Monday, February 15, 2016

Through the Learning Glass by Cheri Fuller

"A Child's Nine Learning Windows You Don't Want to Miss"
Ms. Fuller shares insights how to develop and foster children's learning in these nine critical areas:
music, language, emotional, creativity, curiosity, math/logic, physical, spiritual and values.
She offers the idea that during certain ages it is best to develop certain skills/attributes.  On page 20 she displays the learning "windows" for each category in a table/chart(for example, the emotional window is from birth through age nine, with birth-1 year being the 'critical' time frame/window).
She shares ways to foster the skills within the categories and also gives examples of "window closers to avoid".  At the end of each chapter she lists practical ideas and resources.
I did not read the entire book.  After about a third of the way through, I selected chapters that interested me.  Some items I felt were a bit outdated (resources) but others have stood the test of time (this book was first published in 1999.).
*Borrowed from the library.

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