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 Nakone, Lanna; Taylor, Arlene

• ISBN13: 9780399532467
• ISBN10: 0399532463
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-04
• Publisher: Perigee Trade

Summary

For home, school, and play-simple, insightful strategies to help each child develop essential life skills. Everyone has a natural thinking style-a set of preferences that helps with relating to the rest of the world. Using the latest research into how we think and learn, Lanna Nakone has divided children into four groups: penguins (maintainers), dogs (harmonizers), horses (innovators), and lions (prioritizers). For each type, an organized world is a safe haven. In this fresh, practical, and insightful guide, Lanna Nakone gives parents a new way to understand and encourage children's thinking styles, sensory preferences, gender, and personality tendencies to help them tailor their child's environment to make it a safe, more learning-friendly place. Stories, illustrations, and concrete step-by-step instructions show readers how to give children the support they need to reach their full potential.

Author Biography

Lanna Nakone is a professional organizer and consultant whose pioneering method is based on the latest research in brain types. Her business, Organized World, boasts clients that include busy family households, top corporations, and successful executives. A member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), Nakone leads workshops across the country, and is the author of Organizing for Your Brain Type.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	1	(5)
Arlene Taylor
There's More Than One Way to Be Organized	6	(40)
Quiz: What Is Your Child's Thinking Style?	39	(7)
Maintaining Style: ``The Penguin''	46	(26)
Harmonizing Style: ``The Dog''	72	(28)
Innovating Style: ``The Horse''	100	(33)
Prioritizing Style: ``The Lion''	133	(24)
The Role of Sensory Preference	157	(17)
Quiz: What Is My Child's Sensory Preference?	161	(13)
The Role of Extroversion and Introversion	174	(12)
Quiz: Child Extroversion-Introversion Assessment	176	(10)
The Role of Gender	186	(7)
Organizing in a Zoo: How the Different ``Animals'' in Your Family Can Thrive Together	193	(46)
Closing Thoughts	239	(6)
Bibliography	245	(7)
Index	252	(8)
About the Author	260