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Software To Fit
A Child's Learning Style

ADD IE SWARTZ
Special to The Jewish News

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ducational software that's
appropriate for one child
may not be for another.
That's because children
have individual learning styles and
respond best to customized stimuli
and activities.
There are dozens of programs on
the market to fit each type of learner.
But it's important to research and
test the titles you buy to ensure they
suit your child. What follows is a
Brightldeas recommended holiday
software shopping list.

The Linguistic
Learner

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This learner tends to
do well in school, where
lessons are often linguis-
tically oriented (reading,
story writing etc.)
Recommended software:
Imagination Express
series (Edmark), A to
Zap! (Sunburst), Orly's
Draw-a-Story
(Broderbund) and the
Living Books series,
including Arthur's
Reading Race and
Stellaluna (Broderbund).

These children like to experiment,
test, classify, categorize and solve
puzzles. Recommend 0
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Math for the Real WOd (Davidson)
and the Math Blasterieries
(Davidson), Big Science Comics
(Theatrix) and the Mighty Math
series (Edmark).

The Musical Learner

This style of learner notices and
responds to sounds, rhythms and
melodies in the world around him:
Recommended software: the

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The Spatial Learner

Spatial learners respond primarily
to visual cues and like to paint, draw
and build. Recommended software:
Storybook Weaver Deluxe (MECC),
Strategy Challenges of the World
(Edmark), Bumptz Science Carnival
(Theatrix), The Factory Deluxe
(Sunburst) and Zurk's Rainforest Lab
(Soleil).

The Interpersonal Learner

The interpersonal child enjoys
interacting with people
andgravitates toward
group activities.
Recommended titles:
Net ExploratiOns
(Sunburst), Rockett's
New School (Purple
Moon), American Girls
Premiere (The Learning
Company) and
Hollywood (Theatrix).

Software
packages
fit more
than one
learning
category.

The Logico-Mathematical
Learner

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Thinkin' Things series (Edmark),
Julliard Music Adventure (Theatrix),
Zurk's Learning Safari (Soleil) and
Music Ace (Harmonic Vision).

Addie Swartz is president of
Brightldeas, a network of parents who
link home and school learning through
the distribution of educational so
ware and learning tools. She is a
writer with Los Angeles Times
Syndicate.

The Intrapersonal
Learner

These children ares self-
confident and work
alone and at their own
pace. Recommended software: I Can
Be a Dino Finder (Cloud 9 interac-
tive), Math Workshop (Broderbund),
Algebra Smart (The Princeton
Review), Triple Play Plus 3 (Syracuse
Language Systems) and GeoBee
Challenge (Mindscape).

The Kinesthetic Learner

This child enjoys role-playing,
creative movement and hands-on
activities. Recommended software:
Amazing Writing Machine
(Broderbund), A to Zap! (Sunburst),
the Thinkin' Things series (Edmark)
and KidWorks Deluxe (Davidson).
It's not unusual for children or
software packages to fit into more -
than one learning style category. If
your child's interests and abilities
overlap categories, look for software
products that address a broad range
of learning styles, like the JumpStart
series (Knowledge Adventure) or
Edmark Early Learning series.

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