{"product_id":"in-their-own-way-isbn-9781585420513","title":"In Their Own Way","description":"Does your child have a favorite subject, activity, or hobby?  Children learn in multiple ways, and educator Thomas Armstrong has shown hundreds of thousands of parents and teachers how to locate those unique areas in each of our children where learning and creativity seem to flow with special vigor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this fully updated classic on multiple intelligences, Armstrong sheds new light on the \"eight ways to bloom,\" or the eight kinds of  \"multiple intelligences.\" While everyone possesses all eight intelligences, Armstrong delineates how to discover your child's particular areas of strength among them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book shatters the conventional wisdom that brands our students as \"underachievers,\" \"unmotivated,\" or as suffering from \"learning disabilities,\" \"attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,\" or other \"learning diseases.\" Armstrong explains how these flawed labels often overlook students who are in possession of a distinctive combination of multiple intelligences, and demonstrates how to help them acquire knowledge and skills according to their sometimes extraordinary aptitudes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with resources for the home and classroom, this new edition of \u003cb\u003eIn Their Own Way\u003c\/b\u003e offers inspiration for every learning situation.\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: The Worksheet Wasteland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeglecting Talents and Abilities in Our Nation's Schools\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Eight Ways to Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscovering Your Child's Multiple Intelligences\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Testing for Failure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Formal Test Trap\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Dysteachia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Real Reason Your Child Isn't Thriving in School\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Learning in Their Own Way\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiving Children at Home What They May Not Be Getting at School\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Bodywise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking Learning Physical\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: The Inner Blackboard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCultivating the Imagination in Learning\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Teaching with Feeling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpening the Heart to Learning\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: The Learning Network\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilding Support Systems in Your Child's Academic Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Great Expectations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreating Positive Beliefs in Your Child and Yourself\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: A Patient Attitude\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHonoring Your Child's Learning Rate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12: The Doors of Perception\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelping Children Come Back to Their Senses\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13: The Ecology of Learning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding Your Children with a Nurturing Environment\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: The Learner of the Future\u003cbr\u003eA Parent's Guide to Multiple Intelligences:\u003cbr\u003eQuestions Parents and Teachers Ask About Multiple Intelligences\u003cbr\u003eLesson Plans and Guidelines for Teaching Your Child Anything Through Multiple Intelligences\u003cbr\u003eTeaching Your Child About Multiple Intelligences\u003cbr\u003eBooks for Parents\u003cbr\u003eOrganizations for the Eight Intelligences\u003cbr\u003eLearning Materials for the Eight Intelligences\u003cbr\u003eBooks for Children in the Eight Intelligences\u003cbr\u003eGames That Develop the Eight Intelligences\u003cbr\u003eInternet Sites for Children in the Eight Intelligences\u003cbr\u003eComputer Software That Develops the Eight Intelligences\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Armstrong, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, is a psychologist, learning specialist, and consultant to educational groups around the world. 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