How to Maximize Your Child's Learning Ability: A Complete Guide to Choosing and Using the Best Computer Games, Activities, Learning AIDS, Toys, and Ta

by Lauren Bradway and Barbara Albers Hill

Over twenty years ago, Dr. Lauren Bradway discovered that all children use one of three distinct ways to grasp and remember information. Some learn best through sound and language; others, through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0757000967
• ISBN13: 9780757000966
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Square One Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Timeless Quality

Awareness of a person's own learning style and the need to develop a balanced learning style are outstanding features of this book. Teachers have the difficult task of using multi-modalilty techniques to address all learning styles. However, not all material can be presented that way. Also, 80% of learners are visual learners. Sometimes modern trends in multi-modality teaching even tend to short-change that 80% in efforts to reach the all learners. It is limiting for a student to have a negative attitude about even trying any style other than the one he or she uses best. Learners should maximize their own most efficient styles but this should not be done at the exclusion of other styles. There is probably no one who learns only one way. There is a timeless quality to the material in this book. It is based on sound research and experience. Fads in toys come and go, but new toys can be found or improvised to meet the needs of a variety of learning styles.

An Excellent book for parents, educators and counselors.

We know children don't arrive with instruction manuals but this book comes close. By organizing children's learning styles as "lookers," "listeners," or "movers," Dr. Lauren Bradway and Ms. Hill have made it easier for parents, teachers and anyone involved with children, to not only encourage a child's innate gifts but also in building upon those gifts. When parents, professionals and educators accept a child's inherent qualities and personality and work with it a child's confidence is increased, paving a road of positive learning experiences. In response, a child will feel safer and more confident to undertake new and more challenging tasks.As I was reading this book I learned that my own learning style since childhood has been a "listener" and reminisced how during my school years, I was often misunderstood and forced to learn in a way incompatible with my own style, which created stress for me. How I wish my parents and many of my educators had had access to this book back then. I've since developed and love the "mover," and "looker," sides of me, but how much simpler the whole process would have been if I had had the guidance as a child!How to Maximize Your Child's Learning Ability is written in a thoughtful, explicit, well detailed and researched way. It is chock-full of useful information, clear case studies, toys, learning aids and recommendations, for the parents of children of all ages from preschoolers to teens. I highly recommend this book for parents and teachers as well as for psychologists, psychotherapists and anyone who works with children. I will be using this book as an aid in family counseling and recommending it to my clients who have children. I have already bought several copies for the parents of our young nephews and nieces.Ileana M. Sisson, M.S.

Helping children discover "balance"

Balance-this is a key to happiness in life. And to find balance in the skills of Looking, Listening and Moving is crucial for our children as they navigate the masses of information they will encounter as they grow. Dr. Bradway's book How to Maximize Your Child's Learning Ability is an invaluable resource in helping children create balance in their lives. By first identifying the child's inherent skills and then reinforcing those less dominant abilities, our children can learn to observe, focus and take appropriate action. Thus they will be successful in learning and in life. Thank you Dr. Bradway for the volumes of resources your have culled and the inspiration you provide!

A wealth of information and creative suggestions!

What a wonderful book this is! Dr. Lauren Bradway and Barbara Albers Hill do an excellent job of describing what "Looker", "Listener", and "Mover" children are. They also show parents how they can help their children become a more "balanced learner"!I enjoyed reading the examples of each child's learning style, and was appreciative for the many informative checklists spread throughout the book. Parents can discover what kind of learning style their child has, and put to use the many wonderful suggestions provided throughout the book. These ideas will show parents how they can help their children develop their own style of learning. My ParenTime recommends "How to Maximize Your Child's Learning Ability" -- it's informative, easy-to-read, and full of creative suggestions that parents can immediately put to use in their own families!

Good reference for parents

This book helped me to discover, while my daughter was still an infant, that she is a mover type of learner. According to the author, this type of learner tends to be the least successful in school. However, this book taught me how to build on my child's innate style to develop her other capabilities as "looker" and "listener". Now, at almost 5 years of age, my daughter has a more balanced learning style and is doing wonderfully in preschool. Even though not all of the games, toys, and other resources recommended in the book are available where I live, the concepts are clear enough so that I am able to apply them with the things that are within my reach. This would make an excellent gift to new parents.