Every Child Has a Thinking Style: A Guide to Recognizing and Fostering Each Child's Natural Gifts and Preferences-- to Help Them Learn, Thrive, and Achieve

by Lanna Nakone, Arlene Taylor (Foreword)

Identifies four natural thinking styles--penguins (maintainers), dogs (harmonizers), horses (innovators), and lions (prioritizers)--and provides parents with an innovative approach to understanding and encouraging children's individual thinking styles, sensory preferences, gender, and personality tendencies. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Genres: Nonfiction, Parenting, Self Help

272 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2006

Reviews

[René · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, it explained how my daughter, being a Harmonizer/Kinesthetic/Extrovert operates in her head a little. Things that tend to irritate or concern me sometimes, seem to fall in line with the traits of these categories...so that is helpful actually. To view them more as her style, as opposed to her problems, is helpful. I can respond to these behaviors with more understanding and compassion, instead of trying to "fix" them. Its also gives you a new approach to motivating and rewarding your kids in ways that penetrate for them specifically. I only gave it 3 stars because I felt the book was rather limited in scope (really about organization and how to keep types organized, as opposed to parenting/teaching different types).

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm giving this five stars because both my husband and I found the insights both logical and helpful. We found that we were already doing a lot of the suggestions intuitively, but this validated following our children's natural inclinations and working with their personal styles rather than forcing them to be more like us or any version of "normal" or "right." There were also many helpful tips. I think its going to be a useful touchstone when we get frustrated or stuck in the future on the organization front.

[Jane H · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this was more about learning styles, but it's actually a book to help your kid organize. Not what I was looking for at all. I wasn't sure where her expertise came from either, so I stopped reading.

[Laurie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This should be called Every Child Has an Organizing Style, since it's an organization book promoted as a child development book. In addition, it could have been a third of the length. Very repetitive.

[Laurie · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you've ever wondered why your child does things differently, or if you can't figure her out, read this book!! I learned SO much - about all of us - by reading this!

[Amber]

1 copy

[Elaine Duree]

Liked this book a lot. Had great ideas and insight.

[Tantunicemilbey · Rating 2 out of 5]

iyi değil.