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Different Flowers in a Garden
Children are a lot like
flowers in a garden. They come in many different
varieties, and they grow best with certain types of
nurturing and environments.
Different From
the Start
Many children have
noticeable differences from the start. Children have
different temperaments - and these temperaments may be
more or less challenging depending on how they mesh with
their parents' temperaments.
Children vary in
their general activity levels, their preferences for
regularity and response to change, sensory threshold,
general mood, intensity, and ability to persist at
difficult tasks and resist distractions.
But children also
differ in the unique brain wiring, their experiences and
road to development, and importantly, in their personal
interests and motivations. Like different flowers in a
garden, children will flourish if their unique
differences are appreciated, and if they are carefully
cultivated using the right timing, growing environment,
and nutrients.
Five Perspectives
The
five factors - temperament, brain basics, experience,
development, and motivation - are not neatly organized
in most children. Sometimes strong issues in one or more
areas will be critical for determining why a student is
having problems, or why he or she has chosen an
unconventional path to learning.
A Path Toward
Understanding
We often underestimate how differently we experience the
world from one another. Everyone would benefit more from
understanding how they prefer to think, how they don't
learn well, and what really drives and inspires them the
most. On these pages, will be adding details about
different learning styles and temperaments, with
resource links to further your exploration.
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