There are many ways to educate at home and ways that children learn. Parents begin to educate their children with the traditional model of a classroom, because it is what is commonly known. They usually start buying a prepared curriculum, so easy to carry it out because it includes all steps, all that the child should learn during that year of study, Homeschool books, exams, professional assistance by telephone or cybernetics, etc.
Unfortunately many children are reluctant to carry out the curriculum and that is when parents tend to use part of the Homeschool curriculum, bring in their own way and discard what is not useful. A lot of families who educate at home say it is healthier child adapt the curriculum to the child to the curriculum. Therefore, when the curriculum does not meet your expectations, decide to seek another alternative that fits the child’s learning styles.
In 1983, Howard Gardner introduced the theory of Multiple Intelligences. His research was based primarily on individuals could develop different talents due to the learning style of each. Including bodily-kinesthetic, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalist. A child with bodily-kinesthetic features learn best when participating in physical activities. Obviously this child sitting in a classroom with paper and pencil can be a daunting task and very productive. On several occasions, children with this table is a child labeled as “problematic” or a limitation of learning, and in fact the only problem is the teaching method, which is not according to their learning style. Read the rest of this entry »