No two people are the same so naturally, not everybody learns in the same exact way. If you want to understand the best way to create engaging lesson plans that make learning easier for students it is vital to understand the different types of learners and the best practices you can adopt, to connect with them.

There are three 3 types of learners, namely Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic:

Visual Learners

As the name suggest they are people who learn best when they can visualise or picture the content being thought to them, ie diagrams, charts, mindmaps make it easier for them to memorizes it. 

Auditory Learners

Theses are people who learn while listening or discussing a subject as it is easier for them to recall a conversation rather than written text or diagrams. Our present classroom format works best for them as they can hear explanations and pose questions in the classroom.

Kinesthetic learners

Also Known as Tactile learners, they learn by doing and can recall information by remembering their experiences and feelings while performing the task themselves. 

In a classroom of no less than 50 students, you are bound to have all 3 types of learners as your students. So how do you teach them in a way that works for everyone? Stories! Yes, stories cater to all three learner types. Visual learners can create mental pictures by hearing stories. Auditory learners listen to the story and concentrate on the words. Stories also evoke an emotional response in people and Kinesthetic learners are able to learn by recalling those emotions. 

Storyweaver is an amazing platform by Pratham Books that is entirely free and easy to use in online classrooms.

Storyweaver is an initiative by Pratham Books that fosters the habit of reading in young children with their vast collection of stories available in various regional languages. 

This Unique app also allows you to create, and translate stories and they have collection of stories available in audio(readalong) and video format as well. The platform has an endless stream of teaching resources (stories) that are divided grade, language, and theme, wise for teachers to find the most appropriate stories for their lessons.

Explore the features of Storyweaver and learn to use it in your classroom with Teach A Class  

Readalong on Storyweaver

The Readalongs are audio-visual storybooks that support young readers to learn to read. Children learn to ready by looking at the text that gets highlighted as the audio is played helping them build their language skills. This feature is helpful for Kinesthetic learners as they learn by doing.

Video stories on Storyweaver

Storyweaver has beautifully illustrated video stories that can hold the attention of young students. They differ from readalongs as readalongs are more students paced, this feature, in turn, is more suited for visual learners.  

Translating a story on Storweaver

To translate a story on storyweaver find the story of your choice and select the language in which you want to translate it in. Here a page will open up for you to translate the story in your desired language. The translator is also required to add a title and description in the same language before publishing the story. In a few days, the translated story is uploaded on storywever

Activities

Each book has engaging activities that you can conduct in class to hold your student’s attention

Works Offline

Storyweaver allows you to download the stories you want and save them in your library, so you can access it any time even when proper internet connection isn’t available.

As you can see storyweaver is a wholesome platform by Pratham Books to promote reading in young children but that’s not all there is, here are some more initiatives by Pratham Books.

Donate-A-Book

This is a crowdfunding platform where teachers can create campaigns that will help raise money to provide students with the books they require. 

Dial-A-Story

Better know as Missed Call Do, Kahaani Suno in this campaign students can simply dial a number and hear audio stories on their phone.