I came across this article the other day,
http://www.leapingfromthebox.com/art/kmg/learningstyles1.htmll,
and it's encouraged me to try and figure out what DD9's learning style is. I find it so difficult to objectively read the people I love though! Has anyone spent any time exploring learning styles etc? Any rules of thumb for figuring out which style your child might prefer? DD9 spent 4 years in school, so she's very used to that kind of learning, and I'm finding it difficult to see past that to what her natural learning style is.

Any ideas?

The link isn't working for me jikki...

As far as learning styles go, I think they vary immensely, not just from person to person but from subject to subject in the one person.

Hi...!
we all have a dominant style of encoding and processing experience, and it can be reflected in the language we use..."I dont see what you mean" (visual) or "I dont get it " (kinestetic) and expressed through eye movement (related to the area of the brain thats doing the work) ....looking to the side and down to the left can indicate auditory accessing of info, down to the right suggests kinestetic and looking up - visual.....

It's a really positive approach and reminds us that all learners are different and we should present info in different ways in order to reach all learners

However, intuition and common sense always reign supreme and when abstract ideas are being introduced I'm sure you'll begin noticing her preferred style...
ps..I'm a kinestetic learner!!
warm regards
ruthy xxxxx

We take learning styles very seriously around here.
i have a friend here in Perth that has made a test for children .She even does it for kids in school along with some other testing and gets paid big bucks.i was luck she has tested my older ones.
we try to fit a programme or learning activities around this information and their intrests.i feel it is the baseline ,what they can do and there learning style.

but sorry she tested them so iam unsure how you would go about it

My DD (6yo) is a visual learner through and through. She loves to spend hours watching movies and on the computer. She learned to read that way and is now doing the same with writing. She watched a documentary on Badgers the other day and the amount of knowledge she retained from it astounded me I once asked her what she was learning while watching all those movies over and over and she replied "I'm learning to make movies of my own" Fair enough too

DD2 (3yo) seems to be an auditory learner by comparison. We sing for her and she has learned lots that way. She nowhere near the same interest in the screen and things her sister is into. She shows some kinesthetic traits too though, so we'll wait and see if it becomes clearer over time.