It is important, when teaching children, to give them a variety of activities. Our students learn in a variety of ways and every child has one or more strengths and one or more weaknesses. By offering classroom activities that utilize the different learning styles and learning intelligences, we are giving our students both a chance to be successful and a chance to meet challenges.
For the student who is a verbal/linguistic learner, journal writing is a joy, but when it is time for computation games, that same student may be at a loss. This does not mean that we only teach to the particular student's learning style or intelligence, but rather that by touching upon all of them we can help each and every one of our students be comfortable with ALL of the learning styles and intelligences!
The following list of activities was given to me in a staff development course and I have used it year after year to help me plan to meet the needs of ALL of my students! I hope you find it as useful as I have!
Done by Jan and Dave Ulrey--
Verbal / Linguistic Learners
Enjoy activities that involve reading, writing, and speaking
writing workshop
journals; diaries
debating
literature circles
creative writing
poetry
teaching others
humor
jokes
readers' theater
storytelling
alphabetizing; dictionaries
classroom newsletters
interviews
class discussions
library visits
vocabulary games
Logical / Mathematical Learners
Enjoy working with numbers, experimenting, patterning, and asking questions
predicting; estimating
conducting surveys
brain teasers
statistics
sequencing; timelines
puzzles; kits
graphing information
probability
following recipes
codes
Venn diagrams
research projects
computation games
computers; calculators
measuring
creating games; programs
scientific experiments
Visual / Spatial Learners
Enjoy learning through visualizing, diagrams, and a range of visual media
illustrating information
filmmaking
map making
murals
designing posters
graphs; flow charts
observations
sewing; beading; weaving
geometrical building
woodworking
chess
cartoons
using symbols
sculpting; painting; drawing
guided imagery
webbing; mapping
visual languages; signing
collages
Bodily / Kinesthetic Learners
Enjoy activities that allow them to move, touch, and do
