Learning styles questionnaire

Print this list out and tick those statements that are correct for your child.  Add the ticks up and see which is learning style is dominant.

My child

1. Is good at matching words and stickers
2. Remembers words in favourite books
3. Likes to look at someone when they speak
4. Concentrates better when it’s quiet
5. Likes looking at pictures
6. Gets muddled when telling a story or a joke
7. Has good hand eye co-ordination – can thread beads well, likes lego
8. Loves bright colourful books
9. Remembers people’s faces
10. Can pick out, words, symbols and shapes when shopping or watching TV
11. Likes drawing and colouring
12. Enjoys watching TV
13. Enjoys doing, and is good, at Jigsaws

Number of ticks for Visual

1. Remembers things better if he hears them
2. Likes talking out loud when doing an activity
3. Plays well in a group
4. Love hearing stories even without a book to look at
5. Listens and remembers even when appearing to be concentrating on something else
6. Likes telling jokes
7. Remembers people’s voices
8. Is good at mimicking others
9. Likes songs and rhymes and remembers these easily
10. Can hear rhyming words e.g. in nursery rhymes
11. Remembers the exact words from TV adverts
12. Makes up silly rhymes and obviously enjoys using them
13. Learns to talk early and develops a wide vocabulary

Number of ticks for Auditory

1. Learnt to crawl, sit and move early
2. Is well co-ordinated
3. Likes to find out how things work
4. Doesn’t like sitting still for long
5. Likes toys that pull apart
6. As a baby craved physical movement and loved being rocked and held
7. Likes to use construction toys
8. Enjoys physical activity
9. Likes to talk out loud when working on an activity
10. Uses his hands to describe things
11. Likes to act out roles
12. Enjoys ‘rough and tumble’
13. Seems to bore quickly

Number of tick for Kinaesthetic

You will probably find that your child will have ticks in all 3 types but where one is predominant that will be indicative of your child’s preferred learning style. Why not see the article on Learning Styles to see how to help your child.

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