Im reading Diana Waring's Beyond Survival at the moment and Im starting to learn more about my sons learning styles. Its really very interesting.

Sensor: the whiz-bang, lets get this done RIGHT and lets get it done NOW person. Practical and efficient.

Thinker: precise, organised, exact, scheduled. No grey areas, black and white facts only thanks.

Intuitor: What-if people: they see the possiblilities in things. 'Maybe, if we try this.....'

Feeler: Lets just cuddle on the couch and read for a while today.  Cannot learn if agitated in a relationship. Relates events to people.

I have one sensor (my 6yr old), one intuitor (9yr old), and two feelers  (my 11yo and I can allready tell this is my 2yr old). My sensor is kinesthetic/auditory, my intuitor is also kinesthetic and my eldest feeler is visual. Im not sure about my 2yr old yet.

Its good to work this out, as it helps me to understand their personalities a little more.

Ive also been reading a lot more about the Enneagram personalities. I am a definite no.7, yet I have a speckled variety in my chlidren. Understanding what numbers they are and seeing their motivations in the Enneagram has really clicked with me: Im understanding my children a lot more as I can see how their personality leads them to certain traits. I have one son in particular I struggled to understand, and I feel like someone has turned on the light finally to show me his motivations behind why he does particular things. Its beeen a big help.

I dont believe in using your personality as an excuse for bad behaviour, but Im finding that these personality tests are assisting me in identifying learning styles and why my chlidren do these weird and wonderful (and plain annoying) things. My oldest son always loved cuddling up in the afternoon and reading, reading, reading. I couldnt understand why my no.2 and no. 3  boys just found it hard to do that when I had read to them so much!! Why my 6yr old understood his phonics so much more by being upside down in his seat. Why my nine year old just liked to debate and debate and debate until I went crazy, and in which direction we should aim to turn the negative into a positive. Its also been quite humbling on a personal note..........its not easy reading about your flaws and agreeing with them!

Have a great day!