Story Time for All Learning Types

As mentioned in the last blog post, Historic Locations are great for Auditory and Visual Learners. Nature Walks are well suited to Kinesthetic and Tactile Learners. But don't let that stop you from taking your child anywhere. There's always a way to stimulate their learning type no matter where you go.

For example, take your child to story time. Auditory children will love story time since they can sit and listen. For kinesthetic children it might be more of a challenge to get them to sit still for the entire story. If they've reached their limit, let them get up and move around keeping in mind you may have to exit the area so you don't disrupt the others. Perhaps it is an interactive story time that allows the children to get up and act out certain parts of the story.

For those tactile kids, they're going to want to get their hands on something - literally. Bring your own "touch and feel" books (the kind with different textures) or other tactile items for your child to touch during story time. If you forgot to bring something, find a book with texture while you're at the library or book store.

Visual kids will respond best if the story teller holds up the book for children to see the pictures or perhaps they use some other visual display such as puppets, to keep the kids engaged.

Most libraries have story times. For a convenient list of story times in Collin County, you'll be pleased to know AroundTownKids.com provides an ongoing list: Allen Library Story Times, Frisco Library Story Times, McKinney Library Story Times, Plano Library Story Times.

One of our favorite story time locations? The Interurban Railway Museum in Plano. Professional storyteller Genie Hammel and her sidekick Rags, a cute and lovable puppet, takes children a magical train ride with her interactive story time.  Story time is every Friday at 10:30am.

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