I've named changed for this. My dd is yr 3. The school have just had some rounds of testing and I was especially interested in her non-verbal reasoning Cat score which was 140+, so off-scale. This indeed tallies with our experience and it seems dd is a predominantly visual learner.
Although she is well ahead in all areas I think she has a relative weakness in verbal fluency. She's never been the most talkative child and sometimes struggles to express herself. I think, for example, that this limits her writing skills. I know writing is often behind reading - but I think this widens the gap (5 years ahead in reading comprehension but barely 2 for writing). She's fantastic at art and all things design/art related. Excellent math reasoning but allergic to times tables
I was wondering if any of you have experience of this learning style and what kinds of strategies did or didn't work. We are currently waiting to be called into school to talk over - well - not sure what yet. It strikes me that schools are generally not really set up for this kind of learning style.
I am a bit anxious about dd. She is very shy and not very confident so I don't want any undue pressure on her - OTOH - I don't want her left day-dreaming in the corner either (as I did and I know she is prone to do). Socially she is quite secure and has a group of regular playmates.
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LittleRedBonferroni · 19/11/2012 14:58
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