What kind of learner are you?

A couple of weeks ago I had parent teacher conferences. I was able to meet with some of the parents of the kindergarten students. I asked them about their child's number sense knowledge. Most of them said that they practiced numbers at home but were not consistent about it. I asked them how their child learned best and most of them said that their child was a visual learner. I had a couple of parents that said that their child was an auditory learner. All the parents agreed that the kindergarten classroom was very effective for their child to learn in. At my school the kindergarten students stay all day. The parents really like this learning environment. Many of them are thankful for the teacher and the academic support of the classroom.



I have a lot of ideas for my project. Kindergarten students are really active and have a short attention span. As I design my lessons I want them to get their whole body involved. I have found that this helps them retain new knowledge. I want to use manipulatives to help them connect the actual number to the quantity. I also want to have them practice writing the number. I think something that stuck out to me from the parents was that they were not consistent. My challenge is to be consistent in my project so that my students are able to have a strong foundation in numbers one through ten.