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How can you determine what the strongest learning modalities are for  each child? You don't need to administer a test, but you do need to be a careful observer.  Keep notes or a checklist to document children's behaviors and sort them  according to Gardner's multiple intelligences listed above. Or, you might begin  simply by finding out which children tend to be visual or auditory or  motor/kinesthetic (or combinations of the three).

Listen to children's questions and conversations. Watch what children do when  they are given choices. What do they resist or ignore? What are they drawn to and  what do they return to day after day? Are they more likely to engage in dramatic  play or construction work with blocks or go to the book corner and settle down  with a familiar book? Do they sing and hum as they go, enthusiastically moving  to music? Do they seem to prefer verbal directions or watching a demonstration?  Do they spend time drawing and painting, or working in three-dimensional clay,  papier mache or block sculpture? Do they try things out to solve problems? Do  they work alone or with others? What kind of software do they prefer when they  use a computer -puzzles, games and stories, or graphics? Answers to these  questions can help you figure out how children approach learning, and to how  plan effective learning experiences.