| So what is the key to good communication with | | | | people use a different sense system because |
| your child? You need to know what your child's | | | | that's how they experience the world. |
| primary sense system is. There are three senses | | | | Here are some other tips on how to |
| that dictate how we take in information and how | | | | communicate with your child based in their |
| we output information. These are visual (V), | | | | primary sense system. |
| auditory (A), and feeling or kinesthetic (K). Once | | | | Visual children will like a lot of eye contact and |
| you know which of these your child uses | | | | they prefer pictures, colors, shapes, and neatness. |
| primarily, you will be able to communicate with | | | | You can communicate with these children through |
| them on a new level. | | | | drawing pictures and color coding. Auditory children |
| You can determine which of these a person uses | | | | will prefer sounds, voices, and recordings. These |
| just by listening to them speak. Think of three | | | | children are easy to talk to. Kinesthetic children |
| people who all went for a walk in the forest. One | | | | prefer touch. They need to be touched during a |
| talks about the sight of the sun coming through | | | | conversation and they derive security from touch. |
| the trees and hitting the forest floor (V), one | | | | It is also important to note that young children |
| notes the sounds of the birds (A), one talks about | | | | are generally primarily kinesthetic and will begin |
| the feel of the forest around them and the feel | | | | grow into their permanent sense system as they |
| of the sunlight on their skin (K). Each of these | | | | reach school age. |