| It is when playing that kids display their learning styles | | | | Some children just love music and will sing and dance |
| and as parents it is a good idea to watch closely. To | | | | along to almost anything and a great way to teach |
| effectively teach kids Spanish determine which of the | | | | Spanish is to play songs of nursery rhymes and |
| styles are displayed. The most common styles are: | | | | catchy tunes. Making up songs of the numbers 1-10 is |
| - Logical/mathematical | | | | another idea, be imaginative and creative with little |
| - Linguistic | | | | ones who display a preference to the musical. |
| - Visual | | | | Just a few examples above of kids learning styles and |
| - Musical | | | | how to integrate them with language learning. All kids |
| - Kinaesthetic/bodily | | | | love lively characters with whom they can make a |
| - Interpersonal | | | | connection and what better way to teach them |
| - Intrapersonal | | | | Spanish than to have the characters teach them |
| All styles exhibit different behaviours and preferences | | | | Spanish. There are great learning packages which |
| which can be a guide to the best techniques to use. | | | | have been developed specifically for kids and cater |
| On the market there are many courses and products | | | | for all styles. The two favourites of kids are Muzzy |
| ranging from books, CDs DVDs, podcasts and | | | | and Speekee, lively, entertaining and most of all...fun. |
| interactive online games. If a child is drawn to puzzles | | | | Both are complete learning packages in a dvd format |
| and number games then a good interactive course | | | | with tips for parents and a complete script. Other |
| with games and puzzles would be ideal. Playing | | | | packages come in downloadable format with games, |
| number games with flashcards and adding together | | | | puzzles, quizzes and songs, again taking into account |
| objects while using the Spanish words and numbers is | | | | different styles of learning which keep kids interested |
| perfect. | | | | and best of all teach kids Spanish. |
| For children who have a good memory for names and | | | | Go on, make the most of those early years and start |
| places and are easily aware of grammatical errors | | | | the wonderful journey of learning Spanish with your |
| made by others would do well in translating words | | | | little one, it is one of the greatest gifts you could give |
| from English to Spanish and vice versa as this learning | | | | them. |
| style is linguistic. | | | | |