In Their Own Way

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1: The Worksheet Wasteland
Neglecting Talents and Abilities in Our Nation’s Schools

Chapter 2: Eight Ways to Bloom
Discovering Your Child’s Multiple Intelligences

Chapter 3: Testing for Failure
The Formal Test Trap

Chapter 4: Dysteachia
The Real Reason Your Child Isn’t Thriving in School

Chapter 5: Learning in Their Own Way
Giving Children at Home What They May Not Be Getting at School

Chapter 6: Bodywise
Making Learning Physical

Chapter 7: The Inner Blackboard
Cultivating the Imagination in Learning

Chapter 8: Teaching with Feeling
Opening the Heart to Learning

Chapter 9: The Learning Network
Building Support Systems in Your Child’s Academic Life

Chapter 10: Great Expectations
Creating Positive Beliefs in Your Child and Yourself

Chapter 11: A Patient Attitude
Honoring Your Child’s Learning Rate

Chapter 12: The Doors of Perception
Helping Children Come Back to Their Senses

Chapter 13: The Ecology of Learning
Providing Your Children with a Nurturing Environment
Afterword: The Learner of the Future
A Parent’s Guide to Multiple Intelligences:
Questions Parents and Teachers Ask About Multiple Intelligences
Lesson Plans and Guidelines for Teaching Your Child Anything Through Multiple Intelligences
Teaching Your Child About Multiple Intelligences
Books for Parents
Organizations for the Eight Intelligences
Learning Materials for the Eight Intelligences
Books for Children in the Eight Intelligences
Games That Develop the Eight Intelligences
Internet Sites for Children in the Eight Intelligences
Computer Software That Develops the Eight Intelligences
Notes
Index