Auditory listeners learn best through the use of verbal communication and lectures. Auditory learners can have information revealed to them through written works, but in most cases, the data is not going to make sense or “click” until the information is heard. There are many things that auditory learners listen for while they are learning a new skill. They look for the tone of voice, the pitch within the sound and even the speed of the person that is teaching the new skill or information. All of this information has been interpreted then used when learning.
Auditory learners will benefit from creating recordings of the information taught, as well as benefit from the knowledge that has played back from these recordings. Most auditory learners tend to repeat things aloud, so they can quickly learn the information that’s repeated.
Auditory learners learn best through sound and often display the following characteristics:
- easily distracted by noise, but find silence to be uncomfortable
- memorize things by repeating them aloud
- enjoy oral reading
- move their lips when reading or whisper words while reading (the fancy word for this is subverbalization)
- talk, hum, or sing to themselves while working
- read slowly
- find it difficult to follow written directions
- If your child is an auditory learner, there are techniques you can use to help ensure your child understands what you are teaching. Teaching techniques can include:
- Use Audio Books
- Sing Songs to help Remember Information
- Allow Them To Be The Teacher
- Make Use of Choral Reading
- Offer Oral Reports and Test
- Engaging In A Debate
- Play Music
Resources you can use for Homeschooling an Auditory Student
A mystery of History auditory component! You can purchase the entire book as a digital mp3 OR CD audiobook
A story of the World It is well written and also has audiobooks to go along with it so the kids can listen and follow along in the textbook.
Audiobooks! Make sure you try out Audible from Amazon. They have a 30-day free trial, and you can download two free books during that time to try out. After that each month you can download a new album and exchange it anytime for another one if you don’t like it.
Also, make sure to check out your local library.
I bring up this math program because of its auditory component. The visual lessons and graphics are all accompanied by the clear explanation. Every question read every experience spoken.
Sonlight based off of reading aloud to your child (or your older child reading to themselves) and learning Bible, History, and LA through literature.
SchoolHouseTeachers.com is far cheaper than purchasing individual curriculum, you have access for a year, and there are AMAZING courses on there to help teach an auditory learner.
Netflix Auditory learners do fantastic with videos
FREE ONLINE RESOURCE: E-Learning for Kids It is a great resource full of online lessons for all different kinds of subjects. It is free, no cost, no signing up or membership, and great for your auditory learner.
50 great memory rhymes that will lock in learning for your students. Give your students the advantage of a lifelong memory of vital information and instant recall of hundreds of critical principles. This CD includes 50 unforgettable rhyming ditties, downloadable text for all ditties to aid in memorization, an explanation of how to best utilize ditties in the core areas of study.
Why use Ditties?
Quick finish this sentence:
In fourteen hundred and ninety-two. I’d bet good money you said: Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That’s because rhythmical language is a powerful learning tool. We cannot shake things we learned as rhythms or poems, even if we wanted to. They stick in ways that other things do not. The simple little ditty is one of the most effective educational tools available, and yet it is also perhaps one of the least used. It’s so unassuming and straightforward that it seems improbable that it could carry the learning power that it does.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
