner gleans the most information by keeping their ears tuned in to their environment.  They like to talk out what they are learning as another means of processing.  Their eyes may not necessarily focus on what is in their environment because their preferred information filtering is via their ears.

A Kinesthetic or Tactile Learner:  These learners are generally easy to spot in a classroom situation because they are most likely not sitting still!  They move to learn, they NEED to touch items around them.  Hands on activities help make abstract concepts become concrete and attainable for them

Anyone can be a bit of each of thse mentioned learning styles, however, we tend to have a preferred means of taking in and assimilating new information. Each child and parent in your classroom is going to show you in subtle, and sometimes, not so subtle ways their preferred learning style.  It is up to you to observe them and then use your unique teaching style to teach them where they learn best.  This is what makes a Kindermusik classroom so special.  We have activities that truly lend themselves well to the three learning styles.  For example: Finger-plays are not only visual, but they have the auditory and kinesthetic components to them.  Learning what “glissando” means can be visual (using a picture of a slide), auditory (using our voices to slide, listening to instruments) and kinesthetic when we use our bodies to “slide down”.