We continue with these systems derived from our Multiple Intelligences We detail the profile of children who use this information processing system from an auditory, musical modality much more oriented towards sound. We continue with the hearing child, the second most common of the three (35% of the population).
Our children, who need to be heard to learn, are strong in language and music learning. They tend to be social and verbal, and are also adept at learning in a sequenced and orderly manner. They are easily distracted and don't pay much attention to their appearance. When they think, they look sideways. They are fond of details but have a hard time seeing things as a whole.
Children who memorize auditorily they can't forget a single word, because they can't follow along. It's like cutting a cassette tape. The auditory system doesn't allow for relating concepts or elaborating abstract concepts as easily as the visual system, and it's not as fast. It is, however, fundamental in learning languages, speech, and, of course, music. Auditory children learn better when they receive explanations orally and when they can speak and explain that information to another person.
The auditory and musical child excels In intrapersonal skills, he also has a great ability to recognize sounds, melodies, and rhythms. He is drawn to sound, the noise of objects, and himself. He sings, hums, listens to different instruments, and listens to music.
What we can see behaviorally in a hearing child is… who generally talks to himself, is easily distracted. He moves his lips when reading. He has a way with words, monopolizes the conversation, likes music and expresses his emotions verbally. At the level of learning He learns what he hears, by repeating it to himself step by step. If he forgets a step, he gets lost and does not have a global vision with a more receptive than active profile.
When he reads stories he likes dialogues and plays, he avoids long descriptions, he moves his lips and does not pay attention to the illustrations. imagination thinks in sounds and doesn't remember many details. His memory remembers what it hears, for example names but not faces. It stores information sequentially and in whole blocks, so it is lost if you ask it about an isolated element or if you change the order. During the periods of inactivity hums to himself or talks to objects, toys. At the level of communication He likes to listen but has to speak quickly; he tends to give long descriptions. He gets distracted when there's noise.
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