Parent Input Forms were sent home on March 1st. As you think about completing the Parent Input Form, the following information might be helpful as you describe your child.  

All children are born ready to learn, but not all children learn in the same way. One child can read something and remember it easily. Another may need to hear it. And the child who taps his/her pencil may actually be helping him/herself stay focused. So, it's important to know how your child learns best.

Watch how your child tackles a new task. You will get some clues about how s/he learns best:
* If your child is a visual learner, s/he learns from looking at images. A visual learner does best when s/he can make charts or flash cards of things s/he needs to memorize. Drawing a picture can also help him/her remember important facts.
* If your child is an auditory learner, s/he takes in information through his/her ears. S/he does well in a class where the teacher presents information verbally. You can help your auditory learner do better by encouraging him/her to read aloud when s/he studies. That way, s/he will actually hear the information. S/he can practice spelling words by saying them aloud.
* If your child is a physical learner, s/he needs to get his/her body involved. To support your physical learner, encourage him/her to get involved with his/her reading. S/he can act out the history lesson. S/he can put on a puppet show with characters from her chapter book.

If you are interested in all of the information this was taken from, you can find it at:  "Discover Your Child's Preferred Learning Style," http://www.dlt.ri.gov/lmi/pdf/LearningStyle.pdf.

Joanne D. Beekley, Ed.D. 

Principal