How Your Child Is Smart: A Life-Changing Approach to Learning [Paperback]

Dawna Markova (Author), Anne Powell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1992

Not all children learn the same way. This book explains the six patterns of learning and teaches parents how to identify their child's pattern so they can help them think, learn, and communicate to the best of their ability. The book also provides specific guidelines to enhance communication with children of each pattern.

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Conari Pr (September 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943233380
• ISBN-13: 978-0943233383
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Opened my eyes to my child's mind!, October 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: How Your Child Is Smart: A Life-Changing Approach to Learning (Paperback)

I picked up this book from an LLL meeting's private library, just for something to read for the month. I never imagined that it was going to change the way I looked at my child! In learning my child's thought pattern (and mine and my husband's as well) I not only discovered how he learns, but reasons for the ways he behaves. When reading the description of a typical person with my child's thought pattern, it was as though the author was describing my child exactly! I now understand such behaviors in my child as never having an appetite, not enjoying coloring, although he can very nicely, being able to memorize things he hears with seemingly no effort at all, talking and asking questions from the moment he wakes up untill he is asleep, and being timid about defending himself physically even when necessary. This book also enlightened me to the fact that my thought pattern and my son's will fit perfectly while I endevor to school him at home, as I enjoy talking and enlightening people, and he learns easiest through hearing. Never before has a book influenced my life in such strong and beneficial way. I have recommended this book to every parent I know, and strongly to those that have chosen as I have to educate their children at home. It is true that every child is smart in their own way and it is important to understand this in order to help each child learn to lead a productive life.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Understand your child without reading an ADHD reference, November 4, 2001

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Better Mom (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How Your Child Is Smart: A Life-Changing Approach to Learning (Paperback)

After 8 years of trying to understand my daughter, I found her in this book. I knew she thought differently, but all the professionals were stumped as to how to help her. I finally found this book and it was as if I saw my daughter for the first time. Not only did it identify her learning style perfectly, I was able to see how that learning style formed her personality and how she reacted, positively and negatively, to different situations. As a parent, that understanding has allowed me to be more proactive with her education and more patient in my parenting. I recommend this book to anyone, especially those parents or caregiving professionals who know there's more to their child than what is being seen.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous help in understanding my children, March 19, 2000

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Lucyann (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How Your Child Is Smart: A Life-Changing Approach to Learning (Paperback)

Until I read this book I just couldn't understand how to relate to my young son. Though I can't say that I agree with everything in this book, it was a huge help in learning how my son was figuring out his world. He learns through his eyes! My older son and I learn through our ears. I thought everyone did until I read this book. It is just as valid to learn through your eyes or your fingers or your movements as it is through your ears. Every parent and teacher should read this book.