I’ve talked about spatial/visual learners, tactile/kinetic learners and auditory learners. Today logical learners are in the spotlight.

When my son was at primary school age, I found that he especially liked playing math games with his dad. Here’s one of his favourite math games. Whenever they came across a car with a four digit number plate, they would use the four digits to make up an equation using math calculation methods: addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. For example, if they saw 4248, they might come up with an equation like this: 4-2 = 8/4
Whenever my son worked out an equation, he was so excited that sometimes he would shout you to deaf. But my husband would not be satisfied with just one equation and challenge my son to find another one. It might be: 4/2=8/4 And then they went on finding another one until they couldn’t work out any. Then they would look for another four digit number and continue to play. My son just loved playing this game with his dad. He was fascinated with numbers and solving mathematical problem. You can tell my son is a logical learner.

Is your child a logical learner?

Here I have listed some important and significant traits of a logical learner. As before, you can just put 0, 1 or 2 to each trait. (0= not like my child at all, 1=partially like my child, 2=very much like my child.) The higher you score, the more likely your child is a logical learner.

• work well with numbers and can perform complex calculations
• math or science are the favourite subjects in school
• enjoy strategy games, computers and experiment with purpose
• like searching for patterns or logical sequences
• like building blocks and pattern puzzles with their own designs
• like to have something measured, categorized, analyzed, or quantified in some way
• easily find out logical flaws in people’s words and deeds at school and home
• like creating agendas, to-do lists and ranking them before putting into action
• comfortable with logical reasoning and abstract concepts
• like asking questions, such as “what if” , “how things work” and “why is it”

Tips for parenting logical children:

1. They need to understand the reasons behind the things they learn. So they might not enjoy rote learning unless they have a reason behind it.
2. Encourage them to learn through playing puzzles, numerical puzzles, word puzzles and solving problems.
3. Use educational computer games or software to facilitate their learning.
4. When reading, ask them some questions and offer context clues to assist them to find out answers.
5. Don’t just tell them or show them your love. You can ask them to give you reasons why you love them. They’ll give you wonderful answers. When my son was young, I always asked my son this question, “Do you feel your dad and I love you?” He said, ”yes.” “How do you know we love you?” Then he listed many things that we did for him.

Related articles:

When A Kid Learns

Is Your Child A Spatial/Visual Learner?

Is Your Child A Tactile/Kinetic Learner?

Is Your Child An Auditory Learner? 

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