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Hi Everyone!!

Just wondering if anyone has a visual/spatial child?

I found this blog which expalins the learning style:
http://throwingmarshmallows.homeschoolj ... resources/

How has HOD worked for that child?? I'm so curious!!


THANKS!!!

That is my son!! I just went to a home school conference and learned so much about right brianed children. It really helped me to understand the way he learns. I am a left brianed person so I still have times it is hard for me to teach him. But I am learning. The speaker at our conference was Dianne Craft. She has a web site just type her name in and check it out.


sheila mom to five great kids.

Sorry I never got to your question of how HOD is working for him. He is loving it so much. There is a good balance between seat work and physical movement. He seems to really enjoy it. He really likes making up things when we read the poems. It has been great for us. We were using MFW and that was okay, but HOD is so much better. For now we are only doing one page a day instead of two. We will work up to that throughout the summer because we stopped MFW in March and will kind of being doing 2nd grade work again this year with HOD. We can take some more time to focus on some of the things he has trouble with.

Sheila mom to five great kids

Oh, that's great to hear!!

I'm so glad that HOD works well for visual/spatial.

What about the math. Do you use Math-U-See?

Do you do anything different with Spelling, math memorization facts and writing??

By the way, thanks for the Speaker's Name (Dianne Craft....I'll look her up!)

I am so excited to see this topic come up. My ds is a visual-spatial learner and I am still trying to learn more about it and figure out how to teach him and understand his way of thinking. On some concepts, especially spatial, he blows me away with his perception and then with simple things, he doesn't have a clue. It's so hard for me to understand and figure out how best to approach it. Thanks for the website. I would be grateful for any other websites or resources you could refer me to. I'm really happy to hear that HOD is working well for other visual-spatial learners since we are planning on starting LHFHG in the fall.

Ladies,

HOD is actually designed to work with all of the learning styles (visual-spatial, auditory, and kinesthetic). We actually make a point to include activities for each style of learner in each homeschool day (and in each box of the plans throughout the week).

So, in that sense you don't have to work hard to find different ways of presenting things in order for them to be interesting to your child. I used to try to change learning activities to match my child's style of learning. Now, with our guides I know my child's learning style is covered each day. It makes for much less tweaking.

Plus, kiddos also get a chance to improve and practice other styles of learning in bite-sized pieces, so they can develop secondary learning styles as well.

Blessings,
Carrie

I use singapore math with him. He does very well in most math and seems to follow along with sinapore well. For spelling Carrie has some great activites so it isn't quite the same thing everyday and my son really likes that. Also back to Dianne Craft I learned some great ways to teach spelling to kids and could share my notes I took with you if you would like. I need to type them up still, but don't mind sending you a copy if you would like.

Sheila mom to five great kids

Carrie wrote:Ladies,

HOD is actually designed to work with all of the learning styles (visual-spatial, auditory, and kinesthetic). We actually make a point to include activities for each style of learner in each homeschool day (and in each box of the plans throughout the week).

So, in that sense you don't have to work hard to find different ways of presenting things in order for them to be interesting to your child. I used to try to change learning activities to match my child's style of learning. Now, with our guides I know my child's learning style is covered each day. It makes for much less tweaking.

Plus, kiddos also get a chance to improve and practice other styles of learning in bite-sized pieces, so they can develop secondary learning styles as well.

Blessings,
Carrie

That is just awesome! I'm glad to hear this.

All 3 of my girls having different learning styles. I was just thinking about that this afternoon wondering how in the world one cirriculum seemed so perfect for all of them when they are so different.

Yep, we're definitely where we should be with HOD. I can't wait for my items to come in!

Tabitha,

I had to laugh when I read your post, as my kiddos each have a different learning style (from one another) so far too. Who knows what my 4th one will be? Sometimes, it's hard to discern true learning styles in the younger years, as boys especially all seem kinesthetic!

But, my first-born is very auditory (with a heavy dose of kinesthetic), my second is very visual-spatial, and my third is kinesthetic for now.

Blessings,
Carrie

Carrie, or anyone, I guess...

Can you recommend any book to help me sort out what my children "are?"
I guess as long as I use HOD it doesn't matter, since they are all represented. But I have found a few clues about my boys, thus far, and I'd love to enrich it more.

Actually - The Five Love Languages helped me identify DS#2 as "touch," and sure enough, if I rub his arm, etc., as he reads, he is so much more self-assured and does better. Guessing kinesthetic for him, maybe?

TIA

momof2n2 wrote:Carrie, or anyone, I guess...

Can you recommend any book to help me sort out what my children "are?"
I guess as long as I use HOD it doesn't matter, since they are all represented. But I have found a few clues about my boys, thus far, and I'd love to enrich it more.

Actually - The Five Love Languages helped me identify DS#2 as "touch," and sure enough, if I rub his arm, etc., as he reads, he is so much more self-assured and does better. Guessing kinesthetic for him, maybe?

TIA

My oldest is very detail oriented, logic minded. Workbook kid at heart.

My middle is touchy-feely, hands on, creative, and visual.

My youngest is a mix of both. She is more creative in play, but just as detailed as the first.

They all have memories like an elephant.

Sometimes it's just in watching them, their preferances for things, and how they play that you can figure it out.