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Is Your Child a Visual-Spatial Learner?

Source: Visual Spatial Resource Center
Topics: Visual-Spatial Learners

Please complete this quiz to find out more about your child's learning style.

1. Does your child think mainly in pictures instead of in words? Yes No
2. Is your child good at solving puzzles or mazes?    
3. Does your child like to build with LEGOs, K'Nex, blocks, etc.?    
4. Does your child often lose track of time?    
5. Does your child know things without being able to tell how or why?    
6. Does your child remember how to get to places visited only once?    
7. Can your child feel what others are feeling?    
8. Does your child remember what is seen and forget what is heard?    
9. Does your child solve problems in unusual ways?    
10. Does your child have a vivid imagination?    
11. Is your child talented in music, dance, art or drama?    
12. Can your child visualize objects from different perspectives?    
13. Is your child organizationally challenged?    
14. Does your child love playing on the computer?    
15. Is your child terrible at spelling?    
16. Does your child like taking things apart to see how they work?    
17. Does your child have at least one visual-spatial parent?    

If you answered yes to at least 9 of the above questions, your child is most likely a visual-spatial learner.

From Golon, A. S. (2004). Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids: Successfully Parenting Your Visual-Spatial Child. Denver: DeLeon Publishing.

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