Discovery Your Child's Learning Style by Mariaemma Willis and Victoria Kindle Hodson

I purchased the Kindle version of Discover Your Child's Learning Style: Personalized Learning for Student Success by Mariaemma Willis and Victoria Kindle Hodson for less than $3.  Our family was trying to figure out the best way for my daughter to learn based on her particular learning style.

I found the authors' optimism about education to be very refreshing.  Their premise is that everyone can learn how to master a subject if they are able to learn the material in a manner that matches their learning style.  There does not have to be a bell curve.

The authors' also talked about something that vexes parents.  Children may have the aptitude and ability to easily master a particular skill such as music, math, or a particular sport but not have the passion for it at this particular time in their life.

I call this the magnetic theory of parenting.  If I have to badger my child to attend a particular activity she won't put the effort into it even though she has the talent for it.  It is like two north ends of a magnet repelling each other.

If she says, "come on were are going to be late.  I want to get there early."  Then she has found something she is passionate about and will be willing to put the extra 10,000 hours in to become good at it.

The survey in the appendix of the book helps identify the child's interests, what specific environment do they prefer to study and if they prefer to learn by reading, by sound or visually.  As a hint, allow your child to circle all items in a category not just the main category.

The Five Modalities of Learning - Mariaemma Wills - 6 min.