So i have a kinesthetic learner.... what should i know?

BeckaBlue · 08-15-2009, 08:37 PM

my ds (6yo) im 99% sure learns mostly w/ feeling and doing
I'm a visual learner, as is abbey. dunno about kenz still
so i wanna get some math manipulatives, and some letters (I got some thin cardboard letters but i doubt they'll last long...)
what kinds of things do u encourage doing for a feeler?

AdrienneQW · 08-15-2009, 09:23 PM

Celeste is a kinesthetic learner and she needs daily upside-down time.

Every kinesthetic presents differently, but the desire to be upside down is pretty common.

Math manipulatives are great. Physical activity while learning is great - doing math facts while bouncing on the trampoline, spelling words out loud during hopscotch, that sort of thing. Being able to play quietly with toys, or manipulate something like silly putty, is great during read-alouds. Celeste learns better by doing, yes, but it's also important for me to remember that she learns better WHILE doing - and what she's doing doesn't always need to be what she's learning!

I particularly recommend Math-U-See for math and, if you're looking for a formal reading program, Rocket Phonics. (I don't prefer doing a formal reading curriculum with kinesthetics, but that's personal choice).

allisonintx · 08-15-2009, 09:27 PM

my kinesthetic learner has only ever been able to learn math from MathUSee. I resisted getting it. I didn't like the way the manipulatives felt, I didn't like the U in the name...I hate intentional misspellings

and I didn't want to support that. I had to get over it, because it was what worked best.

making letters in a tray of salt or sand, making letters out of playdough, stuff like that works. there is a kind of flash cards that my dd's montessori school used called a kinesthetic alphabet. you might see if a google search turns it up. it would be cheap b/c you could just print it out at home and make up the cards yourself.

BeckaBlue · 08-15-2009, 09:44 PM

I've looked at mus quite a lot, thinking i could maybe get it in the next mt or so. but i'm doing most of this without getting formal curriculum cause of the costs

kiloyd · 08-16-2009, 06:59 PM

I like the forming letters out of playdough idea.

BeckaBlue · 08-16-2009, 07:48 PM

he dos know his letters (and sounds they make). he hasnt connected how they make words yet though so he's not reading at all except 'nik' and 'the' and a few others that he just knows what they look like, lol!

08-15-2009, 08:37 PM	#1
BeckaBlue Rose Garden AKA mama2madj Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 15,078	So i have a kinesthetic learner.... what should i know? my ds (6yo) im 99% sure learns mostly w/ feeling and doing I'm a visual learner, as is abbey. dunno about kenz still so i wanna get some math manipulatives, and some letters (I got some thin cardboard letters but i doubt they'll last long...) what kinds of things do u encourage doing for a feeler? __________________ Becka, 30 esFP married to E InTJ mama of 6 fun fantastical kiddos K, 14 ENP A, 11 INJ N, 10 EFJ J, 5.5 ETJ El 10/11 D 1/13 "Against the grain should be a way of life. What's worth the prize is always worth the fight" - Nickelback

08-15-2009, 09:23 PM	#2
AdrienneQW Rose Garden Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Inglewood, CA Posts: 8,208	Re: So i have a kinesthetic learner.... what should i know? Celeste is a kinesthetic learner and she needs daily upside-down time. Every kinesthetic presents differently, but the desire to be upside down is pretty common. Math manipulatives are great. Physical activity while learning is great - doing math facts while bouncing on the trampoline, spelling words out loud during hopscotch, that sort of thing. Being able to play quietly with toys, or manipulate something like silly putty, is great during read-alouds. Celeste learns better by doing, yes, but it's also important for me to remember that she learns better WHILE doing - and what she's doing doesn't always need to be what she's learning! I particularly recommend Math-U-See for math and, if you're looking for a formal reading program, Rocket Phonics. (I don't prefer doing a formal reading curriculum with kinesthetics, but that's personal choice). __________________ ~AQW~ Alleged eSfJ Richly blessed wife of Harold Proud mama of Dexter (Feb 2002) and Celeste (April 2005) Always loving Thomas William (03/04)

08-15-2009, 09:27 PM	#3
allisonintx Rose Garden Some Cal/Mag will probably fix that. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: catching up on the laundry Posts: 41,294	Re: So i have a kinesthetic learner.... what should i know? my kinesthetic learner has only ever been able to learn math from MathUSee. I resisted getting it. I didn't like the way the manipulatives felt, I didn't like the U in the name...I hate intentional misspellings and I didn't want to support that. I had to get over it, because it was what worked best. making letters in a tray of salt or sand, making letters out of playdough, stuff like that works. there is a kind of flash cards that my dd's montessori school used called a kinesthetic alphabet. you might see if a google search turns it up. it would be cheap b/c you could just print it out at home and make up the cards yourself. __________________ allisonintx Wife to Stephen Mother to Elizabeth 19, Andrew 17, Abigail 14 & Evelyn 12 Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turn of the world. Love keeps her in the air when she ought to fall down. Tells you she's hurting before she keens. Makes her a home. . . . . . . .

08-15-2009, 09:44 PM	#4
BeckaBlue Rose Garden AKA mama2madj Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 15,078	Re: So i have a kinesthetic learner.... what should i know? I've looked at mus quite a lot, thinking i could maybe get it in the next mt or so. but i'm doing most of this without getting formal curriculum cause of the costs __________________ Becka, 30 esFP married to E InTJ mama of 6 fun fantastical kiddos K, 14 ENP A, 11 INJ N, 10 EFJ J, 5.5 ETJ El 10/11 D 1/13 "Against the grain should be a way of life. What's worth the prize is always worth the fight" - Nickelback

08-16-2009, 06:59 PM	#5
kiloyd Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 16,108	Re: So i have a kinesthetic learner.... what should i know? I like the forming letters out of playdough idea. __________________ k-i-loyd, not kill loyd ISFJ/P Katherine, married 8-9-97 ds1 22 (adding a dil in August!) dd1 18 dd2 16 ds2 10

08-16-2009, 07:48 PM	#6
BeckaBlue Rose Garden AKA mama2madj Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 15,078	Re: So i have a kinesthetic learner.... what should i know? he dos know his letters (and sounds they make). he hasnt connected how they make words yet though so he's not reading at all except 'nik' and 'the' and a few others that he just knows what they look like, lol! __________________ Becka, 30 esFP married to E InTJ mama of 6 fun fantastical kiddos K, 14 ENP A, 11 INJ N, 10 EFJ J, 5.5 ETJ El 10/11 D 1/13 "Against the grain should be a way of life. What's worth the prize is always worth the fight" - Nickelback

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