Visual, auditory, kinesthetic?

Should I choose homeschool curriculum by my child's learning style?

Research has not found that teaching to a "learning style" such as visual, auditory or kinesthetic improves learning. What helps more is matching the method to the subject, mixing ways of learning, and fitting real needs such as attention, reading level or a disability.

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What the research says

Children do have preferences. But studies that tested whether matching lessons to a preferred style improves results have mostly found it does not.

Match the method to the subject

Maps are visual, music is heard, handwriting is physical. Good teaching uses whatever fits the thing being learned.

Fit real needs instead

Short attention span, slow reading, anxiety, a speech delay. Those change what works. Clareza's Learning Supports, such as Short lessons, No timers and read-aloud, are built for needs like these.

What this is not

  • Clareza is mostly on screen. It is not a hands-on program.
  • A short starting quiz suggests a way to practice. It is a suggestion your child can change any time, not a diagnosis.
  • Nothing here is medical advice.

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Before your child starts: what we collect and why

We collect only what it takes to teach your child: the first name and sign-in you choose, their answers and progress, and their chat with Clara (written by Anthropic's AI, read aloud by OpenAI). Nobody trains AI on it or sells it, and you can see or delete it any time. You create your child's account yourself. Paying by card is how you give consent.

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Your consent is needed before we collect anything from your child, and we collect nothing without it. You create your child's account yourself; they never sign up alone.

  • What we collect from your child: the first name and sign-in you choose, their answers, time on lessons and progress, and their chat with Clara. Used to run the lessons, build their transcript and show you how they are doing.
  • Who else handles it: Anthropic (an AI company) receives the chat text and the lesson, with your child's first name but no last name or account details, to write Clara's replies. That is how Clara works, so it is part of the service. If you switch on answering out loud for a child, their voice is turned into text on our own server and then discarded; it is never sent to another company. OpenAI turns lesson text and Clara's replies (which can include your child's first name) into the read-aloud voice. Our email provider sends you reports about your child. Nobody trains AI on your child's data, and nobody sells it.
  • Your rights: see everything collected from your child, have it deleted, or stop further collection at any time, from your account or by emailingour support address. If you refuse the AI sharing above, Clara cannot teach, so the service cannot run. Chats are deleted after 30 days.
  • Safety: if your child writes something suggesting they may be hurt or in danger, we email you and Clareza's owner the same day.

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Questions parents ask

Are learning styles real?

Preferences are real, but matching teaching to them has not been shown to improve learning.

How should I choose homeschool curriculum then?

By your child's level, attention, reading ability and your own time, not a style label.

My child seems to learn by doing. What should I do?

Add hands-on work where the subject allows it, like building, cooking and experiments.

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