Summer fun for Audio Learners!

If your child is an Audio Learner (link to Learning Styles), let me show you some creative ideas to stimulate his or her brain this summer and on into the school year.

First of all, Audio learners are usually talkers. The only way they remember things is by talking about it.  Believe it or not, they need to hear themselves say it aloud.  That’s why all those work sheets they do in silence, are like torture.  They might as well be talking to friends, they’d probably learn more!

Spelling is tough for audio learners since the English language is not that easy to spell when you hear it.  First get a list from the internet of the spelling words for the grade level  just completed.  You’re wondering “Why not get a list of next year’s words?”  Well, little Johnny may have passed all the weekly spelling tests by memory but promptly forgot soon after. Try  acronyms for those tricky words like “rhythm.”

Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move

Notice the first letter of each word spells out “rhythm”.  Try this acronym for “because”,

Big Elephants Can Always Upset Small Elephants

That talker of yours is going to love making up more acronyms!  The crazier they are, the easier it is to remember.

Try putting the spelling word to music or rhyme.  Remember this old one for “Mississippi?

Miss-iss-ipp-i

You’ll be amazed at what your kids can create by spelling a word to a song. And believe me, they won’t forget it.  That reminds me, look at the word “believe”. Did you know there’s a “lie” in it?  So don’t believe everything you see!

Reading can be tedious for Audio Learners if they have to read silently. Have them read aloud, using different voices for every character.  Oh, they’ll love it!  Let them perform before an audience of family and friends. Use sound effects and record it as a radio play.  Do you remember radio?? Or better yet, turn it into a Podcast!

Non-fiction books are perfect for Audio Learners.  After reading about a subject like fish or dogs, tell them to teach what they learned to another family member.  Grandma’s are always good listeners!

What about math, especially word problems? Make it a family affair.  Talk about the problem and let your audio learner discover what makes sense.  Often, just by talking it out they understand.

Make up rhymes for difficult math words.  Maybe they can’t remember what the  word “quotient” means.

Quotient, “kwo-shunt”
What a funny word,
The answer to division
Isn’t that absurd?

Maybe they’re still counting on their fingers instead of memorizing add/subtract facts, or maybe they haven’t mastered multiplication/division yet.  You might want to check out the systems I developed.

Celebrate your Audio Learner!  Sure they talk a lot and on and on….but what fun you can have with them and you always know what they’re thinking about!

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It’s time again to help our kids pass the weekly spelling test! And if your child struggles to spell, help is HERE! Use “acronyms” like this one for the word “because”:

Big Elephants Can Always Upset Small Elephants.

The first letter of each word in the fun sentence spells out “because”. It is best to make the sentence silly or ridiculous. It’s always easier to remember something funny!

How about this acronym for learning to spell “arithmetic”:

A Rat In The House Might Eat The Ice Cream

Add a picture and the visual learners will remember the acronym.

Be creative! Encourage your child to dream up their own pictures and acronyms. Make it fun! Only use this method for a few of the words because it might become a chore to remember all the sentences. Most words can be sounded out phonetically.

I’m working on putting all these ideas together in a spelling memory book for kids. Send me any of your successful methods and I may include them in my new book! (with a credit, of course!)

You can contact me here.

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