One of the things I don't like doing is practicing my violin. So I rarely do. I have very little patience and would rather play around with the instrument and see what I can come up with. I am extremely slow at reading music whilst my brain is whizzing ahead thinking of a zillion things I could be doing...like solving crimes and investigating mysteries. My boss (resident of 221b Baker Street) not only practices his violin regularly, but uses it to escape from his over active brain function! Clever really I think. He is so cool he even has his own theme tune! Here it is with the words:
Sometimes my boss gets a bit sad...not very often as mainly he is bored...and once there was a certain woman (who he refers to as 'The woman') who he got quite upset over. He doesn't express his feelings so he turns his hand to composing because it helps him to think. Once again, my camera phone came in useful and here he is composing a dreadfully somber piece.
When I need to think or concentrate, I don't play my violin. These are the things I do:
- Jump up and down on a trampoline
- Bounce around the house on a pilates ball
- Get a massive blob of blue tack and squash and roll it into numerous shapes
- Bake cup cakes
- Climb a tree
- Fidget and prance around
At home this is fine but in school this can be a problem. I have been accused of having ants in my pants, which I can assure you I most certainly do not. My teachers generally think I am not listening because I stare into spaces, draw all over my hands and talk. I am what they call a Kinesthetic learner. Some times known as a tactile learner. This means in order for me to take in information and learn things people are saying to me or showing me (like in a classroom) I need to move around or it can't get into my brain.
There are lots of different kinds of learning styles. Which one are you?
- Visual (spatial):You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding.
- Aural (auditory-musical): You prefer using sound and music.
- Verbal (linguistic): You prefer using words, both in speech and writing.(This is John)
- Physical (kinesthetic): You prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch.(This is me)
- Logical (mathematical): You prefer using logic, reasoning and systems.(This is my boss)
- Social (interpersonal): You prefer to learn in groups or with other people.
- Solitary (intrapersonal): You prefer to work alone and use self-study.
Sometimes you can overlap into different styles and that depends on a lot of other things.
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