Newborns enter a world filled with sights, sounds and sensations. These auditory, visual and tactile stimuli are received by highly specialized receptors in a baby's ears, eyes and skin. In the first few months of life a child reveals a preference for one type of information over the others.

Depending upon their innatepreference for learning, I refer to the three styles of learners as Listeners, Lookers, and Movers.

As babies Listeners are attuned to sounds and words. They talk early, rapidly add new words to their vocabulary, and love being read to.

From the first year of life Lookers are drawn to color, shape and motion. Their eye-hand coordination is excellent and as toddlers they enjoy playing with blocks, stringing beads, and doing simple puzzles.

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Learning styles are nearly full blown in the preschool years when they become easier than ever to identify. At this stage, as in previous ones, Lookers, Listeners, and Movers are drawn to respond to very different types of stimulation even when their  surroundings are identical. Which of these descriptions best describes your preschooler?

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