Over 30 Fun Learning Style Activities for Practicing a New Language at Home!
Everyone learns in their own way, especially since there are many types of learning styles, such as visual, auditory, kinesthetic, verbal, and reading/ writing learners. When practicing a new language at home, knowing what style or mix of styles works best for your child will allow for the greatest success.
Additionally, learning a new language can become difficult, frustrating, boring, or even tedious, so it is important to incorporate different activities into your child’s at-home practice.
In this article, we will look at the different learning styles to help you match your child to the different styles, and then we will look at fun activities for each type of learning style.
Help your child in their learning journey by determining which style they fall into!
Learning styles:
Visual learners: Visual learners learn best through what they can see and through visual materials:
- Pictures
- Videos
- Illustrations
- Symbols
- Visual instructions
Auditory learners: Auditory learners learn best through material they can hear:
- Videos
- Podcasts
- Music
- Conversations
- Audiobooks
- Spoken instructions
Kinesthetic learners: Kinesthetic learners learn best by doing and through hands-on activities:
- Doing role-play
- Using body movement in learning
- Using touch and feel in learning
- Playing Charades
- Using gestures for keywords
- Making crafts or artwork
Verbal learners: Verbal learners learn through speaking and verbal activities:
- Reading out loud
- Having conversations
- Doing Tongue Twisters
- Rhyming words out loud
Reading/ Writing Learners: Reading/ writing learners learn through reading and writing and through activities:
- Reading books
- Writing notes
- Reading notes
- Reading word definitions
- Re-writing words or notes
At Langmobile, we support all students & their respective learning styles. Find the right activities for your child!
Activities for each learning style:
Visual learners:
- Play Memory Games
- Use flashcards for new words
- Play Pictionary
- Play a matching game that matches words to pictures
- Watch a T.V show
- Watch a Youtube Video
- Watch a movie
- Read books with pictures
Auditory learners:
- Listen to music, especially if it is related to new words. For example, songs about numbers.
- Create a song in English
- Read a book to your child
- Listen to an audiobook
- Have conversations in English
- Watch a T.V show
- Watch a Youtube Video
- Watch a movie
Kinesthetic learners:
- Create gestures together for new words
- Play charades
- Role-play together
- Do an English exercise or movement video
- Do artwork or crafts that fit with the new vocabulary
- Make dance moves for each new vocabulary word
- Play Simon Says
Verbal learners:
- Read stories out loud
- Have a conversation in English
- Do Show and Tell where they choose something to talk about in English
- Ask questions like what is your favourite kind of ice cream?
- Play Guess Who, where they have 20 yes or no questions to guess the vocabulary word
- Do Tongue Twisters
- Find rhyming words for new vocabulary words
- Do a Mad Lib
Read/ Write learners:
- Read books
- Write down sentences about the book after reading it
- Play spelling games like filling in the missing letters
- Write stories in English
- Write down their favourite parts of their day
- Games that match words to definitions
- Play Hangman
If you are struggling to find an activity for your little one, try out our Winter themed craft ”Snow Dough” or our fun Winter Yoga Routine!
By finding your children’s learning styles and incorporating fun activities based on their learning styles, you can make learning a second language easy, fast, and fun!
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