7 Benefits of Early Age Extra Lessons
Heike Verhoef - 21 Jan 22
Why You Should Consider Getting Your Primary School Child Started With Extra Lesson. Parents might think that starting extra lessons in grade 3 or earlier might be too soon. Children in grades 1 to 3 do not write exams and so the pressure of studying for exams do not turn a spotlight onto a child and their understanding of the content they have been learning at school. But incorporating extra lessons from an early age holds a lot of benefits for young developing brains. Below we explore 7 benefits of extra lessons for Foundation Phase learners.
1. Improve understanding of content
2. Personalised learning
3. Developing skills necessary for future success
4. Learning a second language is easier for children
5. Coding is a language
6. Identify specific learning styles
There are at least seven different learning styles.
- Spatial - The visual learner enjoy the imagery and learn best when they observe things in the world around them
- Auditory - The aural learner is aided by sound and music
- Linguistic - The verbal learner learns best when speech and words are involved
- Kinesthetic - The physical learner is governed by their sense of touch and enjoys physical movement in their learning endeavours
- Mathematical - The logical learner responds to reason and numbers
- Social - The interpersonal learner flourish when they work in collaboration with others
- Solitary - The intrapersonal learner prefers to work on their own and is good at self-study