Comments on: Is Your Child A Tactile/Kinetic Learner http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/education/is-your-child-a-tactilekinetic-learner/ To Inspire with Ideas and Practical Tips on Parenting Fri, 16 May 2008 02:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: karen http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/education/is-your-child-a-tactilekinetic-learner/#comment-80177 karen Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:38:51 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/education/is-your-child-a-tactilekinetic-learner/#comment-80177 This is very interesting about kinetic learners...My son is 18 months old, and I'm already seeing his preference for moving around above doing almost anything else! Do you suppose this is too early to determine that he is a kinetic learner? I'd like to approach things in ways that will be appropriate for his "learning style"... This is very interesting about kinetic learners…My son is 18 months old, and I’m already seeing his preference for moving around above doing almost anything else! Do you suppose this is too early to determine that he is a kinetic learner? I’d like to approach things in ways that will be appropriate for his “learning style”…

]]> By: brenda kennell http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/education/is-your-child-a-tactilekinetic-learner/#comment-70206 brenda kennell Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:10:43 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/education/is-your-child-a-tactilekinetic-learner/#comment-70206 I is most helpful to me. I have a seven year old that has difficulty reading and following through on instructions. I is most helpful to me. I have a seven year old that has difficulty reading and following through on instructions.

]]> By: Steff http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/education/is-your-child-a-tactilekinetic-learner/#comment-68814 Steff Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:54:32 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/education/is-your-child-a-tactilekinetic-learner/#comment-68814 I, too, am so happy to have found this article. My daughter is 9 and in 4th grade. She has always had trouble with reading and I have her enrolled in a parochial school, where rules, order and strict discipline are constanctly practiced. She has not thrived, except for that they send her to a special class for remedial work. They seem to routinely send her to this class, without really trying to see why she needs it. I have been carefully monitoring her approach to her work. I have been very worried that she had some kind of learning disorder, dyslexia or ADHD. Though, she really didn't fit the majority of qualities of any of those. She is very coordinated, to the point that people are amazed at her abilities. Her friend'd dad is a tennis pro and my daughter had never played tennis, but was out with her friend when the dad took them to go hit a few balls. My daughter returned the serves like she had been playing for years. he called me in shock and said she had incredible coordination - and should be enrolled in sports. She will begin basketball this winter. Anyway, what really worried me was that when she would read, she had trouble, and couldn't sit still. Literally, she would almost stand on her head!! This has been going on for years. Whenever she was engaged in homework, reading or studying, she would move around (fidget). She does not do this at any other time and is not a hyperactive child. I mentioned it to the reading specialist, who was puzzled and said she had never heard of anything resulting in such movement. Later, she approached me and said that she, too, had begun to notice this (after I mentioned it to her). So, here is what I have begun to do. 1. I have not agreed to the remedial class this year. I think the school is using it as a crutch and to reduce their class size. I never get any feedback from the progrma and when I ask questions, they never know the answers. They did, at my request, perform a battery of tests, which yielded interesting resuts, but no plan of action or diagnosis. 2. I spend much more time working with her. We study for tests using flas cards and prep tests that I create on the computer. We make it fun and she is allowed to move around and, at intervals, release energy in any way she wants (singing,screaming, performing for me, telling me a joke, being silly). We did this last week and she scored a 95 on a major science exam - and a 100 on her spelling test. She is a good speller - but a nervous reader. Her teachers makes them read in front of the class, which makes her very nervous and anxious. I feel so badly for her. Now, after reading this site's article, I think we've found the answer! I am going to spend time researching kinetic learning. Thank you!!! If you have any other advice for me, please email me. I, too, am so happy to have found this article. My daughter is 9 and in 4th grade. She has always had trouble with reading and I have her enrolled in a parochial school, where rules, order and strict discipline are constanctly practiced. She has not thrived, except for that they send her to a special class for remedial work. They seem to routinely send her to this class, without really trying to see why she needs it.

I have been carefully monitoring her approach to her work. I have been very worried that she had some kind of learning disorder, dyslexia or ADHD. Though, she really didn’t fit the majority of qualities of any of those.

She is very coordinated, to the point that people are amazed at her abilities. Her friend’d dad is a tennis pro and my daughter had never played tennis, but was out with her friend when the dad took them to go hit a few balls. My daughter returned the serves like she had been playing for years. he called me in shock and said she had incredible coordination - and should be enrolled in sports. She will begin basketball this winter.

Anyway, what really worried me was that when she would read, she had trouble, and couldn’t sit still. Literally, she would almost stand on her head!! This has been going on for years. Whenever she was engaged in homework, reading or studying, she would move around (fidget). She does not do this at any other time and is not a hyperactive child. I mentioned it to the reading specialist, who was puzzled and said she had never heard of anything resulting in such movement. Later, she approached me and said that she, too, had begun to notice this (after I mentioned it to her).

So, here is what I have begun to do. 1. I have not agreed to the remedial class this year. I think the school is using it as a crutch and to reduce their class size. I never get any feedback from the progrma and when I ask questions, they never know the answers. They did, at my request, perform a battery of tests, which yielded interesting resuts, but no plan of action or diagnosis. 2. I spend much more time working with her. We study for tests using flas cards and prep tests that I create on the computer. We make it fun and she is allowed to move around and, at intervals, release energy in any way she wants (singing,screaming, performing for me, telling me a joke, being silly). We did this last week and she scored a 95 on a major science exam - and a 100 on her spelling test. She is a good speller - but a nervous reader. Her teachers makes them read in front of the class, which makes her very nervous and anxious. I feel so badly for her.

Now, after reading this site’s article, I think we’ve found the answer! I am going to spend time researching kinetic learning. Thank you!!!

If you have any other advice for me, please email me.

]]> By: Kim Sockrider http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/education/is-your-child-a-tactilekinetic-learner/#comment-8304 Kim Sockrider Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:34:43 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/education/is-your-child-a-tactilekinetic-learner/#comment-8304 I am so thankful that I found your website. My youngest and most energetic child is having alot of trouble sitting still in the classroom. I an confident that now I can assist him with his stlye of learning. I dreaded the label of ADHD for him. I wanted something else to go on other than a label of ADHD, and many years of struggling in school. Great Information! Thank you! Mom (Kim) I am so thankful that I found your website. My youngest and most energetic child is having alot of trouble sitting still in the classroom. I an confident that now I can assist him with his stlye of learning. I dreaded the label of ADHD for him. I wanted something else to go on other than a label of ADHD, and many years of struggling in school. Great Information!

Thank you!

Mom
(Kim)

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